Farshid Esmaeili

Farshid Esmaeili (Persian: فرشید اسماعیلی‎; born 23 February 1994)[1] is an Iranian footballer, who plays for Esteghlal in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Farshid Esmaeili
Esmaeili in 2021
Personal information
Full name Farshid Esmaeili
Date of birth (1994-02-23) 23 February 1994
Place of birth Bandar Lengeh, Iran
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Esteghlal
Number 8
Youth career
2006–2011 Badr Hormozgan
2011–2012 Fajr Sepasi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Fajr Sepasi 35 (3)
2015– Esteghlal 112 (13)
National team‡
2011–2012 Iran U20 14 (2)
2013–2016 Iran U23 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 January 2016

Club career

Esmaeili started his career with Badr Hormozgan from youth levels. In summer 2011 he joined Fajr Sepasi U–20 and after a good season[2] he was promoted to the first team.[3] He made his debut for Fajr Sepasi in a 6–1 win against Damash on 15 September 2012.[4]

On 5 July 2015, Esmaeili joined Iranian Pro League club Esteghlal on a three-year contract. He is regarded as one of the next best midfielders in Iran.[5][6] He scored his first goal in Esteghlal club against Sepahan with a long distance shot in a 3-0 away win. He scored a goal and assisted one during Esteghlal's 3–2 win in Tehran derby on 12 February 2017 and was named as best player of the match.

Club career statistics
As of 19 ِJuly 2020
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2012–13Fajr SepasiPro League 17210–182
2013–14 4000–40
2014–15Azadegan League 14100–141
2015–16EsteghlalPro League 15150–201
2016–17 2723081383
2017–18 2352180333
2018–19 21 2 2 1 3 0 27 2
2019–20 19 2 2 1 0 0 20 3
Career total 1401515319117419

1 Statistics Incomplete.

  • Assist
SeasonTeamAssists
16–17Esteghlal2
17–18Esteghlal9
18–19Esteghlal5
19–20Esteghlal3

International career

U20

He was part of Iran U–20 during 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, 2012 CIS Cup, 2012 AFF U-19 Youth Championship and 2012 AFC U-19 Championship.

U23

He invited to Iran U-23 training camp by Nelo Vingada[7] to preparation for Incheon 2014 and 2016 AFC U-22 Championship (Summer Olympic qualification). He named in Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.[8]

Honours

Club
Esteghlal

Individual

References
  1. "فرشید اسماعیلی". Ffiri.irofco.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  2. "آمار گلزنان برتر لیگ برتر امید و جوانان :: Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran". Ffiri.ir. Archived from the original on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  3. "Iran, world, political, sport, economic news and headlines". MehrNews.com. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  4. فجرسپاسی شش - داماش یک/ توپ خانه سرهنگ داماش را ویران کرد! (in Persian). Goal.com. 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  5. Farshid Esmaeili at fcesteghlal
  6. "بازیکن تیم امید ایران به استقلال پیوست". کاپ - پایگاه خبری تحلیلی کاپ.
  7. اسپورت, آی. "لیست ۳۱ نفره وینگادا برای تیم ملی امید". آی اسپورت.
  8. "بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد". ffiri.ir. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
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