Morteza Tabrizi ( fa, مرتضی تبریزی, born 6 January 1991) is an Iranian professional footballer who played as a

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for Persian Gulf Pro League side Aluminium Arak.

Club career

Pas Hamedan

Tabrizi was part of Pas Academy since 2010. He promoted to the first team as summer 2013 with two years contract.

Zob Ahan

Morteza joined Zob Ahan in 2013 on a three-year contract. Tabrizi won the 2015 Hazfi Cup in his second season with Zob Ahan, he defended the title with Zob Ahan the following year and once again won the Hazfi Cup. In the

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, he became the second-best scorer with 13 goals.

Esteghlal

On 31 July 2018, Tabrizi officially signed for Esteghlal on a two-year contract. He was assigned the number 11 shirt at Esteghlal, the same number he used to wear at Zob Ahan. Tabrizi made his debut for Esteghlal on 10 August 2018 in a 3–0 League victory over

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, scoring his first goal for the club within 28 minutes after a receiving a backheel pass from

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International career

Youth

He was regularly called up for the Iran U22 team by coach

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in 2012 and 2013. On June 28, 2012, he scored two goals in a 7–0 victory against the Maldives U23 team.

Senior

Tabrizi was called up to the senior Iran squad by Carlos Queiroz for friendlies against

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and

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in June 2016.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Zob Ahan * Hazfi Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16 * Iranian Super Cup:

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Individual

* Persian Gulf Pro League Team of the Year (1): 2017–18

References

External links

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1991 births Living people Iranian men's footballers Persian Gulf Pro League players Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. players Esteghlal F.C. players People from Hamadan Men's association football forwards {{Iran-footy-forward-stub