Mehdi Rahmati

Mehdi Rahmati

File:Untitled4.JPG Rahmati during a training
Personal information
Full name	Seyed Mehdi Rahmati Oskouei
Date of birth	(1983-02-02) February 2, 1983
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Esteghlal
Number	1
Youth career
1995–1997	Pas Tehran
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	Fajr Sepasi		(0)
2004–2005	Sepahan	26	(0)
2005–2007	Esteghlal	23	(0)
2007–2009	Mes Kerman	65	(0)
2009–2011	Sepahan	62	(0)
2011–	Esteghlal	38	(0)
International career‡
	Iran U20
2002–2004	Iran U23	6	(0)
2010	Iran U23 (Wild Card)	7	(0)
2004–	Iran	73	(0)
Medal record Representing Iran Asian Games 2002 Busan Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2012

Seyyed Mehdi Rahmati (Template:Lang-fa, born February 2, 1983 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier League football and the Iran national football team.

Club career

He was one of the most talented players found by Gholam Hossein Peyrovani in Fajr and like all the other youth players soon left the team heading for Sepahan but he had an unsuccessful season in this club and he moved to Esteghlal. although He had good performance in the Esteghlal squad, Vahid Talebloo showed better games and he proved himself as the number one keeper for Esteghlal so again he had to leave this club for Mes Kerman F.C. and there he played very well. He continued performing well in Mes Kerman F.C. and helped the club promote for the Asian Champions League and Persepolis F.C. showed some interest on him at least for the Asian Champions League. On July 14, 2009 Rahmati signed a two-year contract with Sepahan for an approximate sum of $450.000 turning down an offer from Norwegian giants Rosenborg BK. Where he was the first choice keeper in the entire season and one of the important players that helped the club to win the league.He repeated the same with Sepahan in the next season. He joined Esteghlal in July 2011 where he won the Hazfi Cup in the first season. He extended his contract for another season on 18 June 2012.

Club career statistics

Last Update 3 April 2012

Template:Football player statistics 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2000–01||rowspan="4"|Fajr ||rowspan="1"|Azadegan League ||||0|||||0||-||-||||0 |- |2001-02||rowspan="12"|Persian Gulf Cup||||0||||0||2||0||||0 |- |2002-03||||0||||0||-||-||||0 |- |2003-04||14||0||||0||-||-||||0 |- |2004-05||rowspan="1"|Sepahan||26||0||||0||6||0||||0 |- |2005-06||rowspan="2"|Esteghlal||14||0||0||0||-||-||14||0 |- |2006-07||9||0||||0||-||-||||0 |- |2007-08||rowspan="2"|Mes||33||0||1||0||-||-||34||0 |- |2008-09||32||0||0||0||-||-||32||0 |- |2009-10||rowspan="2"|Sepahan||30||0||1||0||6||0||37||0 |- |2010-11||32||0||4||0||7||0||43||0 |- |2011-12||rowspan="2"|Esteghlal||34||0||5||0|||9||0||48||0 |- |2012–13||6||0||0||0|||0||0||6||0 |- Template:Football player statistics 3||0||||0||26||0||||0 Template:Football player statistics 50||||0||26||0|||||0 Template:Football player statistics end

International career

He was part of the team in 2004 AFC Asian Cup but he did not play any match. He won the 2004 West Asian Football Federation Championship with team melli. He was again part of the team in 2007 AFC Asian Cup but he did not play any match again. Since the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, he has been the number one keeper for Team Melli.He also played for Team Melli in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification.He has been one of the best players for Team melli in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification with his saves played an important role.He was the first choice keeper in West Asian Football Federation Championship 2010 and 2011 Asian Cup.

Honours

Iran national football team:

• West Asian Football Federation Championship winner: 1
  • 2004

• Iran's Premier Football League
  • Winner: 3
    • 2005/06 with Esteghlal
    • 2009/2010 with Sepahan
    • 2010/2011 with Sepahan
  • Third Place:
    • 2008/09 with Mes Kerman
    • 2011/12 with Esteghlal

• Hazfi Cup: 2
  • 2000/01 with Fajr Sepasi
  • 2011/12 with Esteghlal

Individual

• Football Iran News & Events
  • Goalkeeper of the year (2007/08)

• Iran Football Federation Award
  • Goalkeeper of the year (2007/08)

External link(s)

• Seyed Mehdi Rahmati Official Website
• Mehdi Rahmati at TeamMelli.com