Ali Karimi
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki | |
| birthday | November 8, 1978 | |
| place of birth | Tehran , Iran | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| position | Central attacking midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1991-1999 | Fath Tehran | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1998-2001 | Persepolis Tehran | 68 (9) |
| 2001-2005 | Al-Ahli | 85 (49) |
| 2005-2007 | FC Bayern Munich | 33 (3) |
| 2007-2008 | Qatar SC | 27 (5) |
| 2008-2009 | Persepolis Tehran | 21 (5) |
| 2009-2010 | Steel Azin FC | 40 (14) |
| 2011 | FC Schalke 04 | 1 (0) |
| 2011-2013 | Persepolis Tehran | 40 (12) |
| 2013-2014 | Tractor Sazi Tabriz | 24 (5) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1998-2013 | Iran | 129 (38) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2017 | Naft Novin Tehran | |
| 2018-2019 | Sepidrood Rasht FC | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki (born November 8, 1978 in Tehran ) is a former Iranian soccer player and today's soccer coach .
Career
societies
Karimi began his professional career in the 1998/99 season with Persepolis Tehran after Ali Parvin , the team's coach at the time, became aware of him at an indoor tournament. For a transfer fee of the equivalent of 15,000 US dollars, Parvin signed the young Karimi from the then second division club Fath Tehran . After just a few games, it became a crowd favorite. He was Iranian champion in two consecutive seasons (1998/99 and 1999/2000) with the Iranian top club Persepolis Tehran . In the 1999/2000 season he also won the Iranian Cup with his club . He scored 13 goals in 68 league games for Persepolis Tehran.
For the 2001/02 season Karimi moved to Al-Ahli in the United Arab Emirates . There, too, he became a crowd favorite in a very short time due to his goals, assists and spectacular dribbles. In the 2003/04 season he won the Cup with Al-Ahli. After a total of four years, 85 games and 49 goals and being voted As Asia’s Footballer of the Year , Karimi left the UAE for the 2005/06 season and joined Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga . Karimi started very strongly with his new club and knew how to convince most of the critics. In his first season he was both German champion and cup winner with the German record champions FC Bayern Munich .
Due to an ankle injury in the spring of 2006 and a disappointing performance with the Iranian selection at the 2006 World Cup , he could not find his old form and repeat his strong performances at the beginning of his engagement. For the German record champions, Karimi scored four goals in 42 competitive games and gave four assists.
In July 2007 he moved to Qatar SC , which he left again at the end of the season after 27 games and 5 goals. 2008/09 and 2009/10 initially planned for Al-Sailiya , but he decided to return to his favorite club, the Iranian record champions Persepolis Tehran. On July 1, 2009, Karimi moved to Steel Azin FC and scored 14 goals in 28 games in his first season. On August 15, 2010 he was dismissed from his club after he had drunk water during public training and thus “did not respect the rules of the holy month of Ramadan”.
Felix Magath signed Karimi on January 31, 2011 shortly before the end of the transfer period for FC Schalke 04 and provided him with a contract until the end of the season. Karimi, who had been without match practice for several months, was number 10 with the Royal Blues and only made a brief appearance when he came on as a substitute in the Champions League match at Inter Milan on April 5 . He also only played once in the Bundesliga, on April 23, 2011 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern .
For the 2011/12 season, Karimi returned to Iran and again joined the capital city club Persepolis Tehran. After strong performances in the league as well as in the AFC Champions League , Karimi was nominated for the election of Asia Footballer of the Year 2012 and ultimately took second place. After the end of the 2013/14 season, when he was still active for one season with the first division club Tractor Sazi Tabriz , he ended his active football career.
Club statistics
| season | team | league | Calls | Gates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998/99 | Persepolis Tehran | Azadegan League | 23 | 4th |
| 1999/2000 | Persepolis Tehran | Azadegan League | 25th | 4th |
| 2000/01 | Persepolis Tehran | Azadegan League | 20th | 5 |
| 2001/02 | Al-Ahli | Premier Division | 19th | 10 |
| 2002/03 | Al-Ahli | Premier Division | 21st | 9 |
| 2003/04 | Al-Ahli | Premier Division | 24 | 20th |
| 2004/05 | Al-Ahli | Premier Division | 21st | 10 |
| 2005/06 | FC Bayern Munich | Bundesliga | 20th | 2 |
| 2006/07 | FC Bayern Munich | Bundesliga | 13 | 1 |
| 2007/08 | Qatar SC | Qatar Stars League | 27 | 5 |
| 2008/09 | Persepolis Tehran | Iranian Pro League | 21st | 5 |
| 2009/10 | Steel Azin FC | Iranian Pro League | 28 | 14th |
| 2010/11 | Steel Azin FC | Iranian Pro League | 12 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | FC Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | Persepolis Tehran | Iranian Pro League | 28 | 11 |
| 2012/13 | Persepolis Tehran | Iranian Pro League | 12 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | Tractor Sazi Tabriz | Iranian Pro League | 9 | 3 |
As of September 12, 2013
National team
Karimi played his first international match for the Iranian national soccer team on October 13, 1998 in a friendly against the Kuwaiti national soccer team , against which he also scored his first international goal on December 19, 1998 in the final of the 1998 Asian Games in Thailand. Karimi also took part with Iran in the Asia Cup 2000 , Asia Cup 2004 , Asia Cup 2007 and the 2006 World Cup in Germany. For the Asia Cup 2011 he was not considered after a disagreement with coach Afschin Ghotbi . On November 6, 2012, Karimi played his last international match under coach Carlos Queiroz , which was won 6-1 against Tajikistan in Tehran .
Karimi was one of six players wearing green armbands in the World Cup qualifier after the Iranian presidential election in 2009 against South Korea in Seoul. In Iran this was seen as partisanship for the opposition.
Successes, honors and awards
Club title
- Iranian champion in 1999, 2000 with Persepolis Tehran
- Iranian cup winner 1999 with Persepolis Tehran
- Third place in the AFC Champions League 2000 with Persepolis Tehran
- Cup winners of the UAE Emirates (UAE President Cup) 2002, 2004 with Al-Ahli
- German champion 2006 with FC Bayern Munich
- 2006 DFB Cup winners with FC Bayern Munich
- DFB Cup winners 2011 with FC Schalke 04
Iranian national soccer team
- Gold at the Asian Games in Thailand in 1998
- 2004 West Asian Champion in Iran
- Third in the 2004 Asian Cup in China
Awards
- Asia's Footballer of the Year 2004
- Asian Footballer of the Year 2012, 2nd place
- Record scorer at the 2004 Asian Cup (5 goals, together with A'ala Hubail , Bahrain)
Web links
- Ali Karimi in the database of weltfussball.de
- RSSSF: All official Ali Karimi internationals
- Ali Karimi in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karimi joins Al Siliyya of Qatar (English)
- ↑ علی کریمی در باشگاه پرسپولیس حضور یافت (Persian) ( Memento from September 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Press release ( memento from March 23, 2012 on WebCite ) on the association's homepage from January 31, 2011
- ↑ Brave footballers help opposition in Iran Die Welt online, June 19, 2009
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Mehdi Mahdavikia |
Asia's Footballer of the Year 2004 |
Hamad Al-Montashari |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karimi, Ali |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Karimi, Mohammed Ali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tehran , Iran |