Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1994)

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Ali Karimi
Ali Karimi 2018.jpg
Karimi in 2018
Personal information
Full name Ali Nozar Karimi[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Izeh, Iran
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kayserispor
Number 6
Youth career
2004–2012 Sepahan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Sepahan 65 (4)
2016 Dinamo Zagreb II 9 (0)
2016–2017 Dinamo Zagreb 1 (0)
2017 → Lokomotiva (loan) 8 (1)
2017–2018 Sepahan 20 (1)
2018–2020 Esteghlal 53 (7)
2020–2021 Qatar SC 7 (0)
2021 →Al-Duhail (loan) 9 (0)
2021– Kayserispor 0 (0)
National team‡
2014–2016 Iran U23 18 (6)
2016– Iran 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2020

Ali Nozar Karimi (Persian: علی کریمی‎; born 11 February 1994) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Kayserispor as a central midfielder.

Club career[]

Sepahan[]

He joined Sepahan in the summer of 2012. From 2010 to 2012, he was a member of Sepahan under-19 football team.[2] Karimi made his first league appearance in the 2013–14 season. He won the Persian Gulf Pro League with Sepahan in the 2014–15 season.

Dinamo Zagreb[]

2016–17[]

On 1 July 2016, Karimi joined Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on a five-year contract for a reported US$400,000 transfer fee.[3] He is the first Iranian to play in Croatian Prva HNL. Karimi made his pre–season debut on 2 July 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute against Romanian club CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu.[4]

Karimi made his league debut on 13 August 2016, coming on as second-half substitute in a 2–1 victory against Inter Zapresic. He made his second appearance with the first team on 25 October 2016 in a 2–1 victory against Bjelovar in the Croatian Cup.

After only making one league appearance for Dinamo, in January 2017 Karimi joined Lokomotiva on a six-month loan deal.

Loan to Lokomotiva[]

Karimi joined Dinamo Zagreb's feeder club Lokomotiva in January 2017 on a 6-month loan. He finally got a chance to show off his power and control in the midfield as he started 6 games for Lokomotiva, set up multiple goals and scored his first goal in the Croatian league for the NK Lokomotiva on 26 April 2017 in a 1–0 league victory against Istra 1961.

Esteghlal[]

On 15 July 2018, Karimi joined Esteghlal signing a one-year contract with the club.[5]

Qatar SC[]

On 1 November 2020, Karimi joined Qatar SC signing a one-year contract with the club.

Kayserispor[]

On July 2020, Karimi joined Kayseispor as a free agent.

International career[]

Youth[]

He was invited to Iran U-23 training camp by Nelo Vingada[6] in preparation for Incheon 2014 and 2016 AFC U-22 Championship (Summer Olympic qualification). He was named for the Iran U23 and on the final roster for Incheon 2014.[7]

Senior[]

Karimi was called up to the national team in March 2014, but did not play a game. He was called up again to the senior Iran squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against India in September 2015.[8] He made his debut against Papua New Guinea on 10 November 2016 in a friendly match.[citation needed]

In May 2018 he was named in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[9] but did not make the final 23 because of injury.[10]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 1 July 2019[11]
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sepahan 2012–13 Persian Gulf Pro League 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2013–14 18 2 0 0 4 0 22 2
2014–15 19 0 0 0 — 19 0
2015–16 28 2 4 1 6 0 38 3
Total 65 4 4 1 11 0 80 5
Dinamo Zagreb II 2016–17 Druga HNL 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
Dinamo Zagreb 2016–17 Prva HNL 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Lokomotiva (loan) 8 1 0 0 — 8 1
Sepahan 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League 20 1 0 0 — 20 1
Esteghlal 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League 26 2 2 0 5 1 33 3
2019–20 15 3 1 0 0 0 16 3
Career total 144 11 9 1 16 1 169 13

International[]

As of matches played 12 November 2020[12]
Iran
Year Apps Goals
2016 1 0
2017 6 0
2018 3 0
2019 1 0
2020 2 0
Total 13 0

Honours[]

Sepahan

Iran U23

References[]

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ پیروزی جوانان فولاد مبارکه سپاهان در دیداری تدارکاتی Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1338215
  4. ^ @CroSports_ (2 July 2016). "Ali Karimi is making his Dinamo Zagreb debut (albeit preseason). He is coming on in the 75th minute (Dinamo Zagreb vs Panduri)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "علی کریمی به استقلال پیوست" [Ali Karimi joined Esteghlal] (in Persian). Varzesh3.com. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. ^ http://isport.ir/fa/content/47518
  7. ^ "بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد". ffiri.ir. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  8. ^ "India vs Iran". fifa.com. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  9. ^ "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Carlos Queiroz Names Provisional Iran Squad for FIFA World Cup 2018". IFPNews.com.
  11. ^ Ali Karimi at Soccerway
  12. ^ Ali Karimi at National-Football-Teams.com

Ali Karimi joined Al-Duhail

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