Morteza Tabrizi

Morteza Tabrizi
	Tabrizi playing for Esteghlal at 2019 AFC Champions League
Personal information
Full name	Morteza Tabrizi
Date of birth	6 January 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Hamedan, Iran
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Aluminium Arak
Number	11
Youth career
200?–2008	Talar Vahdat Hamedan
2008–2010	Mes Kerman
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2013	Pas Hamedan
2013–2018	Zob Ahan
2018–2021	Esteghlal
2021–	Gol Gohar Sirjan
2023-	Aluminium Arak
International career‡
2012–2014	Iran U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 August 2015

Morteza Tabrizi (Persian: مرتضی تبریزی, born 6 January 1991)^[1] is an Iranian professional footballer who played as a forward 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 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League, he became the second-best scorer with 13 goals.

Esteghlal

On 31 July 2018, Tabrizi officially signed for Esteghlal on a two-year contract.^[2] He was assigned the number 11 shirt at Esteghlal, the same number he used to wear at Zob Ahan.^[3]

Tabrizi made his debut for Esteghlal on 10 August 2018 in a 3–0 League victory over Tractor Sazi, scoring his first goal for the club within 28 minutes after a receiving a backheel pass from Farshid Esmaeili.^[4]

International career

Youth

He was regularly called up for the Iran U22 team by coach Alireza Mansourian in 2012 and 2013.^[5] 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 Macedonia and Kyrgyzstan in June 2016.^[6]

Career statistics

As of 20 April 2021

Club	Season	League			Hazfi Cup		Continental¹		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pas Hamedan	2010–11	Persian Gulf Pro League	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0
	2011–12	Azadegan League	12	3	0	0	—		0	0	12	3
	2012–13	Azadegan League	21	2	0	0	—		0	0	21	2
	Total		35	5	0	0	—		0	0	35	5
Zob Ahan	2013–14	Persian Gulf Pro League	26	2	1	0	—		0	0	27	2
	2014–15		28	7	5	1	—		0	0	33	8
	2015–16		26	7	5	2	8	1	0	0	40	10
	2016–17		27	10	6	2	6	2	1	1	39	14
	2017–18		30	13	1	0	8	4	0	0	39	17
	Total		137	39	18	5	22	7	1	1	178	52
Esteghlal	2018–19	Persian Gulf Pro League	24	5	1	0	2	1	0	0	27	6
	2019-20	Persian Gulf Pro League	11	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	16	0
	Total		35	5	3	0	5	1	0	0	43	6
Gol Gohar	2020-21	Persian Gulf Pro League	14	1	3	0	—		0	0	17	1
	2021-22		28	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	30	8
	2022-23		25	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	5
	Total		67	13	5	1	0	0	0	0	72	14
Aluminium	2023-24	Persian Gulf Pro League	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Career Total			285	62	26	6	27	8	1	1	339	77

Honours

Club

Zob Ahan

Individual

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

References

^ Morteza Tabrizi at Soccerway
^ "رسمی؛ مرتضی تبریزی به استقلال پیوست" [official; Tabrizi joined Esteghlal] (in Persian). Tarafdari. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "شماره 11 استقلال با 3 مدعی!" (in Persian). Varzesh 3. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ "استقلال 3-0 تراکتورسازی؛ پیروزی قاطع ارتش شفر در جنگ ستارگان!" (in Persian). Tarafdari. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
^ U22 National Team
^ "Carlos Queiroz calls up 38 cheetahs for Armenia camp". aryanews.com. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

External links

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[1] Morteza Tabrizi at Soccerway

[2] "رسمی؛ مرتضی تبریزی به استقلال پیوست" [official; Tabrizi joined Esteghlal] (in Persian). Tarafdari. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[3] "شماره 11 استقلال با 3 مدعی!" (in Persian). Varzesh 3. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[4] "استقلال 3-0 تراکتورسازی؛ پیروزی قاطع ارتش شفر در جنگ ستارگان!" (in Persian). Tarafdari. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[5] U22 National Team

[6] "Carlos Queiroz calls up 38 cheetahs for Armenia camp". aryanews.com. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

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