Mehdi Sharifi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mehdi Sharifi

| image = Iran vs. Montenegro 2014-05-26 (128).jpg

| caption = Sharifi at the 2014 World Cup

| image_size =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|08|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Isfahan, Iran

| height = {{height|m=1.79}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Paykan

| clubnumber = 78

| youthyears1 = 2001–2009

| youthclubs1 = Zob Ahan

| youthyears2 = 2009–2013

| youthclubs2 = Sepahan

| years1 = 2010–2011

| clubs1 = Sepahan Novin

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2012–2018

| clubs2 = Sepahan

| caps2 = 74

| goals2 = 27

| years3 = 2016–2017

| clubs3 = → Tractor (loan)

| caps3 = 37

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2018–2019

| clubs4 = Persepolis

| caps4 = 4

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019–2020

| clubs5 = Sumgayit

| caps5 = 16

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2020–2021

| clubs6 = Paykan

| caps6 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2021

| clubs7 = Sumgayit

| caps7 = 10

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2021–2022

| clubs8 = Shahr Khodro

| caps8 = 18

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2022–2023

| clubs9 = Darya Caspian

| caps9 = 14

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2023–2024

| clubs10 = Khooshe Talaee

| caps10 = 14

| goals10 = 2

| years11 = 2024

| clubs11 = Fajr Sepasi

| caps11 = 15

| goals11 = 6

| years12 = 2024–2025

| clubs12 = Mes Rafsanjan

| caps12 = 11

| goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2025–

| clubs13 = Paykan

| caps13 = 12

| goals13 = 5

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2013

| nationalteam1 = Iran U20

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2014

| nationalteam2 = Iran U23

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2014–2015

| nationalteam3 = Iran

| nationalcaps3 = 4

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| pcupdate = 21 April 2025

}}

Mehdi Sharifi ({{langx|fa|مهدی شریفی}}, born 16 August 1992) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Paykan in the Azadegan League as a forward.[http://www.persianleague.com/teams.html?id=2390&view=player&sid=27 Profile of Mehdi Sharifi - IPL 2012-2013]{{Cite web |url=http://www.ffiri.ir/league/101/club/10004/%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%DB%8C/aade2e26-6d23-4c73-9065-cc2a17c197f5/player/ |title=Mehdi Sharifi profile in Iran Football Federation |access-date=2013-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716110317/http://ffiri.ir/league/101/club/10004/%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%DB%8C/aade2e26-6d23-4c73-9065-cc2a17c197f5/player |archive-date=2014-07-16 |url-status=dead }}

Club career

=Zob Ahan=

Before going to Sepahan, he was playing for Zob Ahan and he went to rivals Sepahan at age 15.

=Sepahan=

==First years==

From 2009 to 2012 he was a member of the Sepahan under-21 football team and became the top goal scorer in the Iran under-21 football league in the 2011–12 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/73356/آمار-گلزنان-برتر-لیگ-برتر-امید-و-جوانان|title=آمار گلزنان برتر لیگ برتر امید و جوانان|date=3 August 2014|website=Varzesh3.com|access-date=15 December 2021}}

He was promoted to the Sepahan first team squad in the summer of 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1650388|title=مراسم جشن پیراهن بازیکنان سپاهان برگزار شد|website=Mehrnews.com|access-date=15 December 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-au/people/iran/91926/mehdi-sharifi|title=Mehdi Sharifi in Sepahan F.C.|website=Goal.com|access-date=15 December 2021}} He played in a couple of internal and international friendly matches for Sepahan and scored a couple of goals, like his goal against FK Sarajevo.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcsarajevo.ba/vijesti/zavrsene-pripreme-u-sloveniji/1062|title=Sepahan won 2-0 against FK Sarajevo|website=Fcsarajevo.ba|access-date=15 December 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/328180|title=پيروزي سپاهان در نخستين بازي تدارکاتي|date=5 April 1392|website=Tabnak.ir|access-date=15 December 2021}}

==2013–14==

He made his debut for Sepahan in a match against Rah Ahan on 5 September 2013 and scored his first goal for Sepahan in the Iran Pro League in a 2–1 win over Tractor. His debut in the AFC Champions League coincided with him scoring the only goal for Sepahan in their 3–1 loss against Al-Sadd. Sharifi scored twice in Sepahan's 4–0 win over Al-Sadd in the AFC Champions League.{{Cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/people/iran/91926/mehdi-sharifi |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-10 |archive-date=2014-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427060546/http://www.goal.com/en-us/people/iran/91926/mehdi-sharifi |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930127001438 |title=Farsnews |access-date=2014-05-10 |archive-date=2014-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417030254/http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930127001438 |url-status=dead }}

