Kaveh Rezaei

Kaveh Rezaei

File:Kaveh Rezaei - Zob Ahan vs. Bundyodkor match.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Kaveh Rezaei
Date of birth	(1992-04-05) 5 April 1992
Place of birth	Eslamabad Gharb, Iran
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Zob Ahan
Number	9
Youth career
2005–2011	Foolad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Foolad	35	(2)
2012–2014	Saipa	69	(12)
2014–	Zob Ahan	34	(11)
International career‡
2007–2009	Iran U17	13	(10)
2009–2010	Iran U20	3	(5)
2012–2014	Iran U23	19	(11)
2015–	Iran	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2015

Kaveh Rezaei (Persian: کاوه رضایی‎‎; born April 5, 1992) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Zob Ahan in the Iran Pro League as a striker.

Club career

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 he joined Zob Ahan with a 18-month contract which keep him until end of 2015–16 season with Isfahani side. On 16 April 2015 Rezaei scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 victory against Naft Tehran.

Club Statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Iran			League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
2009–10	Foolad	Pro League	7	0	1	0	–	–	8	0
2010–11			14	1	1	0	–	–	15	1
2011–12			12	0	0	0	–	–	12	0
2012–13	Saipa		33	5	0	0	–	–	33	5
2013–14			25	6	1	0	–	–	26	6
2014–15			11	1	2	1	–	–	13	2
	Zob Ahan		10	5	1	1	–	–	11	6
2015–16			24	6	3	0	7	2	34	8
Career total			136	24	9	2	7	2	151	28

• Assists

Season	Team	Assists
10–11	Foolad	1
11–12	Foolad	2
12–13	Saipa	2
13–14	Saipa	3
14–15	Saipa	1
	Zob Ahan	3
15–16	Zob Ahan	3

International

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

He made his debut against India during Iran's 2018 World Cup Qualification campaign on 8 September 2015.

Honours

Club

Zob Ahan

• Hazfi Cup (2): 2014–15, 2015–16

International

Iran U-16

• AFC U-16 Championship (1): 2008

Individual

• AFC U-16 Championship top scorer (1): 2008 (6 goals)
• AFC U-22 Championship top scorer (1): 2013 (5 goals)