List of Esteghlal F.C. players

This article is about Esteghlal F.C. players with +100 appearances. For a list of Esteghlal players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Esteghlal F.C. players. For the current Esteghlal first-team squad, see Esteghlal Tehran FC § Players.

This is a list of players who have played for Esteghlal Football Club.

Mahmoud Fekri lies first in the all-time appearance list with 345.

Key

• The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
• Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 14 February 2021. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
• Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Esteghlal.

Position

Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.

Club career

Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

Total appearances and Total goals

Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Iran championship Tournament, Iran Local League, Takht Jamshid Cup, Qods League, Azadegan League, Iran Pro League, Tehran Football League, Hazfi Cup, Tehran Hazfi Cup, AFC Champions League, Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and Iranian Super Cup.

World Cup Players

1978 FIFA World Cup   Iraj Danaeifard   Andranik Eskandarian   Hassan Nazari   Hassan Rowshan

1998 FIFA World Cup   Parviz Boroumand   Alireza Mansourian   Mehdi Pashazadeh   Javad Zarincheh

2006 FIFA World Cup   Reza Enayati   Amir Hossein Sadeghi   Vahid Talebloo

2014 FIFA World Cup   Khosro Heydari   Amir Hossein Sadeghi   Andranik Teymourian   Hashem Beikzadeh

2018 FIFA World Cup   Rouzbeh Cheshmi   Omid Ebrahimi   Pejman Montazeri   Majid Hosseini

2022 FIFA World Cup   Hossein Hosseini   Rouzbeh Cheshmi   Abolfazl Jalali

Olympic Players

1972 Summer Olympics   Ali Jabbari   Mansour Rashidi   Javad Ghorab   Javad Allahverdi

1976 Summer Olympics   Mansour Rashidi   Hassan Nazari   Andranik Eskandarian   Hassan Rowshan   Nasser Hejazi

List of players

 

Arash Borhani is Esteghlal's first-highest all-time goalscorer.

List of Esteghlal F.C players with 100 or more appearances^[1]

Name	Pos	Club career	Appearances	Goals
Ali Jabbari	Midfielder	1965–1975	183	92
Karo Haghverdian	Midfielder	1968–1976	176	8
Nasser Hejazi	Goalkeeper	1968–1975 1980–1986	152	0
Ezatollah Janmaleki	Defender	1968–1976	166	3
Mansour Pourheidari	Defender	1968–1975	141	2
Javad Ghorab	Midfielder	1969–1976	144	23
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi	Forward	1969–1975	140	81
Akbar Kargarjam	Defender	1969–1976	160	1
Masoud Mojdehi	Forward	1970–1977	136	37
Abbas Nouvinrozegar	Midfielder	1972–1977	110	5
Hassan Rowshan	Forward	1972–1978 1982–1983	130	32
Parviz Mazloumi	Forward	1973–1975 1978–1988	144	65
Hadi Naraghi	Forward	1973–1979	110	31
