Mehrdad Oladi

Mehrdad Oladi

Oladi while playing for Esteghlal, 4 December 2013
Personal information
Full name	Mehrdad Oladi Ghadikolaei
Date of birth	(1985-05-25)25 May 1985
Place of birth	Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Date of death	19 April 2016(2016-04-19) (aged 30)
Place of death	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
2001–2003	Persepolis Ghaemshahr
2003–2006	Persepolis
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2006	Persepolis	48	(9)
2006	→ Al-Shabab (loan)	11	(0)
2006–2007	Al-Shabab	11	(3)
2006–2007	→ Persepolis (loan)	9	(3)
2008–2009	Al-Shabab	18	(7)
2009–2011	Malavan	32	(16)
2011–2012	Persepolis	18	(1)
2012–2013	Malavan	24	(3)
2013	Naft Tehran	10	(2)
2013–2014	Esteghlal	19	(2)
2014	Malavan	8	(1)
2016	Malavan	4	(0)
International career‡
2004	Iran U20	3	(4)
2005–2007	Iran U23	15	(2)
2005	Iran B	6	(6)
2009–2014	Iran	13	(1)
Medal record Representing  Iran Men's Football West Asian Games 2005 Qatar Team Competition Islamic Solidarity Games 2005 Saudi Arabia Team Competition Asian Games 2006 Qatar Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2013

Mehrdad Oladi (Persian: مهرداد اولادی, May 25, 1985 – April 19, 2016) was an Iranian footballer who most recently played for Persepolis, Esteghlal, Naft Tehran, Malavan in the Iran Pro League. He usually played in the striker position.

Mehrdad Oladi started his career at IPL giants Persepolis before moving to Dubai outfit Al-Shabab for one season. In August 2006, he returned to Persepolis on a loan deal but moved back to Al-Shabab in March 2007 where he still had one year left of his two-year deal to serve.

He scored the winning goal in 61st match of Tehran derby on 3 November 2006 against Esteghlal, rivals of Persepolis. There had been interest shown by many Turkish and other European teams towards Oladi and his Iranian compatriot Mehrzad Madanchi.

In September 2007, Oladi cancelled his contract with Al-Shabab and urgently went to the United States to deal with a family matter.

He returned to the United Arab Emirates in February 2008 and signed a six-month contract with Al-Shabab. In August 2012, Oladi was on trial with La Liga side, Xerez CD but move was cancelled.^[1]

He joined Malavan in the summer of 2009. Alongside Pejman Nouri, they had two great seasons with Malavan, reaching the final of the Hazfi Cup. He was the top scorer for Malavan with 15 goals in the 2010–11 season. In four games played in the Hazfi Cup, he scored five times.

He played two seasons for Malavan and moved to Persepolis in the summer of 2011 and was used as a winger and striker. He returned to Malavan after one season at Persepolis in 2012. On 6 July 2013, he signed with Naft Tehran with a contract running until 2015.

He joined Esteghlal on 11 November 2013, with a one-and-a-half-year contract.^[2][3]

Oladi was released by Esteghlal in June 2014 and signed a contract with Malavan.

As of 8 August 2014

• Assist Goals

Oladi was a member of Iran national under-20 football team, and participated in the 2004 AFC Youth Championship held in Malaysia. He scored 4 goals in the match against Indonesia, helping them win 6-2, but wasn't enough for Iran to advance to the second round. He was a part of the Iran national under-23 football team that participated at the 2006 Asian Games. He also participated with Iran B national football team in the 2005 Islamic Games in Saudi Arabia, where he won third place with his team, and became the top scorer in the tournament with 6 goals (4 of them in the 9-0 win against Tajikistan).

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	24 September 2010	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Bahrain	3–0	3–0	2010 WAFF Championship

On 19 April 2016, Oladi died in Tehran's Tajrish Hospital at the age of 30 after suffering from cardiac complications.^[4][5]

Al Shabab

• UAE President's Cup: 2008-09 (Runner-up)

Malavan

• Hazfi Cup: 2010-11 (Runner-up)

Iran U23

• Asian Games Bronze Medal: 2006

• Mehrdad Oladi at PersianLeague.com
• Mehrdad Oladi at TeamMelli.com
• Mehrdad Oladi's Profile in 18ghadam.ir
• Mehrdad Oladi at National-Football-Teams.com