Mehdi Rajabzadeh

Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Personal information
Full name	Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Date of birth	June 21, 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth	Kazeroun, Iran
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1992–1998	Jam Shiraz
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2003	Fajr Sepasi
2003–2007	Zob Ahan
2007–2008	Emirates
2008–2009	Al-Dhafra
2009–2010	Mes Kerman
2010–2011	Zob Ahan
2011–2012	Fajr Sepasi
2012–2018	Zob Ahan
International career‡
2004–2008	Iran
Managerial career
2018	Zob Ahan (assistant)
2021–2022	Qashqai
2022–	Fajr Sepasi
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 February 2008

Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Persian: مهدی رجب‌زاده; born June 21, 1978) is a retired Iranian footballer who last played for Zob Ahan and Mes Kerman. Rajabzadeh played as a midfielder and is the second-top scorer in the history of the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Club career[edit]

Rajabzadeh started his career at Fajr Sepasi where he impressed enough to be transferred to Zob Ahan FC in 2003. During the 2006/07 season Rajabzadeh became the top goalscorer by scoring 17 goals. He is one of the top all time IPL goalscorers.

Club career statistics[edit]

As of 15 May 2018

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Iran			League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
2001–02	Fajr	Iran Pro League	9	2	1	0	2	0	12	2
2002–03	Fajr		8	1	–		–		8	1
2003–04	Zob Ahan		21	9	–		5	0	26	9
2004–05			23	9	3	1	–		23	10
2005–06			29	14	1	1	–		29	15
2006–07			30	17	2	0	–		30	17
United Arab Emirates			League		President's Cup		Asia		Total
2007–08	Emirates	UAE Pro League	20	6	–		–		20	6
2008–09	Dhafra	UAE Pro League	5	1	–		–		5	1
Iran			League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
2008–09	Mes Kerman	Iran Pro League	4	0	0	0	–		4	0
2009–10	Mes Kerman		32	10	–		7	4	39	14
2010–11	Zob Ahan		32	6	1	0	11	1	44	7
2011–12	Fajr Sepasi		32	10	1	0	–		33	10
2012–13	Zob Ahan		31	8	0	0	–		31	8
2013–14			25	9	1	0	–		26	9
2014–15			28	4	5	4	–		33	8
2015–16			30	6	5	1	6	2	42	9
2016–17			29	9	4	1	6	1	39	11
2017–18			18	2	0	0	7	1	25	3
Total	Iran		381	116	26	8	44	9	451	133
Total	United Arab Emirates		25	7	–				25	7
Career total			406	123	26	8	44	9	476	140

Assist Goals

Season	Team	Assists
05–06	Zob Ahan	10
06–07	Zob Ahan	7
08–09	Mes	1
09–10	Mes	2
10–11	Zob Ahan	3
11–12	Fajr Sepasi	2
12–13	Zob Ahan	4
13–14		1
14–15		9
15–16		7
16–17		3
17–18		2
Assist total		51

International career[edit]

He made his debut for Iran against Qatar in February 2004. In October 2006, he joined Team Melli in an LG cup tournament held in Jordan. He scored his first goal for Iran on October 4, 2006 in a match against Iraq.

As of February 2008, he has 17 caps and 4 goals for Iran.

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 October 2006	Amman International Stadium, Amman	Iraq	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2	12 January 2007	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3	20 June 2007	Amman International Stadium, Amman	Palestine	2–0	2–0	WAFF 2007
4	22 June 2007	Amman International Stadium, Amman	Jordan	1–0	1–0	WAFF 2007

Season	Team	Assists
05–06	Zob Ahan	10
06–07	Zob Ahan	7
08–09	Mes	1
09–10	Mes	2
10–11	Zob Ahan	3
11–12	Fajr Sepasi	2
12–13	Zob Ahan	4
13–14		1
14–15		9
15–16		7
16–17		3
17–18		2
Assist total

The second-top scorer in the Iranian Premier League[edit]

Mehdi Rajabzadeh is the second-top scorer in the history of this competition after Gholamreza Enayati, scoring 116 goals with the shirts of Fajr Sepasi Shiraz, Zobahan Isfahan and Mes Kerman in the Premier League.