Mojtaba Jabbari

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Personal information
Mojtaba Jabbari
Full name	Mojtaba Jabbari
Date of birth	June 16, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Robat Karim, Iran
Playing position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Esteghlal F.C.
Number	8
Youth clubs
-2004	Rah Ahan F.C. Omid Esteghlal
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2005 2005-	F.C. Aboomoslem (loan) Esteghlal F.C.	? (2) 24 (5)
National team²
2005-	Iran	5 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 August 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2 August 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Mojtaba Jabbari (Persian: مجتبی جباری‎ , born June 16, 1983 in Robat Karim, Iran) is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Esteghlal F.C. in Iran's Premier Football League and the Iran national football team. He usually plays in the attacking midfielder position.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Due to his father's career as an employee for Iran's state-owned railroad company, Jabbari began his club football playing for Rah Ahan F.C., a club operated by the same company. His coach at the club, Ahadi soon moved to Esteghlal's youth team, and took Jabbari with him. To gain experience he was loaned out to Mashhad club, F.C. Aboomoslem. There he was able to show his talents and after a solid season rejoined Esteghlal F.C. 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. He helped the team win the championship that season.

After World Cup 2006 Mojtaba Jabbari, due to problems with Esteghlal's management, initially signed a two year internal contract with their main rivals, Persepolis F.C.. Controversy arose and Esteghlal management were extremely angry at the move made by Persepolis. Jabbari later decided to go back to Esteghlal and the internal contract was cancelled.

[edit] International career

While playing for Abu Muslem, 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 on Iran's 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^[1]. He was injured and wasn't 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.

[edit] Notes

^ (Persian)مجتبی جباری جام جهانی را از دست داد/ دو ماه استراحت اجباری برای هافبک تیم ملی. Mehr News Agency. Retrieved on 2006-08-03.

[edit] External links

(Persian) Official Website
Mojtaba Jabbari at TeamMelli.com

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