Rahman Ahmadi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rahman Ahmadi

| image = Iran vs. Montenegro 2014-05-26 (020).jpg

| caption = Ahmadi playing with Iran in 2014

| full_name = Rahman Ahmadi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|7|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Noshahr, Iran

| height = {{height|m=1.84|precision=0}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1998–2000

| youthclubs1 = Shamoushak

| years1 = 2000–2004

| clubs1 = Shamoushak

| caps1 = 35

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2004–2008

| clubs2 = Saipa

| caps2 = 66

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2008–2010

| clubs3 = Sepahan

| caps3 = 26

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2010–2011

| clubs4 = Persepolis

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2011–2012

| clubs5 = Sepahan

| caps5 = 32

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2012–2013

| clubs6 = Saipa

| caps6 = 33

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2013–2016

| clubs7 = Sepahan

| caps7 = 60

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2016–2018

| clubs8 = Paykan

| caps8 = 36

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2018–2019

| clubs9 = Pars Jonoubi

| caps9 = 16

| goals9 = 0

| totalcaps = 328

| totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2014

| nationalteam1 = Iran

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{IRN}}}}{{MedalCompetition|West Asian Football Federation Championship}} {{MedalGold|2008 Iran|Team Competition}}

| pcupdate = 28 May 2017

| ntupdate = 26 May 2014

| clubs10 =

| years10 = 2019–

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| managerclubs1 = Sepahan (goalkeeping coach)

| manageryears1 = 2020–2022

}}

Rahman Ahmadi ({{langx|fa|رحمان احمدی}}, born 30 July 1980 in Noshahr, Iran) is an Iranian retired goalkeeper and coach.

Club career

File:Rahman Ahmadi.JPG in 2013]]

=Early career=

Ahmadi started his career as a youth player at Shamoushak Noshahr in 1998. In 2000, he was promoted to the first team, he played four years for Shamoushak before being transferred to Saipa, where he won the league in 2007.

=Sepahan=

He moved to Sepahan in summer 2008 and was a regular player in his first season. In his second season with Sepahan, Ahmadi won the Iran Pro League although he only made four appearances throughout the season.

=Saipa & Persepolis=

In 2010 Ahmadi signed a contract with Tehran club Persepolis. He made 16 total appearances throughout the season. Disappointed with his playing time, Ahmadi returned to Sepahan in 2011. He made 38 appearances throughout the season as he led Sepahan to a Iran Pro League. He returned to Saipa in summer 2012 and made 33 appearances.

=Return to Sepahan=

He joined Sepahan for a third time in July 2013. He helped Sepahan attain a 4th-place finish in the 2013–14 Iran Pro League season, and was widely considered one of the best goalkeepers in the league with 15 clean sheets, only Nilson Corrêa Júnior was better.

=Club career statistics=

Last Update 1 July 2017

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
2003–04	Shamoushak	rowspan="15" \|Pro League \|22[http://www.navidamar.blogsky.com/1383/03/06/post-10/ Ahmadi made debut for Shamoushak]	0		0	\|–	–		0
2004–05	rowspan="4"\|Saipa \|22	0		0	–	–		0
2005–06 \|15	0		0	–	–		0
2006–07 \|19	0		0	–	–		0
2007–08 \|10	0		0	4	0		0
2008–09	rowspan="2"\|Sepahan \|22	0	1	0	6	0	29	0
2009–10 \|4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
2010–11	Persepolis \|13	0	0	0	3	0	16	0
2011–12	Sepahan \|32	0	1	0	6	0	38	0
2012–13	rowspan="1"\|Saipa \|33	0	1	0	–	–	32	0
2013–14	rowspan="3"\|Sepahan \|27	0	1	0	3	0	31	0
2014–15 \|17	0	0	0	–	–	17	0
2015–16 \|16	0	4	0	3	0	22	0
2016–17	rowspan="2" \|Paykan \|29	0	2	0	–	–	31	0
2017–18 \|7 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|– \|– \|7 \|0
colspan="3" \| Career total !287\|\|0\|\|11\|\|0\|\|25\|\|0\|\|323\|\|0

International career

In 2008, Ahmadi made his debut for Iran the final of West Asian Football Federation Championship against Jordan, with Team Melli going on to win the competition.{{cite news|url=http://m.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=298516/profile-detail.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140620093039/http://m.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=298516/profile-detail.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 June 2014|title=Rahman Ahmadi|access-date=20 June 2014|publisher=FIFA}} After Mehdi Rahmati announced his temporary retirement in 2013, Ahmadi was made the number one goalkeeper of the Iranian team by Carlos Queiroz. Ahmadi was instrumental in helping Iran secure a place in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as his double-save ensured a 1–0 Iran win over South Korea.

On 1 June 2014, he was called into Iran's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by Carlos Queiroz.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=6/news=quieroz-trims-squad-to-24-2351854.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601164415/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=6/news=quieroz-trims-squad-to-24-2351854.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 June 2014|title=Queiroz trims Iran squad to 24 |date=1 June 2014|access-date=1 June 2014|publisher=FIFA}} However, he did not made any appearance for the team, where Alireza Haghighi started all the games for Iran.