Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (, born 11 September 1973) is an Iranian

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coach and former player. A

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, he played for many teams like Esteghlal,

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, Saba Qom,

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, Estehglal Khuzestan and the

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. He is the current interim manager of Esteghlal.

Club career

He started his professional career with playing for

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i clubs, before moving to

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. After a couple of seasons, he elected to play professionally in

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. The move was far from successful and Sohrab left this club in controversial circumstances. He returned to Esteghlal soon after. His lack of playing time caused him to be transferred to

. After a season there he moved to Saba Battery. Along with the likes of

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and

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, Sohrab won the

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in 2004/05 season and hence qualified for the

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. In August 2007, Bakhtiarzadeh was transferred to the newly formed club

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. He only played one match and had many differences with the club where he left the club and moved to

for the season after and did not play in many matches. He moved to

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for the season after. Bakhtiarizadeh endured a major injury, and was out for many games during

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season.

Club career statistics

* Assist Goals

International career

He made his debut for

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in October 1997 in a World Cup 1998 qualification game against

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. He was not included in Iran's final squad for the

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, but he was an on-and-off starter for the national team until 2003, when he lost his spot. He scored the last goal in the final of WAFF 2000 where

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won the competition. His brilliant performance in the IPL 2005/06 season was rewarded by a recall to duty after a three-year absence from ''

''. He appeared in two of Iran's games in the

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, starting against

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and scoring Iran's only goal in the game. He was called up to the national team again after the World Cup, by new manager

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, but did not participate. He has since retired from international football and only participates in club play.

International goals

Managerial statistics

Honours

Club

;Esteghlal *

: 1999–2000, 2001–02 ;Saba *

: 2004–05 *

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National

;Iran * WAFF Championship:

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bakhtiarizadeh, Sohrab 1973 births Living people Footballers from Ahvaz Iranian men's footballers Iran men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Persian Gulf Pro League players Azadegan League players Süper Lig players Foolad F.C. players Esteghlal F.C. players Erzurumspor footballers Saba Qom F.C. players PAS Tehran F.C. players Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. players Iranian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 2000 AFC Asian Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Iranian football managers Shahr Khodro F.C. managers Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. managers Esteghlal F.C. managers Persian Gulf Pro League managers