Mehdi Seyed Salehi

Infobox Football biography
playername = Mehdi Seyed Salehi


fullname = Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Seyed Salehicite web|url=http://www.iransportspress.com/?c=170&a=4649|title=Salehi and Nekounam among AFC Player of the Year nominees|publisher="IranSportsPress"|accessdate=2007-10-12]
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|7|27
cityofbirth = Tehran
countryofbirth = Iran
height = height|m=1.90
position = Striker
currentclub = Paykan
clubnumber = 23
youthyears =
youthclubs = Bank Melli
Moghavemat Tehran
years =
2001-2008
2008-
clubs = Bank Tejarat
Rah Ahan
Sepahan
Paykan
caps(goals) =
00?0 (8)
0060 (5)
nationalyears = 2003
nationalteam = Iran U23
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 25 September 2008
ntupdate =

Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Seyed Salehi, (more commonly known as Mehdi Seyed Salehi, PerB| مهدی سید صالحی , born July 27, 1981 in Iran) is an Iranian football player, currently playing for Paykan in Iran's Premier Football League. He usually plays as a striker.

Club career

Salehi had been playing for Esfahani club Sepahan for most of his career. He scored four goals in Sepahan's first three matches in the 2007 AFC Champions League. [cite web|title=Sepahan Go Down to Al Ain|url=http://www.iransportspress.com/?c=45&a=4230|publisher="IranSportsPress"|accessdate=2007-04-26]

Following his impressive performances for Sepahan in the Asian Champions League, he was selected among Asian Player of the Year 2007 nominees,-] along with Iranian expatriate Javad Nekounam of CA Osasuna.-]

International career

He was a member of Iran national under-23 football team in its unsuccessful qualification campaign for Athens 2004. [cite web|title=Athens 2004 Asian Qualifiers|url=http://www.teammelli.com/Athens_OLY_qlfy.htm|publisher="TeamMelli.com"|accessdate=2007-04-26]

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