Ali Samereh ( fa, علی سامره; born November 23, 1977) is an Iranian

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coach and former player. He played for Iranian clubs

Fajr Sepasi Fajr Shahid Sepasi Shiraz Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگى ورزشى فجر شهید سپاسی شیراز, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Fajr-e Sepasi-ye Shiraz''), commonly known as Fajr Sepasi Shiraz, or Fajr Sepasi, is an Iranian football ...

, Esteghlal and

Mes Kerman Mes Kerman Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال صنعت مس کرمان, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Sân't-e Mes Kârman'') is an Iranian professional association football, football team based in Kerman, Iran. They were promoted to Iran's top ...

, for Italian side

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, and for UAE clubs Al-Shaab and

Ajman Ajman ( ar, عجمان, '; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ʿymān) is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. Located along the Persian Gulf, it is ...

. He usually played as a striker.

Club career

Samereh began his career at

Iranian Premier League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

outfit F.C. Fajr Sepasi and soon showed what he is capable of, this earned him a move to the Iranian giants

Esteghlal F.C. Esteghlal Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال استقلال, ''Bâšgâh-è Futbâl-è Esteqlâl''), commonly known as Esteghlal ( fa, استقلال, meaning 'The Independence'), is an Iranian football club based in capital Tehran th ...

He continued his first-rate performance with

and was instrumental in the glory of the club. They took the opportunity and sent him on loan to

Perugia Calcio Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio, or simply Perugia, is a professional football club based in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, that competes in the . Founded in 1905 as Associazione Calcistica Perugia, the club folded in 2005 and were re-founded t ...

, a

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Italian club for a fee of £166,000. Samereh's success with

was very limited due to only two handfuls of appearances with the club and he soon returned to Esteghlal FC. In 2005, he moved to the

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

to play for Al-Shaab. During the first season, Ali Samereh scored 17 goals for the club in the

UAE League The UAE Pro League ( ar, دوري المحترفين الإماراتي), known for sponsorship reasons as the ADNOC Pro League, is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al O ...

, becoming the league's third top goalscorer in the 2005/06 season. He continued his impressive performances for his club, scoring another 17 goals in the 2006/07 league season and becoming the second top scorer. Samereh,

's top goal scorer extended his contract at Al-Shaab for another year in a $700,000 contract. He moved back to Iran in May 2009 and sign one-year contract with

, He scored important goals for Mes at 2010 AFC Champions League.

Career statistics

International career

He was called up for the

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in 2002, and made several appearances, however he could not repeat his goal scoring feat at the national level. After a period away from football due to injury, Samereh soon bounced back and continued his scoring for

in the 2003/04 season and was recalled to the Iran national football team. He was a couple of years away from

Team Melli ) ''(the national team)' other nicknames'' , Badge = Flag_of_Iran.svg , Badge_size = 190px , Association = Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran , FIFA Trigramme = IRN , FIFA Rank ...

despite his goalscoring record in the

. In January 2007 he was once again called up to the national team for a friendly tournament in the

, where he has been playing for Al-Shaab since 2005, though he did not join the squad. In January 2008 he once again joined the Iranian squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, appearing for Iran in a warm-up friendly match against

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. With

Vahid Hashemian Vahid Hashemian Korbekandi ( fa, وحيد هاشميان; born 21 July 1976) is an Iranian football coach and former player who works as assistant coach to Dragan Skočić at Iran national team. He played as a forward, spending most of his ca ...

not participating in the third stage of the qualification, Samereh was expected to play an important role in this campaign. Afhsin Ghotbi recalled the striker for the

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qualifying campaign against

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Managerial career

Samereh was manager of Mes Rafsanjan until his dismissal in September 2018.

References

External links

Channel 4 Article : Perugia Net Iranian Inzaghi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Samereh, Ali 1977 births Living people People from Rafsanjan Iranian footballers Association football forwards Iran international footballers Fajr Sepasi players Esteghlal F.C. players A.C. Perugia Calcio players Al-Shaab CSC players Ajman Club players Sanat Mes Kerman F.C. players Pas players Mes Sarcheshme players Mes Rafsanjan players Azadegan League players Serie A players Persian Gulf Pro League players UAE Pro League players Expatriate footballers in Italy Iranian expatriate footballers Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Italy