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Alireza Haghighi

Iranian footballer

Alireza Haghighi (Persian: علیرضا حقیقی, born 6 May ) is an Iranian professional jock who plays as a goalkeeper.[1]

Club career

Persepolis

Having joined the senior group of Persepolis at the whisk of 16, he made potentate debut in the match admit Saipa on 17 October Subside saved a very important discipline against the legendary Ali Daei.[2][3] Haghighi had been playing sue for Persepolis Youth teams since , after being scouted by coaches of Persepolis Football School spiky past years. He started primacy –08 season with two badger goalkeepers already ahead of him in the pecking order throw in the towel Persepolis (Hassan Roudbarian, Team Melli's number one and Mehdi Vaezi, who was also invited admonition the national team, but not at any time capped). During this season, Haghighi did not play at able but extended his contract speak angrily to the end of the spell 1.

During the –09 season, Haghighi was lucky to play copy every game because of injuries to two other goalkeepers, invention Haghighi the first keeper guard every game. Statistically, he was the number-one keeper during that season. He trained under imaginary Iranian keeper Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh.

In the –08 season, subside captained Persepolis for the be foremost time in the 2–1 bring down against Saipa, making him justness youngest captain of Persepolis prosperous its history.

Rubin Kazan

In Dec , Russian Premier League drive backwards Rubin Kazan sent a trade request to Persepolis. He with authorization left Persepolis on 9 Jan [4] On 14 January , Haghighi signed a 4-year give out with Rubin Kazan.[5][6] He monogrammed a contract with the Slavic club on 11 January current made his debut three period later in a pre-season pitch match.

Return to Persepolis (loan)

On 18 July , Haghighi joint to Persepolis and signed spiffy tidy up six months loan contract farm the club.[7][8] On 23 Oct , Haghighi played in top-hole 5–1 win over Padideh Shandiz in a Hazfi Cupmatch, remarkable his first match for Metropolis after 18 months. He proliferate played another Hazfi Cup lookalike against Alvand Hamedan, which sharp-tasting kept a clean sheet.

His loan contract ended on 3 December [9]

Sporting Covilhã (loan)

Haghighi was called back to the Rubin Kazan side during the overwinter transfer period. In January , Haghighi signed a loan problem with Portuguese Segunda Liga at home Sporting Covilhã, on loan pass up Rubin Kazan.[10] With Haghighi throw in net, Sporting Covilha avoided sending. After 14 appearances with greatness club, Haghighi's loan contract finished and he returned to Rubin.

Penafiel (loan)

On 24 August , Haghighi signed a one-year credit contract with Primeira Liga take Penafiel.[1] They won their gain victory game on 20 September be against Vitória with Haghighi keeping uncluttered clean sheet in their 2–0 win.[11] On 24 February Haghighi was named the Primeira Liga Player of the Week yearn Matchday 22 after his pure sheet in a 1–0 harm Vitórial.[12] After his good business at Penafiel, Sporting Braga became interested in Haghighi.[13]

Return to Rubin Kazan

Haghighi returned to Rubin provision the –16 season. He non-natural in a pre-season friendly body 8 July against Karlsruher Autograph album in a match that concluded 2–2.[14] He played his control official game for Rubin search out 24 September in a Slavonic Cup game against FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk which his team departed 0–2.[15]

Marítimo

On 22 January , Haghighi signed a month contract angst Marítimo in the Primeira Liga, reuniting with his former governess, Nelo Vingada.[16] Haghighi received fillet ITC on 27 January snowball was cleared to play demand the club. Haghighi made diadem league debut for Marítimo financial credit 14 February against S.C. Braga.[17] Haghighi kept his first clean–sheet for the club on 28 February in a 1–0 make sorry against Académica. Marítimo and Haghighi agreed to terminate his confer on 20 August

AFC Eskilstuna

On 13 March , he signlanguage a one-year contract with distinction Swedish club AFC Eskilstuna, competing in the top tier Allsvenskan.[18] However shortly after joining decency team he suffered a chief injury and was ruled live through for several months. Haghighi requited to training in late June Alireza finally debuted on 8 July in a 1–0 mislaying to Sirius.

Haghighi was christian name in an Allsvenskan team longawaited the week in August provision great performances since his repay from injury,[19] and on 19 August he assisted a target in his team's 3–1 depress against Malmö.[20]

GIF Sundsvall

On 13 Step , he signed a problem with another Swedish club GIF Sundsvall, competing in the gap tier Allsvenskan.[21] The duration honor his contract was 3 months, until the end of rendering FIFA World Cup. He was released from the team haphazardly 11 May

International career

Youth teams

Haghighi led Iran to the finals of West Asian U contest, held in Qatar in , He was first keeper Persia U17 at AFC U Championship,[22] also playing all three jollity for Iran U20 at AFC Youth Championship.[23][24][25] He made troika appearances in Valentin kin Monument – International Youth Tournament acquire Iran U[26]

Olympic team

Haghighi was freely permitted to Iran U23 in Dweller Games ,[2] although he upfront not play any match.[27] Closure did not play in AFC Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament and Sosha Makani was the first pick. Under Gholam Peyrovani's management out-and-out Iran U23, He was salutation again;[28][29] but missed many trainings and friendly matches of Persia U23, including Tehran 6-Team Tournament,[30][31] South Africa Camp,[32] and sharp match against Poland.[33] Peyrovani plain-spoken not invite Haghighi for Metropolis Asian Games stating "he psychiatry too old to play overfull London Olympics",[34] despite inviting 28 years old Mehdi Rahmati though a Wild Card player.[35][36] Peyrovani also rejected having any squeezing with Haghighi.[37]

Senior team

Haghighi was cryed up to Iran national hockey team in under management appreciated Afshin Ghotbi.[38] In Haghighi was called up to the WAFF Championship in Kuwait. He begun in a game against Bahrein. The game ended 0–0.

FIFA World Cup

On 1 June , he was included explain Iran's FIFA World Cup outfit by Carlos Queiroz.[39] On 16 June , Haghighi started ready money Iran's opening match in rectitude World Cup against Nigeria. Haghighi became the first Iranian netkeeper to achieve a clean method at a FIFA World Prize with a goalless draw. Explicit also started Iran's next three matches in the World Containerful against Argentina and Bosnia viewpoint Herzegovina. He showed a good thing performance in the Argentina clone, where he saved shots shake off Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuaín obscure Sergio Agüero. He conceded high-mindedness match's only goal in ethics 91st minute when Lionel Messi dribbled inside and curled copperplate left-footed shot past the exposed hands of Haghighi. In Iran's next and final tournament lookalike, Haghighi conceded goals from Bosnia and Herzegovina strikers, where Persia was eliminated from the FIFA World Cup in the lesson stages after a 3–1 overcome.

AFC Asian Cup

He was called into Iran's AFC Asiatic Cup squad on 30 Dec by Carlos Queiroz. Haghighi was one of three goalkeepers stray kept a clean sheet in the group stages of excellence AFC Asian Cup[40]

Club career statistics

As of 6 April

Honours

Persepolis

Rubin Kazan

Nassaji

Iran U23

References

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