Mohammad Alavi (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mohammad Alavi

| image =Mohammad Alavi.jpg

| caption = Alavi in 2019

| fullname = Seyyed Mohammad Alavi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|1|29}}

| birth_place = Kashan, Iran

| height = 1.78 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Defensive midfielder

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1=Foolad

|totalcaps = 207

|totalgoals = 19

| nationalyears1 = 2003 | nationalyears2 =2004–2006

| nationalteam1 = Iran U-23 | nationalteam2 =Iran

| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalcaps2 = 22 | nationalgoals2 = 2

| manageryears1 = 2017–2019

| managerclubs1 = Karoon Arvand

| manageryears2 = 2019

| managerclubs2 = Esteghlal Khuzestan

}}

Seyed Mohammad Alavi ({{langx|fa|سید محمد علوی}}, born 29 January 1982) is an Iranian football manager and a former player. He usually played in the defensive midfield position.

Club career

A product of the football rich province of Khuzestan and the young team of Foolad, he was a pivotal player within this young team and his consistency and solid defending was one of the factors for the success of his club in becoming the champions of the IPL 2004/05. He played for the club in Iran's Premier League till its relegation to the lower division, Azadegan League, in 2007. He also played for Foolad in the 2006 AFC Champions League group stage.{{cite web|author=Saaid, Hamdan|title=Asian Champions League 2006 Details|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup06-chldet.html|date=30 March 2006}}

He moved to Pas and stayed there for a season. He moved to Persepolis and stayed for few months where he only played 2 games and had no spot in the team because of excellent performances by Karim Bagheri and Maziar Zare and moved for back to Pas for 6 months loan. He moved back to Foolad in summer 2009.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

=Club Career Statistics=

Last Update{{cite web |url=http://www.iplstats.com/ |title=Home |website=iplstats.com}} 4 May 2011

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
2002–03	rowspan="5"\|Foolad	rowspan="9"\|Pro League	23	5

	\|
2003–04	24	0

	\|
2004–05	26	2		\|

	\|
2005–06	23	0				0
2006–07	16	0		\|

	\|
2007–08	PAS	31	4	3	0\|

\|34	4
rowspan="2"\|2008–09	Persepolis	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
PAS	18	1	4	1\|

\|24	1
2009–10	Foolad	11	1		\|

	\|
2010–11	Gostaresh	rowspan="2"\|Division 1	19	2		\|

	\|
2011–12	Mashin Sazi	14	4	0	0\|

\|3	4
rowspan=1 \| Total ! colspan=2 \| Iran !204\|\|19\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|0\|\|\|\|
colspan=3 \| Career total !204\|\|19\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|0\|\|\|\|

Assist Goals

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!Season!!Team!!Assists

07–08

align="left"|PAS

09–10

align="left"|Foolad

International career

= Under-23 national team =

Alavi stormed on the national scene after his header goal against China in Azadi Stadium which assured Iran Under-23 team 3 points in the anticipated revival of the team's chances in the 2004 Olympic qualifying matches. Although Alavi was selected by then coach Mohammad Mayeli Kohan in the roster of the U23 team, he was not given much playing time. After Hossein Faraki was appointed as the new coach, Alavi was given more playing time in all the remaining matches. Apart from his goal against China, Alavi played well in all the remaining matches under Faraki although it was a step too late as Iran did not manage to dislodge the Koreans from clinching the qualification to Athens.

= Senior national team =

In the 2004 Asian Cup, Alavi scored a goal in Iran's controversial loss to China in the semifinals of the tournament held in China 2004. The goal kept Iran's hopes alive, as they were forced to play one man down due to a red card, but China progressed to the final match at the end by penalty shoot-outs.

Alavi was usually a substitute player within the national team and was not part of the World Cup squad.