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Ali Karimi
	Karimi in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Ali Nozar Karimi
Date of birth	11 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Isfahan, Iran
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kayserispor
Number	6
Youth career
2004–2012	Sepahan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2016	Sepahan
2016	Dinamo Zagreb II
2016–2017	Dinamo Zagreb
2017	→ Lokomotiva (loan)
2017–2018	Sepahan
2018–2020	Esteghlal
2020–2021	Qatar SC
2021	→Al-Duhail (loan)
2021–	Kayserispor
International career‡
2014–2016	Iran U23
2016–	Iran
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

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Ali Nozar Karimi (Template:Lang-fa; born 11 February 1994) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Kayserispor as a central midfielder.

Club career

Sepahan

He joined Sepahan in the summer of 2012. From 2010 to 2012, he was a member of Sepahan under-19 football team.^[2] Karimi made his first league appearance in the 2013–14 season. He won the Persian Gulf Pro League with Sepahan in the 2014–15 season.

Dinamo Zagreb

2016–17

On 1 July 2016, Karimi joined Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on a five-year contract for a reported US$400,000 transfer fee.^[3] He is the first Iranian to play in Croatian Prva HNL. Karimi made his preseason debut on 2 July 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute against Romanian club CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu.^[4]

Loan to Lokomotiva

Karimi joined Dinamo Zagreb's feeder club Lokomotiva in January 2017 on a 6-month loan. He finally got a chance to show off his power and control in the midfield as he started six games for Lokomotiva, set up multiple goals and scored his first goal in the Croatian league for the NK Lokomotiva on 26 April 2017 in a 1–0 league victory against Istra 1961.

Esteghlal

On 15 July 2018, Karimi joined Esteghlal signing a one-year contract with the club.^[5]

Qatar SC

On 1 November 2020, Karimi joined Qatar SC, signing a one-year contract with the club.

Kayserispor

In July 2020, Karimi joined Kayseispor as a free agent.

International career

Youth

He was invited to Iran U-23 training camp by Nelo Vingada^[6] in preparation for Incheon 2014 and 2016 AFC U-22 Championship (Summer Olympic qualification). He was named for the Iran U23 and on the final roster for Incheon 2014.^[7]

Senior

Karimi was called to the national team in March 2014 but did not play a game. He was called up again to the senior Iran squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against India in September 2015.^[8] He made his debut against Papua New Guinea on 10 November 2016 in a friendly match.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2018, he was named in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.^[9] but did not make the final 23 because of injury.^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2019^[11]

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sepahan	2012–13	Persian Gulf Pro League	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	2013–14		18	2	0	0	4	0	22	2
	2014–15		19	0	0	0	—		19	0
	2015–16		28	2	4	1	6	0	38	3
	Total		65	4	4	1	11	0	80	5
Dinamo Zagreb II	2016–17		Druga HNL	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
Dinamo Zagreb	2016–17	Prva HNL	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
Lokomotiva (loan)	2016–17	Prva HNL	8	1	0	0	—		8	1
Sepahan	2017–18	Persian Gulf Pro League	20	1	0	0	—		20	1
Esteghlal	2018–19	Persian Gulf Pro League	26	2	2	0	5	1	33	3
Esteghlal	2019–20	Persian Gulf Pro League	15	3	1	0	0	0	16	3
Career total			144	11	9	1	16	1	169	13

International

As of matches played 21 November 2023^[12]

Iran
Year	Apps	Goals
2016	1	0
2017	6	0
2018	3	0
2019	1	0
2020	2	0
2022	3	0
2023	3	0
Total	19	0

Honours

Sepahan

Iran U23

WAFF U23 Championship: 2015

References

^ ^a ^b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: IR Iran (IRN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 15. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ پیروزی جوانان فولاد مبارکه سپاهان در دیداری تدارکاتی Archived 28 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "کریمی: آقایان هر کاری کردند تا به اروپا نروم".
^ @CroSports_ (2 July 2016). "Ali Karimi is making his Dinamo Zagreb debut (albeit preseason). He is coming on in the 75th minute (Dinamo Zagreb vs Panduri)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "علی کریمی به استقلال پیوست" [Ali Karimi joined Esteghlal] (in Persian). Varzesh3.com. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ "لیست ۳۱ نفره وینگادا برای تیم ملی امید".
^ "بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد". ffiri.ir. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ "India vs Iran". fifa.com. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^ "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Carlos Queiroz Names Provisional Iran Squad for FIFA World Cup 2018". IFPNews.com. 20 May 2018.
^ Ali Karimi at Soccerway
^ Ali Karimi at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Ali Karimi joined Al-Duhail

[FIFA_2022-1] "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: IR Iran (IRN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 15. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[2] پیروزی جوانان فولاد مبارکه سپاهان در دیداری تدارکاتی Archived 28 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "کریمی: آقایان هر کاری کردند تا به اروپا نروم".

[4] @CroSports_ (2 July 2016). "Ali Karimi is making his Dinamo Zagreb debut (albeit preseason). He is coming on in the 75th minute (Dinamo Zagreb vs Panduri)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[5] "علی کریمی به استقلال پیوست" [Ali Karimi joined Esteghlal] (in Persian). Varzesh3.com. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

[6] "لیست ۳۱ نفره وینگادا برای تیم ملی امید".

[7] "بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد". ffiri.ir. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

[8] "India vs Iran". fifa.com. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

[9] "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[10] "Carlos Queiroz Names Provisional Iran Squad for FIFA World Cup 2018". IFPNews.com. 20 May 2018.

[11] Ali Karimi at Soccerway

[nft-12] Ali Karimi at National-Football-Teams.com

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 }}'''Ali Nozar Karimi''' ({{lang-fa|علی کریمی}}; born 11 February 1994) is an Iranian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays for [[Kayserispor]] as a [[Midfielder#Central midfielder|central midfielder]].