Full name Mehdi Vaezi Role Football player 1993–1995 Payam Mashhad Height 1.89 m | Years Team Name Mehdi Vaezi | |
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Date of birth (1975-01-19) 19 January 1975 (age 40) Place of birth Azadshahr, Golestan, Iran 1992–1993 Sanati Electric Khorasan | ||
Mehdi Vaezi (born 19 January 1975, in Azadshahr, Iran) is an Iranian football player. He has lived and grew up in Mashhad between ages of 7 until 23.
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Club career
Vaezi played for Paykan Tehran F.C. before moving to Persepolis F.C. in 2006 on a 2-year deal. Earlier that year he was involved in a drug abuse scandal which ended in a 6-month ban from football and the breakdown of a transfer to F.C. Zob Ahan. Eventually he signed for Persepolis F.C.
During the 2006/07 season he only played a few matches for Persepolis behind the first keeper Farshid Karimi who had an incredible season but during the 2007/08 season he was the first choice keeper for most of the games but never played in the Tehran derby. This season went really well for him because he was known for his great saves and reflects but more importantly the fans preferred him over the other keepers such as international Goalkeeper Hassan Roudbarian and lats seasons first choice Farshid Karimi.
During the 2008/09 Vaezi had many injuries which made him sit out many matches and a lot of critics believe that if he was not injured as much Persepolis would have done better in the league.
Club Career statistics
Last Update 19 October 2010
International career
On 17 March 1997 he made the 31-man list for the national team but did not get selected for any games He made his debut for Iran in a friendly match against Georgia in August 2000. He was called up to join the squad in a few occasions, including in 2007, but did not make any other appearance for Team Melli before January 2008, when he made his second cap in a friendly match against Qatar.