- Javad Kazemian
Infobox Football biography
playername = Javad Kazemian
fullname = Javad Kazemian
height = 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|4|23|df=yes
cityofbirth =Kashan
countryofbirth =Iran
currentclub = Ajman
clubnumber = 23
contractend =
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Bank Melli
Saipa
years = 2000–2002
2002–2003
2003
2003–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Saipa
Al-Ahli
Saipa
PersepolisAl-Shaab
Al-Shabab
Ajman
caps(goals) = 41 (13)
12 0(3)
79 (26)
20 (11)
15 0(9)
00 0(0)
nationalyears = 2001–
nationalteam = Iran
nationalcaps(goals) = 36 0(1)
pcupdate = 00:00, 01 December 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 19:09, 19 June 2008 (UTC)Javad Kazemian (PerB|جواد كاظميان, born
April 23 ,1982 inKashan ,Iran ) is anIran ian football striker who plays forAjman Club in theUAE League and theIran national football team .Club career
He started with the youth team of Saipa and was able to make it to the senior team. There he showed some great performances and was called up to the Iranian national team when
Miroslav Blažević was Iran's manager. He joined Al-Ahli of UAE in 2002, but returned back to Iran after a few months, briefly playing for Saipa again, and then three seasons withPersepolis FC .After World Cup 2006 he signed a one year loan deal with Emirati club
Al-Shaab with the option to sign a permanent contract with the club after a year, [cite web|title=fa icon جواد كاظميان به تيم فوتبال الشعب امارات پيوست|url=http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-764877&Lang=P|publisher=ISNA|accessdate=2006-08-04] but then signed a season-long contract withAl-Shabab club in the end of the league in 2007-2008 season.International career
Having made his first appearance for the senior national team in January 2001 against China, Javad Kazemian was among the Iranian squad at the
2001 FIFA World Youth Championship inArgentina . He is known primarily for his goal against Japan in the final of the football tournament in the2002 Asian Games inBusan ,South Korea , winning aGold medal with the Iran U-23 team. He was also a member of the World Cup 2006 squad that went toGermany , but he did not get a chance to play.Having joined the national team once again in July 2007, he scored Iran's winning goal in its
2007 Asian Cup opening match against Uzbekistan.He has been called up for2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying but like before he could not get the first eleven starting.International goals
:"Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first."
Personal life
After scoring goals for his club, Kazemian sometimes pulls up his shirt to show a photo printed on the shirt underneath, a photo of his brother who passed away in 2004. [cite web|title=Iran coach looks for three points|url=http://www.iranian.ws/cgi-bin/iran_news/exec/view.cgi/2/1838|publisher="Iranian.ws"|accessdate=2006-09-30] Javad says he will never let his memories die away. [http://i7.tinypic.com/21kh5zo.jpg] [http://i7.tinypic.com/21kh0r8.jpg]
Honours
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2002 Asian Games , 1st place, withIran national under-23 football team Notes
External links
*soccerbase|id=27064|name=Javad Kazemian
* [http://www.teammelli.com/Roster/KazemianRoster.htm Javad Kazemian] at [http://www.teammelli.com TeamMelli.com]
* [http://www.javadkazemian.ir Javad Kazemian Website]
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