Mehdi Rajabzadeh


Mehdi Rajabzadeh is an Iranian football manager and former player who manages Pars Jonoubi Jam in Azadegan League. A midfielder, he is the second-[List of Iran national football team|Iran Pro League all-time top goal scorers|top scorer] in the history of the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Club career

Rajabzadeh started his career at Fajr Sepasi where he impressed enough to be transferred to Zob Ahan in 2003. During the 2006–07 season Rajabzadeh became the top goalscorer by scoring 17 goals. He is one of the top all time IPL goalscorers.
Rajabzadeh is the second-top scorer in the history of this competition after Gholamreza Enayati, scoring 116 goals with the shirts of Fajr Sepasi Shiraz, Zobahan Isfahan and Mes Kerman in the Premier League.

International career

Rajabzadeh made his debut for Iran against Qatar in February 2004. In October 2006, he joined Team Melli in an LG cup tournament held in Jordan. He scored his first goal for Iran on October 4, 2006 in a match against Iraq.
As of February 2008, he had 17 caps and 4 goals for Iran.

Career statistics

International

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
14 October 2006Amman International Stadium, Amman1–02–0Friendly
212 January 2007Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi1–02–0Friendly
320 June 2007Amman International Stadium, Amman2–02–0WAFF 2007
422 June 2007Amman International Stadium, Amman1–01–0WAFF 2007

Honours

Fajr Sepasi
Zob Ahan
Iran
Individual