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

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. His uncle is Abdulali Ali-Asgari. In 2022, Aliasgari was arrested during the

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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

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when he got subbed into the

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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

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against Zob Ahan as a starter and played 58th minute in

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position. He scored his first goal for

in the

against Sanaye Talaei Semnan. He finished the season with 14 appearances and one goal.

2009–2010

He started the season in

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's line-up while he was used as a

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. He was benched for most of the season and whenever he subbed in, he played in winger role. He replaced Alireza Mohammad (who suspend before Sorkhabi derby) in the line up and showed his versatility in the

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position and gave the assist for

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

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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

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in 3–1 home win. In his best season in

, 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

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for many years. He played in all 6 games for

in the 2012 Asian Champions League. 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

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. 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

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's surplus list and forced to depart from

. He was loaned to

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, where he worked under his former coach

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for six months. He made 11 appearances for

before returning to

Persepolis (second period)

2013–2014

He returned to

after a mid-season and re-united with his former coach,

. 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

in 2007. He was named in

's line-up in the season debut against

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where he was used as a

. After 3 matches he injured from

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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

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in the

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U-23

He was part of Iran U23 in Guangzhou 2010 and 2012 Summer Olympic Qualifications. He reached 4th place with Iran U23 in Guangzhou 2010 while he scored the winning goal against

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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

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Honours

;Persepolis *

(1): 2007–08 *

: 2013–14 (Runner-up) *

(2): 2009–10,

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