Ebrahim Sadeghi ( fa, ابراهیم صادقی, born February 4, 1979, in

Karaj Karaj ( fa, کرج, ) is the capital of Alborz Province, Iran, and effectively a satellite city of Tehran. Although the county hosts a population around 1.97 million, as recorded in the 2016 census, most of the county is rugged mountain. The urb ...

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) is an Iranian football coach and retired

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for 17 years. Sadeghi has been playing for Saipa since 2000. In 2010, Saipa Cultural and Athletic Corporation celebrated a testimonial ceremony for him because of "his loyalty to the club", calling him ''The Orange Loyal''. He was also gifted a Saipa Tiba. On 13 December 2015, in a match against Esteghlal Ahvaz Sadeghi played his 400th league match for the club, becoming the only player in the history of 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 ...

to reach this feat. He retired on 4 May 2017 after playing 17 seasons at Saipa at the top flight.

Club career

Youth career

Sadeghi joined Keshavarz at the age of thirteen and played at the club until 1995 where he was spotted by

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and joined their academy. After three years at Persepolis he joined Moghavemat Tehran before settling at Saipa a year later.

Saipa

Sadeghi graduated from the Saipa youth ranks and was signed to the club in 2000. He has played for

for his entire. His good performances since 2006–07 season made big clubs to show some interest on him. In 2008 Sadeghi was nominated for Asian Footballer of the Year, but failed to win the award. He played in AFC Champions League for Saipa and continued to play for the club in 2008–09 season.

Club career statistics

* Assist Goals

International career

He made his first

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in January 2007 in a friendly match against the

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. He scored in his debut. He was selected among Iran's final squad participating in the 2007 Asian Cup. He has been called up for 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying. Sadeghi played in West Asian Football Federation Championship 2008 and won the cup.

International goals

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

Managerial statistics

Honours

Club

;Saipa *

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 ...

(1): 2006–07

National

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(1):

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Asian player of the year nomination

In April 2008, Sadeghi has been nominated for the 2008 Asian footballer of the year, as the sole Iranian player in the 21-player list of AFC.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadeghi, Ebrahim Iranian footballers People from Karaj 1979 births Living people Iran international footballers 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Association football midfielders Persian Gulf Pro League players Saipa F.C. players 21st-century Iranian people