Morteza Tabrizi

Morteza Tabrizi (Persian: مرتضی تبریزی‎, born 6 January 1991)[1] is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Persian Gulf Pro League side Esteghlal.

Morteza Tabrizi
Tabrizi playing for Esteghlal in 2019
Personal information
Full name Morteza Tabrizi
Date of birth (1991-01-06) 6 January 1991
Place of birth Hamedan, Iran
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Esteghlal
Number 11
Youth career
200?–2008 Talar Vahdat Hamedan
2008–2010 Mes Kerman
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Pas Hamedan 35 (15)
2013–2018 Zob Ahan 138 (43)
2018– Esteghlal 34 (5)
National team‡
2012–2014 Iran U23 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2015

Club career

Pas Hamedan

Tabrizi was part of Pas Academy since 2010. He promoted to the first team as summer 2013 with two years contract.

Zob Ahan

Morteza joined Zob Ahan in 2013 on a three-year contract. Tabrizi won the 2015 Hazfi Cup in his second season with Zob Ahan, he defended the title with Zob Ahan the following year and once again won the Hazfi Cup. In the 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League, he became the second-best scorer with 13 goals.

Esteghlal

On 31 July 2018, Tabrizi officially signed for Esteghlal on a two-year contract.[2] He was assigned the number 11 shirt at Esteghlal, the same number he used to wear at Zob Ahan.[3]

Tabrizi made his debut for Esteghlal on 10 August 2018 in a 3–0 League victory over Tractor Sazi, scoring his first goal for the club within 28 minutes after a receiving a backheel pass from Farshid Esmaeili.[4]

International career

Youth

He was regularly called up for the Iran U22 team by coach Alireza Mansourian in 2012 and 2013.[5] On June 28, 2012, he scored two goals in a 7–0 victory against the Maldives U23 team.

Senior

Tabrizi was called up to the senior Iran squad by Carlos Queiroz for friendlies against Macedonia and Kyrgyzstan in June 2016.[6]

Career statistics
As of 10 August 2018
Club Season League Hazfi Cup Continental1 Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pas Hamedan 2010–11Persian Gulf Pro League2000—20
2011–12Azadegan League12300—123
2012–1321200—212
Total 35500—355
Zob Ahan 2013–14Persian Gulf Pro League26210—272
2014–1528751—338
2015–1626752814010
2016–17271062623914
2017–18301310964019
2018–1910000010
Total 1383918523918053

Honours

Club

Zob Ahan

Individual

References
  1. Morteza Tabrizi at Soccerway
  2. "رسمی؛ مرتضی تبریزی به استقلال پیوست" [official; Tabrizi joined Esteghlal] (in Persian). Tarafdari. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. "شماره 11 استقلال با 3 مدعی!" (in Persian). Varzesh 3. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. "استقلال 3-0 تراکتورسازی؛ پیروزی قاطع ارتش شفر در جنگ ستارگان!" (in Persian). Tarafdari. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. U22 National Team
  6. "Carlos Queiroz calls up 38 cheetahs for Armenia camp". aryanews.com. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.


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