Vahid Amiri

Vahid Amiri
Amiri playing for Iran at 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Vahid Amiri
Date of birth (1988-04-02) 2 April 1988
Place of birth Darreh-ye Badam, Iran[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position Midfielder, Winger, Striker
Club information
Current team
 Trabzonspor
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Datis Lorestan
2009–2010 Kowsar Lorestan
2010–2011 Gahar Zagros
2011–2013 Naft Masjed Soleyman 48 (2)
2013–2016 Naft Tehran 79 (11)
2016–2018 Persepolis 51 (8)
2018– Trabzonspor 4 (0)
National team‡
2015– Iran 38 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:17, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Vahid Amiri (Persian: وحید امیری‎, born 2 April 1988) is an Iranian football player playing for Trabzonspor in the Süper Lig. Amiri represented the Iran national football team at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup. He predominantly plays as a left winger but can play as a second striker.

Club career

Amiri started his career with Datis Lorestan. He left Gahar Zagros in the summer of 2011 and Naft Masjed Soleyman and spent two seasons with them.

Naft Tehran

In May 2013 he joined Naft Tehran with a two-year contract.[3] Amiri scored his first goal for Naft on 6 August 2013 in a 1–1 draw against Damash Gilan. He scored his first Asian Champions League on 7 April 2015 in a 3–0 away win against Saudi club Al-Shabab. Amiri scored on 16 September 2015 in a 2–1 loss to Al-Ahli Dubai in the quarter–finals of the Asian Champions League.

Trabzonspor

On 21 July 2018, Amiri agreed to a two-year contract with Turkish Giants Trabzonspor.[4]

International career

He was called into Iran's 2015 AFC Asian Cup squad on 30 December 2014 by Carlos Queiroz.[5] He made his debut on a friendly against Iraq on 4 January 2015. He missed a decisive penalty against Iraq which lead to elimination of Iran from Asian Cup 2015. Amiri scored his first international goal in a 2–0 victory against Chile. In 2017 Queiroz have reassigned him and Omid Noorafkan midfield positions.[6] In 2018 Vahid Amiri had suffered an injury but was ready to go the next day.[7]

Morocco vs Iran match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

In May 2018 he was named in Iran’s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[8]

Club career statistics

As of 24 َSeptember 2018.[9]
Club Division Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Naft MIS Division 1 2011–12 23210––––242
2012–13 25010––––260
Total 482200000502
Naft Tehran Pro League 2013–14 26220––––282
2014–15 25421112––387
2015–16 2852010––315
Total 791161122009714
Persepolis Pro League 2016–17 25600121––377
2017–18 262208010372
Total 5182020110749
Trabzonspor Süper Lig 2018–19 3000––––30
Career total 181211013231022425
  • Assist Goals
SeasonTeamAssists
2016–17Persepolis 7
2017–18Persepolis 8

International caps

Statistics accurate as of match played 25 June 2018.[10]
Iran
YearAppsGoals
2015121
201690
201790
201880
Total381

International goals

Scores and results list the Iran's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 March 2015NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, Austria Chile
2–0
2–0
Friendly

Personal life

Amiri was born in the small village of Darreh-ye Badam in Lorestan Province. He has a degree in law and as of January 2016 is studying for his Master's degree in Physical Education.[11]

Honours

Club

Naft Tehran
Persepolis

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "وحید امیری میهمان برنامه این هفته نود" [Vahid Amiri is the guest of this week's program]. Fars News Agency. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "قنبرزاده به فارس خبر داد نفت تهران ۴ بازیکن جدید گرفت/ کامیابی‌نیا بازیکن نفت است نه راه‌آهن". Fars News Agency. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Kulübü, Trabzonspor. "Vahid Amiri'yle sözleşme imzaladık". trabzonspor.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  5. ↑ "Queiroz Names Team Melli Squad". afcasiancup.com. 30 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Queiroz names Iran's Team Melli roster for FIFA World Cup qualifiers". Persian League. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "امیری: هواداران پرسپولیس دعا کنند به دربی برسم" [Amiri: Fans of Persepolis pray for my recovery]. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "World Cup 2018: Iran head coach Carlos Queiroz names final squad". BBC Sport. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Iran - V. Amiri - Profile with news, career statistics - Soccerway".
  10. ↑ Vahid Amiri at National-Football-Teams.com
  11. ↑ Alipour, Nima (31 January 2016). "امیری: هنوز صدای دیرک در گوشم می‌پیچد/ از خیلی لذت‌های زندگی‌ام گذشتم". ISNA. Iran. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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