Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh ( fa, سهراب بختيارى زاده , born 11 September 1973) is an Iranian football coach and former player. A centre-back, he played for many teams like Esteghlal,

Foolad Foolad Khuzestan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال فولاد خوزستان, ''Bāshgāh-e Futbāl-e Fulād-e Khuzestān'') is an Iranian football club, based in Ahwaz, Khuzestan that plays in Persian Gulf Pro League. Foolad F.C. ...

, Saba Qom, Erzurumspor, Estehglal Khuzestan and the Iran national team.

Club career

He started his professional career with playing for Khuzestani clubs, before moving to

Esteghlal FC Esteghlal Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال استقلال, ''Bâšgâh-è Futbâl-è Esteqlâl''), commonly known as Esteghlal ( fa, استقلال, meaning 'The Independence'), is an Iranian football club based in capital Tehran t ...

. After a couple of seasons, he elected to play professionally in

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. The move was far from successful and Sohrab left this club in controversial circumstances. He returned to Esteghlal soon after. His lack of playing time caused him to be transferred to

. After a season there he moved to Saba Battery. Along with the likes of

Ali Daei Ali Daei ( fa, ; born 21 March 1969) is an Iranian football manager and former player. A striker, he was the captain of the Iranian national team between 2000 and 2006 and played in the German Bundesliga for Arminia Bielefeld, Bayern Munich ...

and

Mohammad Navazi Mohamad Navazi ( fa, محمد نوازی, born September 5, 1974) is a retired Iranian football player who mostly played for Esteghlal Tehran, He usually played as a right midfielder. In the Tehran derby played in 2000, he fought with Hamid Est ...

, Sohrab won the

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in 2004/05 season and hence qualified for the Asian Champions League. In August 2007, Bakhtiarzadeh was transferred to the newly formed club

Pas Hamedan PAS Hamedan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پاس همدان, ''Bashgag-e Futbal-e Pas Hemidan'') is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran and compete in the Azadegan League. The club was formed after the dissolution of P ...

. He only played one match and had many differences with the club where he left the club and moved to

for the season after and did not play in many matches. He moved to

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for the season after. Bakhtiarizadeh endured a major injury, and was out for many games during

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season.

Club career statistics

* Assist Goals

International career

He made his debut for

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in October 1997 in a World Cup 1998 qualification game against

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. He was not included in Iran's final squad for the 1998 Fifa World Cup, but he was an on-and-off starter for the national team until 2003, when he lost his spot. He scored the last goal in the final of WAFF 2000 where

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won the competition. His brilliant performance in the IPL 2005/06 season was rewarded by a recall to duty after a three-year absence from ''

''. He appeared in two of Iran's games in the

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, starting against

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and scoring Iran's only goal in the game. He was called up to the national team again after the World Cup, by new manager

Amir Ghalenoei Ardeshir "Amir" Ghalenoei ( fa, , born 21 November 1963 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football coach and former player who currently manages Gol Gohar Sirjan. He has been the most successful coach in the Iran Pro League and managed several clu ...

, but did not participate. He has since retired from international football and only participates in club play.

International goals

Managerial statistics

Honours

Club

;Esteghlal *

: 1999–2000, 2001–02 ;Saba *

: 2004–05 * Super Cup: 2005

National

;Iran * WAFF Championship:

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bakhtiarizadeh, Sohrab 1973 births Living people People from Ahvaz Iranian footballers Iran international footballers Association football defenders Persian Gulf Pro League players Azadegan League players Süper Lig players Foolad F.C. players Esteghlal F.C. players Iranian expatriate footballers Erzurumspor footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Saba Qom F.C. players PAS Tehran F.C. players Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. players 2000 AFC Asian Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Sportspeople from Khuzestan province