Rahman Ahmadi ( fa, رحمان احمدی, born 30 July 1980 in Noshahr,

Iran 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 ...

) is an Iranian retired

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting ...

and coach.

Club career

Early career

Ahmadi started his career as a youth player at Shamoushak Noshahr in 1998. In 2000, he was promoted to the first team, he played four years for Shamoushak before being transferred to

Saipa SAIPA ( fa, سایپا, ''SAIPA'') is an Iranian automaker headquartered in Tehran. The SAIPAC (an acronym for the French ''Société anonyme iranienne de production des automobiles Citroën'') was established in 1965 as with 75% Iranian ownersh ...

, where he won the league in 2007.

Sepahan

He moved to

Sepahan Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی فولاد مبارکه سپاهان اصفهان, ''Bâšgâh-è Varzeši-ye Fulâd-è Mobârake-ye Sepâhân''), commonly known as Sepahan S.C., are an Iranian spor ...

in summer 2008 and was a regular player in his first season. In his second season with Sepahan, Ahmadi won 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 ...

although he only made four appearances throughout the season.

Saipa & Persepolis

In 2010 Ahmadi signed a contract with

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

club

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. He made 16 total appearances throughout the season. Disappointed with his playing time, Ahmadi returned to

in 2011. He made 38 appearances throughout the season as he led Sepahan to a

. He returned to Saipa in summer 2012 and made 33 appearances.

Return to Sepahan

He joined

for a third time in July 2013. He helped Sepahan attain a 4th-place finish in the 2013–14 Iran Pro League season, and was widely considered one of the best goalkeepers in the league with 15 clean sheets, only Nilson Corrêa Júnior was better.

Club career statistics

Last Update 1 July 2017

International career

In 2008, Ahmadi made his debut for

the final of

West Asian Football Federation Championship The West Asian Football Federation Championship (), or simply WAFF Championship, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), the g ...

against

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, with ''Team Melli'' going on to win the competition. After

Mehdi Rahmati Seyed Mehdi Rahmati Oskuei ( fa, سید مهدی رحمتی اسکویی; born February 3, 1983) is an Iranian football coach and former player who currently manages Aluminium Arak in the Persian Gulf Pro League. He played for the Iran nation ...

announced his temporary retirement in 2013, Ahmadi was made the number one goalkeeper of the Iranian team by

Carlos Queiroz Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz (; born 1 March 1953) is a Portuguese football coach who currently is the head coach of the Iran national team. He has served as the manager of his native Portugal's national team, the United Arab Emirat ...

. Ahmadi was instrumental in helping Iran secure a place in the

2014 FIFA World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for list of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from ...

, as his double-save ensured a 1–0 Iran win over

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. On 1 June 2014, he was called into Iran's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by Carlos Queiroz. However, he did not made any appearance for the team, where

Alireza Haghighi Alireza Haghighi ( fa, , born 6 May 1988) is an Iranian goalkeeper who plays for the Iranian based team Nassaji. Club career Persepolis Having joined the senior squad of Persepolis at the age of 16, he made his debut in the match against Saip ...

started all the games for Iran.

Honours

; Shamoushak *

Azadegan League The Azadegan League ( fa, ليگ آزادگان, ''Lig-e Âzâdegân''), also known as League 1 ( fa, لیگ یک, ''Lig-e Yek''), is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran fro ...

(1): 2002-03 ; ;Saipa *

(1): 2006–07 ;Sepahan *

(3): 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15 ;Persepolis *

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 Ch ...

(1):

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

; Iran * West Asian Championship (1):

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmadi, Rahman 1980 births Living people Association football goalkeepers Iranian footballers Persian Gulf Pro League players Saipa F.C. players Shamoushak Noshahr players Sepahan S.C. footballers Persepolis F.C. players Iran international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players Sportspeople from Mazandaran province People from Nowshahr