Mehrdad Oladi ( fa, مهرداد اولادی, May 25, 1985 – April 19, 2016) was an Iranian

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who most recently played for

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, Esteghlal,

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 ...

Malavan Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال ملوان بندر انزلى, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Milâvan Bendâr Anzeli'') is an Iranian football club based in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. It currently won Iran's second foot ...

in the

Iran 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 ...

. He usually played in the striker position.

Club career

Start with Persepolis

Mehrdad Oladi started his career at

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giants

before moving to

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outfit Al-Shabab for one season. In August 2006, he returned to Persepolis on a loan deal but moved back to Al-Shabab in March 2007 where he still had one year left of his two-year deal to serve. He scored the winning goal in 61st match of Tehran derby on 3 November 2006 against Esteghlal, rivals of Persepolis. There had been interest shown by many Turkish and other European teams towards Oladi and his Iranian compatriot

Mehrzad Madanchi Mehrzad Madanchi Ardekani ( fa, مهرزاد معدنچى; born 12 October 1983) is an Iranian former football midfielder who last played for Fajr Sepasi. Club career The attacker started his playing career in Homa Shiraz club which plays in t ...

Loan return to Persepolis

In September 2007, Oladi cancelled his contract with Al-Shabab and urgently went to the United States to deal with a family matter. He returned to the

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in February 2008 and signed a six-month contract with Al-Shabab. In August 2012, Oladi was on trial with

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side,

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but move was cancelled. He joined

in the summer of 2009. Alongside

Pejman Nouri Pejman Nouri ( fa, پژمان نوری; born July 13, 1980 in Rezvanshahr, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player, who played and captains for Azadegan League side Khooneh Be Khooneh in the midfield position. Club career Born in Rezvansha ...

, they had two great seasons with Malavan, reaching the final of the

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. He was the top scorer for

with 15 goals in the 2010–11 season. In four games played in the

, he scored five times.

Second return to Persepolis

Esteghlal FC vs Persepolis FC, 9 December 2011 - 11

He played two seasons for

and moved to

in the summer of 2011 and was used as a winger and striker. He returned to Malavan after one season at Persepolis in 2012. On 6 July 2013, he signed with

with a contract running until 2015.

Esteghlal

He joined Esteghlal on 11 November 2013, with a one and half year contract.

Malavan

Oladi was released by Esteghlal in June 2014 and signed a contract with

Club career statistics

*Assist Goals

International career

Oladi was a member of

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, and participated in the

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held in

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. He scored 4 goals in the match against

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, helping them win 6-2, but wasn't enough for Iran to advance to the second round. He was a part of the

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that participated at the

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. He also participated with

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in the 2005 Islamic Games in

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, where he won third place with his team, and became the top scorer in the tournament with 6 goals (4 of them in the 9-0 win against Tajikistan).

International goals

:''Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.''

Death

On 19 April 2016, Oladi died in

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's Tajrish Hospital at the age of 30 after suffering from cardiac complications.

Honours

Club

;Al Shabab *

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: 2008-09 (Runner-up) ;Malavan *

: 2010-11 (Runner-up)

National

;Iran U23 * Asian Games Bronze Medal:

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