Gholam Reza Enayati (; born 23 September 1976) is an Iranian

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manager and former player. Enayati played as a striker in the Persian Gulf Pro League and for the

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. He is the all-time top goalscorer in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Club career

Reza Enayati started out his professional career playing for his hometown club

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. He had a number of impressive seasons there, especially the 2001–02 season where he finished as the league's top goalscorer and was called up to the

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. He remained in Aboomoslem for the 2002–03 season but the year after and after being linked with a move to

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, he signed with Esteghlal. He was not able to impress in his first season in

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, but in the 2004–05 season he was able to show his talents and was able to finish as the IPL's top goalscorer again with 20 goals. The next season, he was just as impressive, scoring 21 goals, finishing as the league's top scorer and helping his club Esteghlal win the championship and also broke the record of scoring in a season in Iran and he is the all-time top scorer of

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. After World Cup 2006 he signed with the Emirates club. On 19 March 2007, Enayati extended his contract with UAE League side Al-Emarat in a deal that will keep him there until the end of the 2007–08 season. In 2008, he secured a six-month contract with Al-Nasr. In July 2009 season he moved back to Esteghlal but after half a season he moved to Emirate league once again and joined

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where he scored 8 goals. For 2010–11 season Enayati signed with Sepahan for one year and joined his former coach Amir Ghalenoei where he helped the club to win the league title. He then joined to Saba Qom and later Mes Kerman. He returned to Saba on 1 July 2013. On 7 May 2014, he signed a contract with Padideh, effective from 1 July. He was given number 10 shirt. He made his debut for Padideh in 0–0 draw against Malavan on 1 August 2014. He scored his first goal for Padideh in next match, where they won the match against Naft Masjed Soleyman 3–0, which Enayati scored the final goal. Enayati moved back to Esteghlal on 31 December 2014.

Club career statistics

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Assists

International career

Reza Enayati made his debut for

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in a game versus

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in April 2002. Since then he has had numerous callups to the national team, including Iran's recent 2004 Asian Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaigns. He was among Iran's final squad for World Cup 2006 but did not make an appearance. He has been selected to join the squad for the 2007 Asian Nations Cup in

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, Malaysia. He appeared against the

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, playing 90 minutes, on 11 July, and was selected again into the starting eleven in the game against the

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on 15 July. He was called up again for 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying but left the camp in the first round as

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preferred Mohsen Khalili in few matches over him.

International goals

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Esteghlal * Iran Pro League: 2005–06; runner-up 2003–04 Sepahan * Iran Pro League: 2010–11 Individual * Iran Pro League top goalscorer: 2001–02 (17 goals), 2004–05 (20 goals), 2005–06 (21 goals) * Top scorer in Iran Pro League (154 goals)

Manager

Havadar * Azadegan League runner-up: 2020–21 Iran U23 * WAFF U-23 Championship runner-up:

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References

External links

* List of IPL all-time top goal scorers *
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Enayati, Reza 1976 births Living people Iranian men's footballers Esteghlal F.C. players 2004 AFC Asian Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Iranian expatriate men's footballers F.C. Aboomoslem players Sepahan S.C. footballers Emirates Club players Saba Qom F.C. players Sanat Mes Kerman F.C. players Shahr Khodro F.C. players Siah Jamegan F.C. players Persian Gulf Pro League players Iran men's international footballers Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) players UAE Pro League players Iranian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Footballers from Mashhad Men's association football forwards Havadar S.C. managers Persian Gulf Pro League managers