==2014–15==

Sharifi extended his contract with Sepahan until 2019 after agreeing on a new contract. He played pre-season friendlies against Arsenal Tula, Gloria Buzău and Fenerbahçe in which he scored three goals. He played his first official game for Sepahan in their 2–0 win over Paykan in the first week of the league. At the next match, Sharifi assisted twice to help Sepahan for their second consecutive 2–0 win, this time against Gostaresh. He scored his first goal of the season in a 3–1 win over Esteghlal on 14 August 2014. On 15 May 2015 Sharifi's two goals in Sepahan's 2–0 win against Saipa won the club the league title for the 2014–15 season.

==2015–16==

In the first match of the 2015–16 season against Esteghlal Khuzestan Sharifi scored en route to a Sepahan victory. After his good performances with Sepahan, Sharifi drew interest from Austrian champions SK Rapid Wien.{{Cite web|url=http://www.persianfootball.com/news/2015/08/14/sepahans-sharifi-on-his-way-to-vienna/|title = Sepahan's Sharifi on his way to Vienna ?|website=Persianfootball.com}} Sharifi joined Tractor on loan for a two–year period to complete his conscription.

=Persepolis=

Sharifi joined Persepolis in June 2018 with a two–year contract.

Club career statistics

Last Update: 3 September 2019

colspan="3" \| Club performance ! colspan="2" \| League ! colspan="2" \| Cup ! colspan="2" \| Continental ! colspan="2" \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Season	Club	League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan="3" \| Iran ! colspan="2" \| League ! colspan="2" \| Hazfi Cup ! colspan="2" \| Asia ! colspan="2" \| Total
2012–13 \|rowspan="4"\|Sepahan \|rowspan="9"\|Persian Gulf Pro League \|0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013–14 \|19	8	1	0	6	4	26	12
2014–15 \|26	12	1	0	colspan=2\|—	27	12
rowspan="2"\|2015–16 \|16	4	4	3	0	0	20	7
rowspan="3"\|Tractor \|6	1	colspan=2\|—	4	1	10	2
2016–17 \|18	3	3	0	colspan=2\|—	21	3
rowspan="2"\|2017–18 \|13	0	3	5	colspan=2\|—	16	5
Sepahan \|13	3	colspan=4\|—	13	3
2018–19 \|Persepolis \|4	0	3	0	1	0	8	0
colspan="3" \| Azerbaijan ! colspan="2" \| League ! colspan="2" \| Azerbaijan Cup ! colspan="2" \| Europe ! colspan="2" \| Total
2019–20 \|Sumgayit \|Azerbaijan Premier League \|12	5	0	0	colspan=2\|—	12	5
colspan="3" \| Career total !118	34	15	8	11	5	144	47

Assists

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!Season

!Team

!Assists

17–18

| rowspan="1" |Sepahan

International career

File:Iran vs. Montenegro 2014-05-26 (127).jpg, 26 May 2014]]

From 2012 to 2013, he was a member of the Iran national under-20 football team,{{cite web|url=http://www.persianfootball.com/forums/showthread.php?110005-Mehdi-Sharifi|title=Sharifi Fan Thread |publisher=PersianFootball.com|date= |access-date=18 March 2014}} in which he scored one goal in seven matches. On April 12, 2014, he was called up to the Iran national football team by Carlos Queiroz for their South Africa camp.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/sport/2014/04/140411_l47_irani_national_team_south_africa.shtml|title=Iran players for South Africa camp|website=Bbc.co.uk|date=12 April 2013|access-date=12 April 2014}} He was later selected in Iran's 30-man provisional squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.persianfootball.com/news/2014/05/12/team-melli-final-30-given-to-fifa/|title=Team Melli final 30 given to FIFA |date=12 May 2014|access-date=13 May 2014|website=Persianfootball.com}} He made his debut in a friendly match against Belarus on 18 May 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/05/18/world/friendlies/iran/belarus/1653130/?ICID=HP_MS_04_01|title = Iran vs. Belarus - 18 May 2014|website=Int.soccerway.com}} However, a month later Sharifi was not included in Iran's squad for the World Cup. He was named in the Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.{{cite web|url=http://ffiri.ir/news/detail/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%86%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D8%B4%D8%AF/117027/news.aspx|title=بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد|website=Ffiri.ir|access-date=2014-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819231500/http://ffiri.ir/news/detail/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%86%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D8%B4%D8%AF/117027/news.aspx|archive-date=2014-08-19|url-status=dead}}