Amir Hossein Karimi

Iranian footballer (born 1996)

AmirHossein KarimiPersonal 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

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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

* Iran Pro League (1): 2014–15

### Individual

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* Persian Gulf Pro League Player of the Week: 2022–23 Week 1[5]

## 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.

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Naft Masjed Soleyman F.C. - current squad

* 1 Mohsenzadeh
* 2 Moghtadaei
* 3 Daghagheleh
* 4 Kaabi
* 5 Abdollahzadeh
* 6 Khorram
* 7 Nariman Jahan
* 8 Shenani
* 9 Ranjbari
* 10 Miri
* 11 Kianifar
* 12 Dehghani
* 14 Naghizadeh
* 16 Barzegar
* 18 Khodaei
* 20 Monazzemi
* 21 Bakhtiari
* 22 Goudarzi
* 23 Mojademi
* 26 Feyz
* 34 Jalali Rad
* 44 Bagheri
* 66 Abdollahi
* 88 Babaei
* 99 Karimi
* 50 Kohkan
* 45 Parsa
* Manager: Ashkesh

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals
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