Hamidreza Aliasgari ( fa, حمیدرضا علی‌عسگری, born 25 May 1990) is an Iranian

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midfielder. His uncle is

Abdulali Ali-Asgari Abdulali Ali-Asgari ( fa, عبدالعلی علی‌عسگری; born 1958 in Ray, Tehran, Iran) is the current CEO of Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Corporation.He is also an Iranian media executive who was the former director-general of ...

. In 2022, Aliasgari was arrested during the Mahsa Amini protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran and was taken to a detention center. He was later released on bail.

Club career

Persepolis (first period)

2007–2008

He made his debut for Persepolis when he got subbed into the Hazfi Cup in the 2007–08 season. He failed to make a league appearance while he was part of the champion team.

2008–2009

Aliasgari made his first appearance in the Iran Pro League against Zob Ahan as a starter and played 58th minute in right winger position. He scored his first goal for Persepolis in the Hazfi Cup against Sanaye Talaei Semnan. He finished the season with 14 appearances and one goal.

2009–2010

He started the season in Zlatko Kranjčar's line-up while he was used as a defensive midfielder. He was benched for most of the season and whenever he subbed in, he played in winger role. He replaced

Alireza Mohammad Alireza Mohammad ( fa, علیرضا محمد, born 14 July 1981 in mazandaran, Iran) is a former Iranian football defender who is currently coach of Persepolis youth U-16 team. On 11 June 2008 also, Mohammad signed a two-year deal with Iran Pr ...

(who suspend before Sorkhabi derby) in the line up and showed his versatility in the right back position and gave the assist for Persepolis equalizing goal in a game where they went on to win 2–1. At 19 years and 242 days he became the youngest player to play in the Sorkhabi derby. He scored in the

2010 Hazfi Cup Final The 2010 Hazfi Cup Final was a Two-legged tie, two-legged association football, football tie in order to determine the 2009–10 Hazfi Cup champion of Iran, Iranian football clubs. Persepolis F.C., Persepolis faced Gostaresh Foolad F.C., Gostaresh ...

against Gostaresh Foulad and finished the season with 18 appearances and one goal.

2010–2011

In the 2010–11 season he started all of the games until being suspended, playing as a

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. He scored a double against Ittihad in

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in 3–1 home win. In his best season in Persepolis, he made 35 appearances and scored 4 times.

2011–2012

He was injured in

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's training camp before the season start and lost the pre-season and a part of the first mid-season. He was given #7 that was worn by club legend Ali Parvin for many years. He played in all 6 games for Persepolis in the

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. Aliasgari finished the season with 22 appearances while he failed in netting.

2012–2013

He extended his contract for another three seasons at season starts. He played in the season debut against Sanat Naft as a substitute for Afshin Esmaeilzadeh. He benched in the first mid-season and made 7 appearances (five as substitute). After problems with

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, the club disciplinary committee decided to send him to Persepolis B trainings. But they canceled their decision after his official apologies.

Rah Ahan Tehran F.C.

In December 2012 he was listed in

Yahya Golmohammadi Yahya Golmohammadi ( fa, يحيى گل محمدى, born 19 March 1971) also knowend as YaYa is an Iranian former footballer and coach who is currently managing the Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis. He is one of only eight Iranians to sco ...

's surplus list and forced to depart from Persepolis. He was loaned to

Rah Ahan Rah Ahan Sports Club ( fa, باشگاه ورزشی راه‌آهن, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Rahâhen''), commonly known as Rah Ahan Football Club, is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran. They currently play in the Azadegan Leagu ...

, where he worked under his former coach Ali Daei for six months. He made 11 appearances for

before returning to Persepolis.

Persepolis (second period)

2013–2014

He returned to Persepolis after a mid-season and re-united with his former coach, Ali Daei. He missed most of the season because of injuries. He made 18 appearances and scored 2 times for Persepolis in this season.

2014–2015

He changed his jersey number from 7 to 26, the number he wore when he joined Persepolis in 2007. He was named in Ali Daei's line-up in the season debut against

Naft Tehran Naft Tehran Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال نفت تهران, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Nuft Teheran'') is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. They competed in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They were owned by the National Ira ...

where he was used as a

. After 3 matches he injured from hamstring muscle and missed 3 matches. On June 28, 2015, he officially announced that he will not be part of the Persepolis squad in 2015–16 season. Aliasgari made 141 appearances and scored 8 times in 8 seasons for Persepolis F.C.

International career

U-20

Hamidreza Aliasgari played in all four games for Iran in the

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U-23

He was part of Iran U23 in

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and 2012 Summer Olympic Qualifications. He reached 4th place with Iran U23 in

while he scored the winning goal against Oman in the quarter-final match.

Senior team

He reached the

at the end of the 2010–11 season and made his debut in a match against Armenia.

Honours

;Persepolis * Iran Pro League (1): 2007–08 * Iran Pro League: 2013–14 (Runner-up) * Hazfi Cup (2): 2009–10,

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