Amir Hossein Karimi

AmirHossein Karimi
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Isfahan, Iran[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Naft Masjed Soleyman
Number 99
Youth career
2010–2013 Sepahan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Sepahan 20 (0)
2015–2016 Gostaresh Foolad 28 (0)
2016–2020 Paykan 91 (2)
2020–2021 Shahr Khodro 21 (0)
2021–2022 Aluminium Arak 3 (0)
2022– Naft Masjed Soleyman 10 (1)
International career
2011–2013 Iran U17 14 (1)
2013–2014 Iran U20 7 (0)
2015–2016 Iran U23 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 Feb 2016

Amirhossein Karimi is an Iranian international center midfielder who has played in different national team levels for his country.

Born in Tehran, he is a creative midfielder with strong left and right foot. He has regularly represented Iran at U-17, U-20 [2] and U-23 [3] level respectively.

Amirhossein Karimi biggest achievement to date was partaking in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013. Playing a pivotal role in qualification from the group matches and going on to score one of the goals of the tournament with a spectacular 30-yard strike in the 1-1 draw against Canada in the final group stages.

In 2013, Zlatko Kranjčar was impressed by the Amirhossein Karimi performance in U-17, U-20 national team and U-23 Sepahan team and recommended Sepahan to sign a 3 years contract with him.[2] He made his debut for Sepahan on 5 December 2013 against Esteghlal. He also played 6 games in the AFC Champions League for Sepahan.

For 2015–16 Iran Pro League, Amirhossein Karimi joined Gostaresh Foulad F.C. club based on Faraz Kamalvand (Gostaresh Foolad head coach) request. He had a great year in this club and even Igor Štimac (Sepahan head coach at the time) regretted that they did not have Amirhossein Karimi with them in that season.[4]

Club career statistics

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As of 19 August 2014
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2013–14 Sepahan Iran Pro League 5 0 3 0 0 0 8 0
2014–15 14 0 3 0 6 0 23 0
2015–16 Gostaresh Foolad Iran Pro League 25 0 2 0 0 0 27 0

Honours

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Club

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Sepahan

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "امير حسين کريمي دخر آبادي". وب سایت رسمی سازمان لیگ فوتبال ایران,لیگ برتر فوتبال ایران,فوتبال برتر.
  2. ^ a b "امیرحسین کریمی به سپاهان پیوست". 13 November 2013.
  3. ^ "ملوان کلاب - دعوت از ۳۵ بازیکن به اردوی تیم فوتبال امید/بازیکن سرباز تیم ملی امید خط خورد".
  4. ^ "استیماچ:ما سپاهان هستیم و باید برنده شویم".
  5. ^ بهترین بازیکن هفته اول با نمرات متریکا. metrica.ir.