Mehdi Vaezi

Mehdi Vaezi

Personal information
Full name	Mehdi Vaezi
Date of birth	January 19, 1975 (1975-01-19) (age 36)
Place of birth	Azadshahr, Golestan, Iran
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1992–1993	Sanati Electric Khorasan
1993–1995	Payam Mashhad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1998	Payam Mashhad
1998–2000	Bahman
2000–2006	Paykan Tehran
2006–2009	Persepolis	41	(0)
2009–2011	Saba	27	(0)
2011-	Steel Azin
National team‡
1997–2008	Iran	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 October 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2008

Mehdi Vaezi (born January 19, 1975 in Azadshahr, Iran) is an Iranian football player. He has lived and grew up in Mashhad between ages of 7 until 23.^[1] He currently plays for Steel Azin as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Vaezi played for Paykan Tehran F.C. before moving to Persepolis F.C. in 2006 on a 2-year deal. Earlier that year he was involved in a drug abuse scandal which ended in a 6-month ban from football and the breakdown of a transfer to F.C. Zob Ahan. Eventually he signed for Persepolis F.C.

During the 2006/07 season he only played a few matches for Persepolis behind the first keeper Farshid Karimi who had an incredible season but during the 2007/08 season he was the first choice keeper for most of the games but never played in the Tehran derby. This season went really well for him because he was known for his great saves and reflects but more importantly the fans preferred him over the other keepers such as international Goalkeeper Hassan Roudbarian and lats seasons first choice Farshid Karimi.

During the 2008/09 Vaezi had many injuries which made him sit out many matches and a lot of critics believe that if he was not injured as much Persepolis would have done better in the league.

Club Career Statistics

Last Update 19 October 2010

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Iran			League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
2003–04	Paykan	Persian Gulf Cup	21	0		0	-	-		0
2004–05			28	0		0	-	-		0
2005–06		Azadegan League		0		0	-	-		0
2006–07	Persepolis	Persian Gulf Cup	6	0	1	0	-	-	7	0
2007–08			22	0	2	0	-	-	24	0
2008–09			13	0	2	0	1	0	16	0
2009–10	Saba		7	0		0	-	-		0
2010–11			20	0	1	0	-	-	21	0
Total	Iran			0		0	1	0		0
Career total				0		0	1	0		0

International career

On March 17, 1997 he made the 31-man list for the national team but did not get selected for any games^[2] He made his debut for Iran in a friendly match against Georgia in August 2000. He was called up to join the squad in a few occasions, including in 2007, but did not make any other appearance for Team Melli before January 2008, when he made his second cap in a friendly match against Qatar.

Honours

• Iran's Premier Football League Winner: 1
  • 2007/08 with Persepolis

External links

• Mehdi Vaezi banned for six months after positive test

References

1. ^ http://www.iran20.ir/view.asp?id=50081596866101436
2. ^ http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1997/03/17/P4.pdf

Persondata
Name	Vaezi, Mehdi
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Date of birth	1975-01-19
Place of birth	Mashhad, Iran
Date of death
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