Mojtaba Jabbari

Mojtaba Jabbari
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Personal information
Full name	Mojtaba Jabbari Kordgeshlagi
Date of birth	16 June 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Robat Karim, Iran
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Esteghlal
Number	8
Youth career
	Rah Ahan
1999–2002	Esteghlal
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2005	Aboomoslem
2005–	Esteghlal
International career‡
2005	Iran B
2005–	Iran
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 15 January 2012 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Mojtaba Jabbari (Template:Lang-fa, pronounced [moˈdʒtæbɒː ˈdʒæˈb-bɒːɾiː]; born 16 June 1983 in Robat Karim) is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Iran's Premier Football League's Esteghlal as a midfielder.

Club career

Due to his father's career as an employee for Islamic Republic of Iran Railways^{[citation needed]}, Jabbari began his club football playing for Rah Ahan F.C.. His coach at the club, Ahadi soon moved to Esteghlal youth team, and took Jabbari with him. To gain experience he was loaned out to F.C. Aboomoslem.He was part of the team that went to final of the Hazfi Cup with F.C. Aboomoslem. There he was able to show his talents and after a solid season rejoined Esteghlal in the 2005-06 season. Jabbari was one of the most impressive players in the league that season and was considered by many to be the league MVP.^{[citation needed]} He helped the team win the championship that season.

In 2006, he got injured and was not ready to play until the second half of Persian Gulf Cup (2006-2007) season, in which he made a comeback in a 20 minute appearance vs. Saipa FC on January 27, 2007. He is back to the club's starting lineup for the 2007-2008 season.He was a key player in Esteghlal's Hazfi Cup final victory Pegah F.C. scoring and assisting a goal in the 3-0 win on a day which he lost his father. He scored Esteghlal's first goal of the 2008-2009 season in a 2-0 victory over former club Aboomoslem

Jabbari was on trial with Grenoble Foot 38 of French Ligue 1,^[1] but was not signed as Grenoble Foot 38 ran into financial problems.^{[citation needed]} He had some problems with the club coach after the first AFC Champions League and was fined by the club. He started the 2009-10 season as usual with injury where he was out for most of the season and only featured in few matches.But in 2010-11 season he was able to become one of the regular players. He scored a goal in the Tehran derby on 16 September 2011 and was selected as best player of the match.

Club career statistics

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Assist Goals

Season	Team	Assists
05–06	Esteghlal	7
07–08	Esteghlal	8
08–09	Esteghlal	4
10–11	Esteghlal	3
11–12	Esteghlal	6

International career

While playing for Aboomoslem, Jabbari was called up to the national team camps several times, but was not able to create a place for himself in the team. He also played for Iran B team in the Islamic Solidarity Games held in Saudi Arabia. Soon after he was called up to the national team again, and made his international debut versus Bosnia on February 2, 2005. After his impressive displays the following season in Esteghlal, he was a constant call up to the national team and there was some chance that he might have been a starter. He was called up for Iran's preliminary World Cup 2006 squad, but missed the tournament as he was injured during training in Switzerland.^[2]

The injury kept him out of Team Melli for 2007, but came back to the team in January 2008 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

He was recalled by Carlos Queiroz in 2011 and was scored his first national goal on 11 October 2011 against Bahrain. He was also scored an other goal in the match with Bahrain on 11 November 2011.

International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 2011	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Bahrain	2-0	6-0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	11 November 2011	National Stadium, Manama	Bahrain	1-1	1-1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	15 November 2011	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta	Indonesia	2-0	4-1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification