Hamid Shafiei ( fa, حمید شفیعی , born July 8, 1981 in
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
,
Iran) is an Iranian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
player, who currently plays for
IPL team
Esteghlal.
Club career
After playing for
Zob Ahan F.C.
Zob Ahan Esfahan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگى ورزشى ذوبآهن اصفهان, ''Bâšgâhé Futbâlé Zobâhané Esfahân'') is an Iranian football club based in Fuladshahr, Iran. It competes in the Persian Gulf Pro L ...
for a couple of seasons, in August 2006 he was transferred to
Sepahan F.C. He has scored some vital goals for
Sepahan, including the one in the final of
Hazfi Cup in September 2006.
On August 7, 2007 Shafiei signed a contract with another
IPL club,
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 ...
Where he was most of the time injured and left the club one season after to
Aboosmolem and had another disaster season with the injuries and missed so many matches.
International career
He was called to the
Iran U-23 team for the
2004 Athens Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
qualifications. Despite the talent on the team, the
Iran U-23 team did not qualify for the
2004 Summer Olympics
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.
In October 2006 he was called up to the ''
Team Melli
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'' for an LG Cup tournament held in
Jordan.
Honours
Sepahan:
*
Hazfi Cup Winner: 1
**2006
Esteghlal:
*
Hazfi Cup Winner: 1
**2008
Notes
Iranian footballers
Men's association football forwards
Sepahan S.C. footballers
Esteghlal F.C. players
Footballers from Isfahan
1981 births
Living people
Iran men's international footballers
F.C. Aboomoslem players
Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. players
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