Afshin Esmaeilzadeh
{{short description|Iranian Football Midfielder|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Afshin Esmaeilzadeh
| image =
| fullname = Afshin Esmaeilzadeh
| height = {{height|m=1.83}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|4|21|df=y}}
| currentclub = Esteghlal Jonoub
| clubnumber = 10
| position = Attacking midfielder
| youthyears1 = 2008–2009 | youthclubs1 = Damash
| youthyears2 = 2010–2012 | youthclubs2 = Damash
| youthyears3 = 2012–2013 | youthclubs3 = Persepolis
| years1 = 2008–2012 | clubs1 = Damash | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2009–2010 | clubs2 = → Gahar Zagros (loan) | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2012–2015 | clubs3 = Persepolis | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2013–2014 | clubs4 = → Beira-Mar (loan) | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2015–2016 | clubs5 = Mes Kerman | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2016 | clubs6 = Giti Pasand | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2016 | clubs7 = Sumgayit | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2017–2018 | clubs8 = Esteghlal Jonoub| caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2020–2021 | clubs9 =Daraei F.C. | caps9 = | goals9 =
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2009
| nationalteam1 = Iran U17
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 2012–2014
| nationalteam2 = Iran U22
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| pcupdate = 24 May 2018
| ntupdate = 6 June 2012
}}
Afshin Esmaeilzadeh ({{langx|fa|افشین اسماعیلزاده}}; born April 21, 1992) is an Iranian football midfielder who last played for Esteghlal Jonoub in the Azadegan League.
Club career
=Damash=
Esmaeilzadeh joined popular club, S.C. Damash on 4 November 2008 with a five-years contract.[http://www.aftabir.com/news/view/2008/nov/04/c6c1225803405_sport_football_football.php/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B4-%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA Aftabir.com]
=Persepolis=
After a season in Damash, he moved to Persepolis in the summer of 2012. He signed a three-years contract until end of 2014–15 season.[http://fc-perspolis.com/1391/%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF/13/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF.aspx?lang=fa Afshin Esmaeilzadeh joins Persepolis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604191156/http://fc-perspolis.com/1391/%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF/13/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF.aspx?lang=fa |date=2012-06-04 }} He made his debut for persepolis on first fixture of 2012–13 season against Sanat Naft.[http://www.iplstats.com/Week01/SNA_PER_01.htm Iplstats] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624152617/http://www.iplstats.com/Week01/SNA_PER_01.htm |date=June 24, 2013 }}
=Loan to Beira-Mar=
Esmaeilzadeh loaned out to Beira-Mar for the 2013–14 season. In November, he was put on trial at Benfica B.[http://www.persianfootball.com/news/2013/12/01/afshin-esmaeilzadeh-being-tested-by-benfica/ request Benfica B Ref1][http://www.perspolisnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57506:2013-12-23-12-58-24&catid=34&Itemid=842 request Benfica B Ref2] After only 4 league appearances with Beira-Mar, Esmaeilzadeh returned to Persepolis.
=Return to Persepolis=
After a half a season in Portugal he returned to Persepolis by club coach Ali Daei to spend last year of his contract.
Career statistics
{{updated|24 May 2018}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup1 !colspan="2"|League Cup2 !colspan="2"|Continental3 !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="1"|Gahar Zagros (loan)
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Damash
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011–12
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan=2 | Total
!1||0||0||0||–||–||0||0||1||0 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="1"|Persepolis
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
| rowspan="1"|Beira-Mar (loan) |4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |
| rowspan="1"|Persepolis
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| rowspan="1"|Mes Kerman
|rowspan="2"|Division 1 |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |
| rowspan="1"|Giti Pasand
|7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |
| rowspan="1"|Sumgayit
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |
| colspan=3 | Career total
!48||0||1||0||1||0||0||0||50||0 |
1 Includes Taça de Portugal and Hazfi Cup.
2 Includes Taça da Liga.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Season!!Team!!Assists | ||
| 11–12 | Damash | 0 |
| 12–13 | Persepolis | 0 |
| 13–14 | Beira-Mar | 2 |
International career
=Iran U–17=
Esmaeilzadeh played a central role in the Iran U–17 winning the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship starting 5 of the six games. He captained the team in the penultimate game against Korea Republic. He featured in 3 games for Iran in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup coming on as a substitute against Uruguay U–17 scoring in the 119th minute.{{Cite web |title=FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009™ |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup/nigeria2009/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup/nigeria2009/match-center |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=www.fifa.com |language=en}}
=Iran U–20=
He was a member of Iran U–20 during 2010 AFC U-19 Championship[https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122022/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u19-championship-2010-previous-competitions/afc-u19-championship-2010/afc-u19-championship-2010-schedule-a-results?view=teamdetails&compID=370&roundID=344&groupID=349&teamID=233&id=0 The-afc.com] but removed from final squad because of health problems while he infected to the Malaria with his club teammates Mehrgan Golbarg and Hossein Gohari.[http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=991174 Mehrnews.com][http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8809070294 Farsnews.com]
=Iran U–22=
He was called up to the Iran U–23 team by Alireza Mansourian in March 2012,[http://www.asriran.com/fa/news/209185/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-28-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF Asriran.com] and has been selected for the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship.
Honours
References
[http://www.persianleague.com/the-news/1-latest-news/8345-exclusive-interview-with-afshin-esmaeilzadeh.html Exclusive interview with Afshin Esmaeilzadeh]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120517092152/http://www.persianleague.com/teams.html?id=1585&view=player&sid=24 Afshin Esmaeilzadeh] at [http://www.persianleague.com PersianLeague.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150705222821/http://iranleague.ir/league/player/257 Afshin Esmaeilzadeh] at [http://www.iranleague.ir IranLeague.ir]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160819030852/http://ffiri.ir/league/102/club/10070/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%84%20%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87/0563d0dd-9824-4e8c-ac28-8b02c36ae6ba/player/ Afshin Esmaeilzadeh] at IRIFF
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