Kaveh Rezaei
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kaveh Rezaei | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Eslamabad Gharb, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Esteghlal | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2011 | Foolad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Foolad | 35 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | Saipa | 69 | (12) |
| 2014–2016 | Zob Ahan | 34 | (11) |
| 2016– | Esteghlal | 12 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2009 | Iran U17 | 13 | (10) |
| 2009–2010 | Iran U20 | 3 | (5) |
| 2012–2014 | Iran U23 | 19 | (11) |
| 2015– | Iran | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2016. | |||
Kaveh Rezaei (Persian: کاوه رضایی; born April 5, 1992) is an Iranian football player, who plays for Esteghlal in the Persian Gulf Pro League as a striker.
Club career
Foolad
Rezaei started his career at Foolad. In the 2010–11 season, he scored one goal and provided two assists for his team mates in 16 games. During the next season, Rezaei played in 12 games starting in 4 and playing the whole 90 minutes in one of those games.
Saipa
He moved to Saipa to gain more playing time in the 2012–13 season, though not a fix started he managed to make 33 appearance, scored 5 goals against Saba, Peykan, Fajr Sepasi, Saba and Gohar. He also made 2 assist during the season.
Zob Ahan
On 28 December 2014 he joined Zob Ahan with an 18-month contract which keep him until end of 2015–16 season with Isfahani side.[1] On 16 April 2015 Rezaei scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 victory against Naft Tehran. Kaveh Rezaei had a great performance with Zob Ahan, he became on target after winning back to back Hazfi Cups in 2014 and 2015.
Esteghlal
On June 16, 2016 Kaveh Rezaei refused to extend contract with Zob Ahan and signed a contract with Esteghlal.[2] It was later revealed that Kaveh also had an offer from Persepolis before but rejected for personal reasons.[3][4] Esteghlal fans and board members said that this was a great and promising move since the departure of Sajjad Shahbazzadeh move to Alanyaspor.
Club Statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Iran | League | Hazfi Cup | Asia | Total | ||||||
| 2009–10 | Foolad | Pro League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Saipa | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 5 | |
| 2013–14 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 6 | ||
| 2014–15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||
| Zob Ahan | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 11 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 136 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 151 | 28 | ||
- Assists
| Season | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| 10–11 | Foolad | 1 |
| 11–12 | Foolad | 2 |
| 12–13 | Saipa | 2 |
| 13–14 | Saipa | 3 |
| 14–15 | Saipa | 1 |
| Zob Ahan | 3 | |
| 15–16 | Zob Ahan | 3 |
International
U17
Rezaei finished as the top scorer of the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship scoring in every single game he played in and finishing with 6 goals in 5 games. Iran won the championship winning the final game 2-0 against South Korea.
Rezaei featured for Iran in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup scoring a goal against Gambia.[5]
U19
Rezaei also made the squad for the unsuccessful 2010 AFC U-19 Championship, surprisingly his involvement was highly limited under the guidance of his former U17 manager, Ali Doustimehr. However he started in Iran's last game of the group stages, scoring both goals in the game and helping to record Iran's only win of the tournament.
U23
In 2012 he broke in to coach Ali Reza Mansourian's squad and has been regular feature ever since. He was called up for the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship, where he was the leading goalscorer after the group stage with 5 goals in 3 matches, including a hat trick in his last game.[6] He named in Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.[7]
Senior
He made his debut against India during Iran's 2018 World Cup Qualification campaign on 8 September 2015.
Honours
Club
- Zob Ahan
International
- Iran U-16
Individual
- AFC U-16 Championship top scorer (1): 2008 (6 goals)
- AFC U-22 Championship top scorer (1): 2013 (5 goals)
References
- ↑ http://www.zobahanclub.com/main/index.php/per/2014-07-31-21-40-11/item/537-2014-12-28-10-35-31
- ↑ http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/403558/Kaveh-Rezaei-joins-Esteghlal-football-team
- ↑ http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1338225/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D9%81%D9%82%D8%B7-%D9%85%D8%B0%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85
- ↑ http://www.tarafdari.com/%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1/100709/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%85-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%9B-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF
- ↑ FIFA
- ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men/afc-u22-championship/27553-kalaf-claims-mvp-award.html
- ↑ "بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد". ffiri.ir. Retrieved 2014-08-12.