Amir Shapourzadeh ( fa, امیر شاپورزاده; born 19 September 1982) is a former

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who played as a

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, and is the business manager of Admira Wacker. Born in Iran and raised in Germany, Shapourzadeh made one appearance for the

Iran national team Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Club career

Shapourzadeh started his career at Grün-Weiß Eimsbüttel and Niendorfer SV youth clubs, before moving on to

Eimsbütteler TV Eimsbütteler Turnverband is a German sports club based in Eimsbüttel, Hamburg. Apart from football, the club also offers a variety of other sports, like basketball, volleyball, and fencing. The club's golden era was in the 1930s and early 1940s ...

, his first senior side, In 2002

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...

signed him, but he only played for their amateur side, He was transferred to the amateur side of

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

where he built himself up the ranks until he reached the first team, Shapourzadeh signed than after three years with Hansa Rostock in July 2008 for

FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...

and before joining Iranian side

Steel Azin F.C. Steel Azin Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال استيل آذین, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Estil Âzin'') was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. The club was owned by Hossein Hedayati, owner of Steel Azin Iranian Holding Co ...

in July 2009.

International career

Shapourzadeh was called up to the

's B squad for the 2007

West Asian Football Federation Championship The West Asian Football Federation Championship (), or simply WAFF Championship, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), the g ...

and debuted in 0–0 draw versus

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

on 16 June 2007. He was again called up to the national team in May 2008 for a friendly against

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in which he appeared as a second half substitution.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shapourzadeh, Amir Living people 1982 births Footballers from Tehran People from Eimsbüttel Iranian men's footballers Hamburger SV II players FC Hansa Rostock players FSV Frankfurt players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Iran men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Iranian emigrants to Germany Sportspeople of Iranian descent Eimsbütteler TV players Sportfreunde Lotte players Kickers Offenbach players