Full name Kaveh Rezaei 2005–2011 Foolad Name Kaveh Rezaei | Playing position Role Footballer Number 9 Height 1.80 m | |
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Date of birth (1992-04-05) 5 April 1992 (age 23) Current team Zob Ahan Isfahan F.C. (#9 / Forward) Similar People Morteza Tabrizi, Omid Ebrahimi, Mehdi Torabi, Saeid Ezatolahi | ||
Place of birth Eslamabad Gharb, Iran | ||
Iranian footballers kaveh rezaei zob ahan
Kaveh Rezaei (Persian: کاوه رضایی; born 5 April 1992) is an Iranian football player, who plays for R. Charleroi S.C. in the Belgian First Division A as a striker.
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- Iranian footballers kaveh rezaei zob ahan
- kaveh rezaei 2014 performance highlights
- Foolad
- Saipa
- Zob Ahan
- Esteghlal
- Charleroi
- U17
- U19
- U23
- Senior
- Personal life
- Club
- International
- Individual
- References
kaveh rezaei 2014 performance highlights
Foolad
Rezaei started his career at Foolad. In the 2010–11 season, he scored one goal and provided two assists for his team mates in 16 games. During the next season, Rezaei played in 12 games starting in 4 and playing the whole 90 minutes in one of those games.
Saipa
He moved to Saipa to gain more playing time in the 2012–13 season, though not a fix started he managed to make 33 appearance, scored 5 goals against Saba, Peykan, Fajr Sepasi, Saba and Gohar. He also made 2 assist during the season.
Zob Ahan
On 28 December 2014, Rezaei joined Zob Ahan with an 18-month contract which keep him until end of 2015–16 season with Isfahani side. On 16 April 2015, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 victory against Naft Tehran. Rezaei won back to back Hazfi Cups in 2014 and 2015 with Zob Ahan.
Esteghlal
On 16 June 2016, Rezaei refused to extend contract with Zob Ahan and signed a contract with Esteghlal. It was later revealed that he also had an offer from Persepolis before but had rejected it for personal reasons. Esteghlal fans and board members said that this was a great and promising move since the departure of Sajjad Shahbazzadeh to Alanyaspor. Rezaei made his debut on 25 July 2016 in a 1–1 draw against Naft Tehran and he assisted Jaber Ansari's goal. In the next match on 31 July, he scored his first goal for Esteghlal in a 2–1 loss against Esteghlal Khuzestan. He scored a header in a 1–1 draw against Machine Sazi on 11 September. On 12 February 2017, Esteghlal defeated city rivals Persepolis 3–2, with Rezaei scoring the third goal. On 27 February 2017, in an AFC Champions League group-stage match against Al-Taawoun FC, he scored 53 seconds after kick-off; it was the fastest goal scored by an Iranian in an AFC Champions League match. On 11 April, he scored another champions league goal against Lokomotiv Tashkent to equalise the scoreline, as the game ended 1–1. In the following champions league game against Al-Ahli which the match finished at 1–1, he scored another equaliser. On 4 May 2017, he assisted Jaber Ansari's goal in Esteghlal's 2–1 win against Sepahan. This assist made him the top provider in the league. He finished the season with 7 goals and 9 assists as Esteghlal finished the season as runners-up in the league. On 10 May, he scored and assisted in the champions league match against Al-Taawoun as Esteghlal beat their opponent 2–1 and qualified to the next round. On 22 May, he scored a late winning goal from the penalty spot against Al Ain the match finished 1–0.
Charleroi
On 14 June 2017, after rumours that he would sign a contract extension with Esteghlal, Rezaei signed a two-year contract, with an option to extend for another two years, with Belgian Pro League club Sporting Charleroi. Rezaei was assigned the shirt number 9. He made his debut for the club in a 1–0 victory over Kortrijk on 29 June 2017, coming on as substitute for Chris Bedia. On 26 August, he scored his first goal for the club, against Zulte Waregem. Later in that match he scored his second goal to help win the match 3–2.
U17
Rezaei finished as the top scorer of the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship scoring in every single game he played in and finishing with 6 goals in 5 games. Iran won the championship winning the final game 2–0 against South Korea.
Rezaei featured for Iran in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup scoring a goal against Gambia.
U19
Rezaei also made the squad for the unsuccessful 2010 AFC U-19 Championship, surprisingly his involvement was highly limited under the guidance of his former U17 manager, Ali Doustimehr. However, he started in Iran's last game of the group stages, scoring both goals in the game and helping to record Iran's only win of the tournament.
U23
In 2012, he broke in to coach Ali Reza Mansourian's squad and has been regular feature ever since. He was called up for the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship, where he was the leading goalscorer after the group stage with 5 goals in 3 matches, including a hat trick in his last game. He named in Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.
Senior
Rezaei made his debut against India during Iran's 2018 World Cup Qualification campaign on 8 September 2015.
Personal life
In May 2017, Rezaei married with Iran women's national volleyball team player Farnoosh Sheikhi. He is friends with Mehdi Rahmati, Bakhtiar Rahmani and Soroush Rafiei. He cites Navid Mohammadzadeh as his favourite actor. He can speak Persian and Kurdish fluently.