Rahman Ahmadi

Rahman Ahmadi (Persian: رحمان احمدی‎, born 30 July 1980 in Noshahr, Iran) is an Iranian retired goalkeeper and coach.

Rahman Ahmadi
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-07-30) 30 July 1980
Place of birth Noshahr, Iran
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper (retired)
Club information
Current team
 Sepahan (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1998–2000 Shamoushak
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Shamoushak 35 (0)
2004–2008 Saipa 66 (0)
2008–2010 Sepahan 26 (0)
2010–2011 Persepolis 24 (0)
2011–2012 Sepahan 32 (0)
2012–2013 Saipa 33 (0)
2013–2016 Sepahan 60 (0)
2016–2018 Paykan 36 (0)
2018–2019 Pars Jonoubi 16 (0)
Total 328 (0)
National team‡
2008–2015 Iran 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 May 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 May 2014

Club career
Ahmadi in training with Sepahan in 2013

Early career

Ahmadi started his career as a youth player at Shamoushak Noshahr in 1998. In 2000, he was promoted to the first team, he played four years for Shamoushak before being transferred to Saipa, where he won the league in 2007.

Sepahan

He moved to Sepahan in summer 2008 and was a regular player in his first season. In his second season with Sepahan, Ahmadi won the Iran Pro League although he only made four appearances throughout the season.

Saipa & Persepolis

In 2010 Ahmadi signed a contract with Tehran club Persepolis. He made 16 total appearances throughout the season. Disappointed with his playing time, Ahmadi returned to Sepahan in 2011. He made 38 appearances throughout the season as he led Sepahan to a Iran Pro League. He returned to Saipa in summer 2012 and made 33 appearances.

Return to Sepahan

He joined Sepahan for a third time in July 2013. He helped Sepahan attain a 4th-place finish in the 2013–14 Iran Pro League season, and was widely considered one of the best goalkeepers in the league with 15 clean sheets, only Nilson Corrêa Júnior was better.

Club career statistics

Last Update 1 July 2017

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2003–04ShamoushakPro League 22[1]00––0
2004–05Saipa 2200––0
2005–06 1500––0
2006–07 1900––0
2007–08 1000400
2008–09Sepahan 2201060290
2009–10 40100050
2010–11Persepolis 1300030160
2011–12Sepahan 3201060380
2012–13Saipa 33010––320
2013–14Sepahan 2701030310
2014–15 17000––170
2015–16 1604030220
2016–17Paykan 29020––310
2017-18 7 0 0 0 – – 7 0
Career total 28701102503230

International career

In 2008, Ahmadi made his debut for Iran the final of West Asian Football Federation Championship against Jordan, with Team Melli going on to win the competition.[2] After Mehdi Rahmati announced his temporary retirement in 2013, Ahmadi was made the number one goalkeeper of the Iranian team by Carlos Queiroz. Ahmadi was instrumental in helping Iran secure a place in the 2014 FIFA World Cup,[2] as his double-save ensured a 1–0 Iran win over South Korea.

On 1 June 2014, he was called into Iran's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by Carlos Queiroz.[3] However, he did not made any appearance for the team, where Alireza Haghighi started all the games for Iran.

Honours
Shamoushak
Saipa
Sepahan
Persepolis
Iran

References
  1. Ahmadi made debut for Shamoushak
  2. "Rahman Ahmadi". FIFA. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. "Queiroz trims Iran squad to 24". FIFA.com. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

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