List of Iranian expatriate footballers

This is a list of Iranian football players who play or have played out of Iran.

European clubs

Current main players

Current dual nationalities that have not played for Team melli

;Goalkeepers:
*flagicon|Germany Daniel Davari, 1. FSV Mainz 05
*flagicon|Netherlands Aghil Etemadi, SC Heerenveen

;Defenders:
*flagicon|Germany Sasan Gohari, Hamburger SV
*flagicon|Germany Shervin Radjabali-Fardi , Hertha Berlin
*flagicon|Sweden Emin Nouri, Östers IF
*flagicon|Sweden Behrang Safari, FC Basel
*flagicon|Austriaflagicon|Chile Alí Manouchehri, Coquimbo Unido

;Midfielders:
*flagicon|Sweden Brwa Nouri, FC Väsby United
*flagicon|Sweden Mani Tourang, IK Sirius Fotboll
*flagicon|Scotland Pedram Ardalany, Partick Thistle F.C.

;Forwards:
*flagicon|Germany Ashkan Dejagah, VfL Wolfsburg
*flagicon|Germany Sebastian Ghasemi-Nobakht, VfB Oldenburg
*flagicon|Germany Navid Mashinchi, Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
*flagicon|Netherlands Reza Ghoochannejhad, SC Heerenveen
*flagicon|Italy Keivan Zarineh, Cisco Roma

Arabian clubs

Current main players

UAE flagicon|UAE

Qatar flagicon|QAT

*Ali Karimi - Qatar Sports Club (2007-2008), Al-Sailiya Sport Club (2008-2009)
*Ali Daei - Al-Sadd Sports Club (1996-1997)
*Hamid Derakhshan - Qatar Sports Club (1987-1991), Al-Sadd Sports Club (1991-1992)
*Karim Bagheri - Al-Sadd Sports Club (2001-2002)
*Amir Ghalenoei - Al-Sadd Sports Club (1988-1989)
*Hossein Kaebi - Al-Sadd Sports Club (2005)
*Sirous Ghayeghran - Al-Gharafa Sports Club (1991-1992)
*Hadi Shakouri - Al-Arabi Sports Club (2007)
*Majid Namjoo-Motlagh - Al-Sadd Sports Club

Kuwait flagicon|Kuwait

*Hamid Estili - Al Qadisiya Kuwait (1994-1995)
*Ali Asadi - Al Arabi Kuwait
*Heidar Bagheri - Al Salmiya Club
*Masoud Fereydoun - Al Salmiya Club

Bahrain flagicon|Bahrain

Other countries

Players in bold are still active.

United States flagicon|USA

Top division
*Alecko Eskandarian - Chivas USA (2008-Present)
*Mohammad Khakpour - Metro Stars (1999-2000)
*Khodadad Azizi - San Jose Earthquakes (2000)
*Esmaeil Hajrahimipour

Japan flagicon|Japan

Top division
*Aria Jasuru Hasegawa - Yokohama F. Marinos (2007-Present),

China flagicon|China

*Reza Shahroudi - Dalian Shide (2000)

ingapore flagicon|Singapore

*Mohammad Khakpour - Geylang United FC (1996)
*Hamid Estili - Geylang United FC (1996)
*Reza Torabian - Balestier Khalsa FC
*Ali Reza Mansourian - Balestier Khalsa FC (1997)
*Majid Namjoo-Motlagh - Balestier Khalsa FC

Chile flagicon|Chile

Top division
*Alí Manouchehri - Coquimbo Unido (2007-Present),

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