Amirhossein Karimi is an Iranian international center
midfielder who has played in different national team levels for his country.
Born in Tehran, he is a creative midfielder with strong left and right foot. He has regularly represented Iran at U-17, U-20
and U-23 level respectively.
Amirhossein Karimi biggest achievement to date was partaking in the
FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013. Playing a pivotal role in qualification from the group matches and going on to score one of the goals of the tournament with a spectacular 30-yard strike in the 1-1 draw against Canada in the final group stages.
In 2013,
Zlatko Kranjčar was impressed by the Amirhossein Karimi performance in U-17, U-20 national team and U-23 Sepahan team and recommended
Sepahan to sign a 3 years contract with him.
He made his debut for
Sepahan on 5 December 2013 against
Esteghlal. He also played 6 games in the
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...
for
Sepahan.
For
2015–16 Iran Pro League, Amirhossein Karimi joined
Gostaresh Foulad F.C.
Gostaresh Foulad Tabriz Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال گسترش فولاد تبریز, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Gâsteresh Fulâd Tebriz'') was an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, Iran. The club was founded in 2008. They were ...
club based on
Faraz Kamalvand
Faraz Kamalvand ( fa, فراز کمالوند, born 26 December 1976) is an Iranian football coach. He is headcoach of Kheybar Khorramabad
Early life
He was born on 27 December 1976 in Khoramabad, Iran and is from Lorestan. From 1998 to 2001, ...
(Gostaresh Foolad head coach) request. He had a great year in this club and even
Igor Štimac (Sepahan head coach at the time) regretted that they did not have Amirhossein Karimi with them in that season.
Club career statistics
Honours
Club
;Sepahan
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Iran Pro League (1):
2014–15
References
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Sepahan S.C. footballers
1996 births
Living people
Iranian footballers
Sportspeople from Isfahan
Association football midfielders
Gostaresh Foulad F.C. players