Mehdi Rajabzadeh

Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Personal information
Date of birth	June 21, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Kazeroun, Iran
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1992–1998	Jam Shiraz
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2003	Fajr Sepasi
2003–2007	Zob Ahan
2007–2008	Emirates
2008–2009	Al-Dhafra
2009–2010	Mes Kerman
2010–2011	Zob Ahan
2011–2012	Fajr Sepasi
2012–2018	Zob Ahan
International career
2004–2008	Iran
Managerial career
2018	Zob Ahan (assistant)
2021–2022	Qashqai
2022–	Fajr Sepasi
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Persian: مهدی رجب‌زاده; born June 21, 1978) is an Iranian football manager and former player who manages Fajr Sepasi. A midfielder, he is the second-top scorer in the history of the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Club career

Rajabzadeh started his career at Fajr Sepasi where he impressed enough to be transferred to Zob Ahanin 2003. During the 2006–07 season Rajabzadeh became the top goalscorer by scoring 17 goals. He is one of the top all time IPL goalscorers.

Rajabzadeh is the second-top scorer in the history of this competition after Gholamreza Enayati, scoring 116 goals with the shirts of Fajr Sepasi Shiraz, Zobahan Isfahan and Mes Kerman in the Premier League.

International career

Rajabzadeh made his debut for Iran against Qatar in February 2004. In October 2006, he joined Team Melli in an LG cup tournament held in Jordan. He scored his first goal for Iran on October 4, 2006 in a match against Iraq.

As of February 2008, he had 17 caps and 4 goals for Iran.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 May 2018

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Asia		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fajr Sepasi	2001–02	Iran Pro League	9	2	1	0	2	0	12	2
	2002–03	Iran Pro League	8	1	–		–		8	1
	Total		17	3	1	0	2	0!20	3
Zob Ahan	2003–04	Iran Pro League	21	9	–		5	0	26	9
	2004–05		23	9	3	1	–		26	10
	2005–06		29	14	1	1	–		30	15
	2006–07		30	17	2	0	–		32	17
	Total		103	49	6	2	5	0	114	51
Emirates	2007–08	UAE Pro League	20	6	–		–		20	6
Dhafra	2008–09	UAE Pro League	5	1	–		–		5	1
Mes Kerman	2008–09	Iran Pro League	4	0	0	0	–		4	0
	2009–10	Iran Pro League	32	10	–		7	4	39	14
	Total		36	10	0	0	7	4	43	14
Zob Ahan	2010–11	Iran Pro League	32	6	1	0	11	1	44	7
Fajr Sepasi	2011–12	Iran Pro League	32	10	1	0	–		33	10
Zob Ahan	2012–13	Iran Pro League	31	8	0	0	–		31	8
	2013–14		25	9	1	0	–		26	9
	2014–15		28	4	5	4	–		33	8
	2015–16		30	6	5	1	6	2	41	9
	2016–17		29	9	4	1	6	1	39	11
	2017–18		18	2	0	0	7	1	25	3
	Total		161	38	15	6	19	4	195	48
Career total			406	123	26	8	44	9	476	140

^ Includes Hazfi Cup, President's Cup.

International

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 October 2006	Amman International Stadium, Amman	Iraq	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2	12 January 2007	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3	20 June 2007	Amman International Stadium, Amman	Palestine	2–0	2–0	WAFF 2007
4	22 June 2007	Amman International Stadium, Amman	Jordan	1–0	1–0	WAFF 2007