Saeid Maragehchian	Midfielder	1975–1986	152	4
Asghar Hajiloo	Defender	1976–1988	134	3
Reza Naalchegar	Midfielder	1977–1984 1986–1987 1990–1991	108	10
Shahin Bayani	Defender	1978–1986 1989–1994	175	1
Shahrokh Bayani	Midfielder	1978–1985 1989–1993	141	26
Reza Ahadi	Midfielder	1981–1986 1987–1992	10	12
Abdolali Changiz	Forward	1981–1986 1990–1992	129	47
Jafar Mokhtarifar	Forward	1983–1987 1989–1991	125	31
Majid Namjoo-Motlagh	Midfielder	1984–1990 1991–1992	100	15
Sadegh Varmazyar	Defender	1984–1997	271	16
Javad Zarincheh	Defender	1987–1991 1993–2003	305	2
Farshad Falahatzadeh	Defender	1988–1991	147	2
Reza Hassanzadeh	Defender	1988–1995 1996–2000	214	17
Abbas Sarkhab	Forward	1988–1996	141	41
Amir Ghalenoei	Midfielder	1989–1997	156	25
Samad Marfavi	Forward	1989–1993 1996–1998	169	79
Hamid Babazadeh	Goalkeeper	1990–1997	105	0
Iman Alami	Midfielder	1991–1996	111	14
Mahmoud Fekri	Defender	1992–1996 1998–2007	345	22
Mehdi Pashazadeh	Defender	1992–1998 2000–2003	182	12
Mohammadreza Mehranpour	Midfielder	1993–1998	110	12
Mohammad Nouri	Defender	1993–1998	107	2
Mohammad Taghavi	Defender	1993–2000	121	4
Mohammad Khorramgah	Defender	1994–2003	155	1
Alireza Mansourian	Midfielder	1995–1996 1997–1998 2002–2008	226	24
Alireza Akbarpour	Forward	1996–2006	219	33
Farhad Majidi	Forward	1997–1999 2007–2011 2012–2013	256	94
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	Defender	1998–2000 2001–2003	115	3
Sirous Dinmohammadi	Midfielder	1998–1999 2000–2003	132	24
Mohammad Navazi	Midfielder	1998–2004 2006–2008	191	29
Ahmad Momenzadeh	Forward	1999–2003	102	16
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	Midfielder	1999–2006 2013–2014	199	33
Pirouz Ghorbani	Defender	2000–2009	195	13
Farzad Majidi	Midfielder	2000–2007	173	22
Ali Samereh	Forward	2000–2005	105	42
Yadollah Akbari	Midfielder	2001–2004 2008–2009	125	18
Amir Hossein Sadeghi	Defender	2002–2008 2009–2011 2012–2015	316	16
Reza Enayati	Forward	2003–2006 2009–2010 2014–2015	120	64
Vahid Talebloo	Goalkeeper	2003–2011 2015–2016	191	0
Siavash Akbarpour	Forward	2004–2007 2008–2010 2012–2014	212	46
Mehdi Amirabadi	Defender	2004–2012	202	5
Hossein Kazemi	Midfielder	2004–2007 2008–2010	146	18
Mojtaba Jabbari	Midfielder	2005–2013 2017	177	33
Mehdi Rahmati	Goalkeeper	2005–2007 2011–2014 2015–2019	265	0
Mohsen Yousefi	Midfielder	2006–2008 2009–2012	110	8
Arash Borhani	Forward	2007–2016	292	107
Pejman Montazeri	Defender	2007–2014 2017–2019	318	17
Hashem Beikzadeh	Defender	2008–2010 2012–2015	127	4
Khosro Heydari	Midfielder	2008–2010 2011–2019	304	8
Hanif Omranzadeh	Defender	2008–2016	220	22
Omid Ebrahimi	Midfielder	2014–2018	134	30
Rouzbeh Cheshmi	Defender	2015–2020	119	5
Farshid Esmaeili	Midfielder	2015–2021	142	16
Farshid Bagheri	Midfielder	2016–2021	103	6
Vouria Ghafouri	Defender	2016–2022	121	18

