Seyed Majid Hosseini ( fa, سید مجید حسینی; born 20 June 1996) is an Iranian professional

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who plays as a defender for Turkish club

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the Kadir Has Stadium in red and yellow kits. The team has won one Turkish Cup in 2008 and also fini ...

and 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 ...

. Hosseini made his full international debut in 2018 and represented

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at the

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2019 AFC Asian Cup The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 ...

and

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Club career

Esteghlal

Hosseini joined the first team of Esteghlal in 2014 and made his first appearance for the club on 17 April 2015 as an 18-year-old. He spent a year on loan at

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 ...

, before returning to Esteghlal and earning a spot in the first eleven. Hosseini was named to the

Persian Gulf Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

team of the season for 2017–18.

Trabzonspor

On 30 July 2018, Hosseini officially

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

side

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

on a three-year contract joining his compatriot

Vahid Amiri Vahid Amiri ( fa, وحید امیری ; born 2 April 1988) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays mainly as a winger for Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis and Iran national team. Amiri represented the Iran at the 2015 and 2019 ...

. He was given the number 5 shirt, the same number he wore in Esteghlal the previous season.

Kayserispor

On 28 July 2021, Hosseini signed for

side

International career

Iran and Portugal match at the FIFA World Cup 2018 7

Hosseini made his international debut against

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on 19 May 2018. In June 2018, he was named in Iran's

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for the

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in Russia. After teammate

Rouzbeh Cheshmi Rouzbeh Cheshmi ( fa, روزبه چشمی; born 24 July 1993) is an Iranian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre-back for Esteghlal and the Iran national team. Early life Cheshmi was born in Tehran to a family originall ...

was injured in training, Hosseini started as centre back in Iran's two remaining group stage matches, playing every minute in the team's 0–1 loss to

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and 1–1 draw with

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. While playing against

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in the

, Hosseini collided with teammate

Alireza Beiranvand Alireza Safar Beiranvand ( fa, علیرضا صفربیرانوند; born 21 September 1992) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis and the Iran national team. Beiranvand re ...

breaking Beiranvand's nose. England won the game 6-2.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

;Esteghlal *

Hazfi Cup Hazfi Cup (Jām-e Hazfi; ) is the Iranian football knockout cup competition, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, hence the winner of Hazfi Cup represented Iran in the Asian Club Cha ...

(1): 2017–18 ;Trabzonspor *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...

(1): 2019–20 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup ( Turkish: ''TFF Süper Kupa''), as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known a ...

(1):

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Individual

Team of the Year (1): 2017–18

References

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1996 births Living people Footballers from Tehran Iranian men's footballers Esteghlal F.C. players Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players Trabzonspor footballers Kayserispor footballers Persian Gulf Pro League players Süper Lig players Iran men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football defenders 2018 FIFA World Cup players Iran men's international footballers Iranian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 2019 AFC Asian Cup players 2022 FIFA World Cup players 2023 AFC Asian Cup players {{Iran-footy-defender-stub