Arash Borhani

Arash Borhani
Personal information
Full name	Arash Borhani
Date of birth	14 September 1983 (age 41)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Esteghlal
Number	9
Youth career
1997–2001	Shahrdari Kerman
2001–2002	Pas
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2006	Pas
2006–2007	Al Nasr Dubai
2007	→ Pas (loan)
2007–	Esteghlal
International career‡
2003–2006	Iran U23
2003–2011	Iran
Medal record
Representing Iran
Men's Football
West Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2012; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 March 2011

Arash Borhani (Template:Lang-fa, born September 14, 1983 in Kerman, Iran) is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League and is a member of Iran national football team.

He is top goal scorer of 2008–09 Iran's Premier Football League and also the all-time top goal scorers of Iran's Premier Football League. Borhani is a Bronze Medalist of 2006 Asian Games with Iran national under-23 football team.

Club career

Having just moved to Pas in the Iran's Premier Football league, he helped the club to finish second in the IPL 2002/03 season. He Scored 4 Goals in the season, which 3 of them was on a Hattrick in the last match of the season.^[1]^[2] He continued with Pas for the next seasons and became a fixed starter. He was one of club's main players in AFC Champions League 2005.

Shortly before the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Borhani signed for the UAE League, Al Nasr S.C. On January 21, 2007 Borhani signed back with his former team PAS Tehran F.C. after being sacked by Al Nasr S.C. due to unforeseen circumstances. Since signing back with PAS Tehran F.C., within a period of 5 months, he has scored only twice, which has put him through the most difficult time in his career.

Borhani had offers from Al-Ain of the UAE League, Mouscron of the Belgian League, Vitória Setúbal of the Portuguese Liga, Denizlispor of the Turkcell Super League and Mes Kerman F.C. and Esteghlal of Iran's Premier Football League, though it was not known which offer Borhani was likely to accept.^[3]^[4]^[5] However on July 17, 2007 Borhani signed a contract with the IPL giants Esteghlal.^[6] On October 27 Borhani scored his first hat-trick for Esteghlal in a 3-2 win over Paykan F.C.. On November 25 Borhani again scored a hat-trick plus 2 against Damash Gilan F.C. in the Hazfi Cup ending up with 5 goals, the games final score being 8-1 in favor of Esteghlal.He became the top scorer in 2008-09 season with 21 goals.The next season he scored 11 goals but missed so many chances during the final matches of the season.

Club career statistics

Last update: 19 January 2012

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The information in Hazfi Cup is not complete

Assist Goals

Season	Team	Assists
05–06	Pas	4
06–07	Pas	1
07–08	Esteghlal	2
08–09	Esteghlal	2
09–10	Esteghlal	1
10–11	Esteghlal	3

International career

While playing for PAS Tehran F.C., he was called to the Iran U-23 team for the 2004 Athens Olympics qualifications, where he had some good performances, including scoring four goals in two games versus Uzbekistan. Despite the talent on the team, the Iran U-23 team did not qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Around the same time he was called up to the Team Melli, where he scored some crucial goals, such as the tying goal versus Qatar in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match. He was not a regular starter for the team, but he was among Iran's final squad for 2006 FIFA World Cup.

In November 2006, he once again joined Iran U-23 team to participate at the 2006 Asian Games. In the quarter-final match against China, Arash Borhani, after masterfully dribbling around the Chinese goalkeeper, held the ball short of the goal line and invited his team-mates to approach. He held that position for a few seconds before moving the ball over the line and then started running with joy towards the bench and celebrating with others. Later on he apologized for dishonoring the China U-23 team.

He has been recently called up to the national squad by Iranian coach Ali Daei to play in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Third Round.He played in 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification for Team Melli.

International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 June 2004	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Syria	3-0	7-1	2004 WAFF
2	21 June 2004	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Syria	4-0	7-1	2004 WAFF
3	23 June 2004	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Iraq	2-1	2-1	2004 WAFF
4	25 June 2004	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Syria	3-1	4-1	2004 WAFF
5	9 October 2004	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha	Qatar	2-2	3-2	2006 WCQ
6	17 November 2004	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Laos	6-0	7-0	2006 WCQ
7	2 February 2005	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2-1	2-1	Friendly
8	28 May 2006	Gradski Vrt Stadium, Osijek	Croatia	2-1	2-2	Friendly
9	2 January 2009	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	China	1-0	3-1	Friendly
10	12 August 2009	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2-2	3-2	Friendly