Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Personal information
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
Full name	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
Date of birth	September 11, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	Noor Abad, Iran
Playing position	Defence
Club information
Current club	Saba Battery
Number	4
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
?-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-present	Esteghlal FC Erzurumspor Esteghlal FC Foolad FC Saba Battery	(1) (4) 62 (14)
National team²
1997-2006	Iran	33 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 November 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Persian: سهراب بختيارى زاده ‎ , born September 11, 1972 in Noor Abad, Iran) is an Iranian football player, currently playing for Saba Battery.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Club career

He started his professional career with playing for Khuzestani clubs, before moving to Esteghlal FC. After a couple of seasons,he elected to play professionally in Turkish league. The move was far from successful and Sohrab left this club in controversial circumstances.^[1]

He returned to Esteghlal soon after. His lack of playing time caused him to be transferred to Foolad. After an impressive season there he moved to Saba Battery. Bakhtiarizadeh was rejuvenated at Saba Battery , where a right mixture of older hands and young prospects ensured that this young team win its first trophy in a relatively short life span. Along with the likes of Ali Daei and Mohammad Navazi, Sohrab won the Hazfi Cup in 2004/05 season and hence qualified for the Asian Champions League. He continued his powerful performance at the heart of Saba defense and did his reputation no harm by scoring goals at set pieces.

On March 8, 2007 he pledged his future to Saba Battery FC by signing a 2-year deal.

[edit] International career

He made his debut for Iran in October 1997 in a World Cup 1998 qualification game against Qatar in Tehran. He was not included in Iran's final squad for the 1998 Fifa World Cup, but he was an on-and-off starter for the national team until 2003, when he lost his spot.

His brilliant performance in the IPL 2005/06 season was rewarded by a recall to duty after a three-year absence from Team Melli. He appeared in two of Iran's games in World Cup 2006, starting against Angola and scoring Iran's only goal in the game. He was called up to the national team again after the World Cup, by new manager Ghalenoei, but did not participate. He has retired from international football now and only particpates in club play.^[2]

[edit] Notes

^ Runaway Iranians make border in Turkish club car. Soccernet. Retrieved on July 30, 2006.
^ (Persian) انصراف بختيازي زاده از حضور در تيم ملي. ISNA. Retrieved on July 29, 2006.

[edit] External links

	Iran squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Mirzapour \| 2 Mahdavikia \| 3 Bakhtiarizadeh \| 4 Golmohammadi \| 5 Rezaei \| 6 Nekounam \| 7 Zandi \| 8 Karimi \| 9 Hashemian \| 10 Daei \| 11 Khatibi \| 12 Roudbarian \| 13 Ka'abi \| 14 Teymourian \| 15 Borhani \| 16 Enayati \| 17 Kazemian \| 18 Navidkia \| 19 Sadeqi \| 20 Nosrati \| 21 Madanchi \| 22 Talebloo \| 23 Shojaei \| Coach: Ivanković