Younes Delfi

Younes Delfi
	Delfi with Iran U23 at 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Full name	Younes Delfi
Date of birth	October 2, 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth	Shush, Iran
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward, Winger
Club information
Current team	HNK Gorica
Number	77
Youth career
2010–2016	Esteghlal Khuzestan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2019	Esteghlal Khuzestan
2019–	Charleroi
2020–	→ HNK Gorica (loan)
National team‡
2016–2017	Iran U17
2018–	Iran U23
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2017

Younes Delfi (Persian: یونس دلفی; born 2 October 2000 in Shush) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for HNK Gorica in the Croatian First Football League, on loan from Belgian club Charleroi. He is the youngest Iranian player to have played in Europe.^[1]

International career[]

Delfi is a very technical player displaying his talent initially at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. He burst onto the scene by recording 2 goals and 1 assist in the group stages of the competition. He also showed phenomenal technical ability by also getting 2 penalties for the Iran U-17 national team in the 3 group matches.

Year	Competition	Performance
Year	Competition	Apps	Goals
2016	AFC U-16 Championship^[2]	3	0
2017	Granatkin Memorial	6	4
2017	FIFA U-17 World Cup^[3]	4	2
2018	Asian Games	3	0

Career statistics[]

As of 3 June 2019

Club	Division	Season	League		Cup		Other		Total
Club	Division	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Persian Gulf Pro League	2016–17	6	0	0	0	—		6	0
		2017–18	24	7	2	0	—		26	7
		2018–19	9	0	2	0	—		11	0
	Total		39	7	4	0	—		43	7
Charleroi	Belgian First Division A	2018–19	2	1	0	0	4	1	6	2
Career total			41	8	4	0	4	1	49	9

Honours[]

National[]

Iran U17

AFC U-16 Championship - Runner-up (1): 2016

References[]

^ www.teammelli.com https://www.teammelli.com/2018/08/10/psv-scouting-for-top-iranian-talent-younes-delfi/. Retrieved 2021-04-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Younes Delfi". FFIRI.
^ "Fifa U-17 world cup statistics". FIFA. FIFA. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017.

External links[]

[1] www.teammelli.com https://www.teammelli.com/2018/08/10/psv-scouting-for-top-iranian-talent-younes-delfi/. Retrieved 2021-04-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] "Younes Delfi". FFIRI.

[FIFA-Delfi-3] "Fifa U-17 world cup statistics". FIFA. FIFA. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017.

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