List of goalscorers

Name	Nat	Position^[NB]	Esteghlal career	Goals	Notes
Siavash Akbarpour		Second striker	2004–2007, 2008–2010, 2012–2014	46
Alireza Akbarpour		Midfielder	1998-2006	22	Retired
Ali Mousavi		Forward	1998-1999, 2000-2003	22	Retired
Ahmad Momenzadeh		Forward	1999–2003	17
Ali Alizadeh		Forward	2006-2009	10
Alireza Mansourian		Midfielder	2002–2008	9	Retired
Mehdi Amirabadi		Right back	2004–2012	5
Ali Ansarian		Defender	2006–2007	4	Retired
Alireza Abbasfard		Forward	2008-2009	4
Farzad Ashoubi		Midfielder	2010-2011	4
Ali Latifi		Centre forward	1998-2000	13	Retired
Ali Samereh		Striker	2000–2005	41
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht		Midfielder	1999–2006, 2013–2014	31
Amir Hossein Sadeghi		Defender	2003–2008, 2009–2011, 2012–2015	14
Arash Borhani		Forward	2007–2016	107
Behzad Dadashzadeh		Midfielder	1999-2002	4	Retired
Farhad Majidi		Forward	1998-2000, 2007–2013	89	Retired
Reza Enayati		Centre forward	2003–2006, 2009-2010	59
Mojtaba Jabbari		Attacking midfielder	2005–2013	32
Mohammad Navazi		Right midfielder	1998-2004, 2006-2008	30	Retired
Faraz Fatemi		Centre forward	2001–2004	27
Sirous Dinmohammadi		Midfielder	1998-1999, 2000–2003	24	Retired
Farzad Majidi		Midfielder	2000–2007	22	Retired
Mehdi Seyed Salehi		Striker	2009-2011	20
Hossein Kazemi		Defensive midfielder	2004–2007, 2008–2010	18
Yadollah Akbari		Midfielder	2001-2004, 2008-2009	18	Retired
Milad Meydavoudi		Striker, Winger	2010–2013	17
Hanif Omranzadeh		Defender	2008–2016	19
Mehdi Hasheminasab		Defender	2000–2003	14	Retired
Pejman Montazeri		Defender	2007–2013	15
Pirouz Ghorbani		Defender	2001-2009	14
Mahmoud Fekri		Defender	1998-2007	14	Retired
Javad Nekounam		Midfielder	2012–2014	12
Fred Malekian		Forward	1998-2000, 2004–2005	11	Retired
Mehrdad Oladi		Forward	2013–2014	2
Farzad Hatami		Striker	2013	10
Goran Jerković		Striker	2012	9
Jlloyd Samuel		Defender, Midfielder	2011–2014	10
Dariush Yazdani		Midfielder	1998-2001	9	Retired
Mohsen Yousefi		Midfielder	2006-2008, 2009-2012	8
Fabio Januario		Midfielder	2008-2010, 2012-2013	8	Retired
Maysam Baou		Attacking midfielder	2004–2007, 2012–2013	8
Esmaeil Sharifat		Forward, Winger	2010-2012	7
Sattar Hamedani		Midfielder	1999-2001, 2002–2004	7
Omid Ravankhah		Midfielder	2007-2011	7	Retired
Khosro Heydari		Right-back, Right-midfielder	2008–2010, 2011–2019	8
Mojahed Khaziravi		Right winger	2000–2002, 2004-2005	6
Meysam Maniei		Midfielder	2007-2009	5
Bahman Tahmasebi		Forward	1999-2001	5
Ferydoon Zandi		Midfielder	2011-2012	5
Hadi Shakouri		Defender	2008-2011	5
Hawar Mulla Mohammed		Side midfielder	2012	4
Mohammad Ghazi		Striker	2013–2015	16
Rufat Guliev		Midfielder	2000–2002	4
Davoud Seyed Abbasi		Midfielder	2001–2002, 2003-2004	4
Andranik Teymourian		Midfielder	2011–2012, 2013–present	3
Vicente Arze		Midfielder	2012–2013	3
Milad Nouri		Center midfielder	2008–2010	3
Mehdi Salehpoor		Forward	2000–2001	3	Retired
Hashem Heydari		Forward	1998-1999	3	Retired
Joílson Rodrigues da Silva		Striker	2006-2007	3
Rinaldo Cruzado		Midfielder	2009–2010	2
Iman Mousavi		Forward	2013	2
Mehdi Pashazadeh		Defender	2001–2003	2	Retired
Meysam Hosseini		Defender	2011–2022	2
Roger Fabritcio		Forward	2003–2004	2
Mohammad Momeni		Forward	1998-1999	2
Asghar Talebnasab		Midfielder	2005–2007	2	Retired
Rodrigo Tosi		Midfielder	2012–2013	2
Ahmad Khaziravi		Striker	2007-2009	2	Retired
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh		Defender	1998–1999, 2001-2003	3
Hashem Beikzadeh		Left back, Midfielder	2008–2010, 2012–present	3
Akvsenti Gilauri		Defender	2004–2007	2
Amin Manouchehri		Forward	2012-2013	1
Attila Hejazi		Forward	1998-1999	1	Retired
Kianoush Rahmati		Defensive midfielder	2012-2013	1
Rasoul Khatibi		Forward	2003	1	Retired
Mohammad Mehdi Nazari		Forward	2013–2014	1
Waleed Ali		Midfielder	2011	1
Hassan Ashjari		Defender	2012–2013	1
Afshin Hajipour		?	1999-2000	1	Retired
Mehrdad Pouladi		Midfielder, Left back	2007–2009	1
Srđan Urošević		Defensive midfielder	2007-2008	1
Hamid Shafiei		Forward	2007-2008	1
Saeid Bayat		Midfielder	2007–2008	1
Shahin Kheiri		Midfielder	2004–2006	1
Morteza Hashemizadeh		Forward	2006–2007	1	Retired
Saeed Lotfi		Defender	2003–2008	1	Retired
Keivan Sajedi		Midfielder	2003–2004	1	Retired
Mojtaba Mahboub-Mojaz		Striker	2009–2012	1
Kazem Mahmoudi		Defender	1999-2000	1	Retired
Arastou Mohmmadi		Defender	1999-2002	1	Retired
Saeid Beigi		Defender	2000-2001	1	Retired
Ali Hamoudi		Right back	2011-2013	1
Javad Shirzad		Left back	2011-2012	1
Ali Chini		Midfielder	1998-2000	1	Retired
Adel Hardani		?	1998-1999	1	Retired
Mohammad Taghavi		Defender	1998-1999	1	Retired

Footnotes

References

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