Younes Delfi

Younes Delfi (Persian: یونس دلفی; born 2 October 2000 in Shush) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for HNK Gorica in the Croatian First Football League, on loan from Belgian club Charleroi. He is the youngest Iranian player to have played in Europe.

Younes Delfi
Personal information
Full name Younes Delfi
Date of birth (2000-10-02) October 2, 2000
Place of birth Shush, Iran
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward, Winger
Club information
Current team
HNK Gorica
Number 79
Youth career
2010–2016 Esteghlal Khuzestan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Esteghlal Khuzestan 39 (7)
2019– Charleroi 6 (2)
2020–HNK Gorica (loan) 2 (1)
National team
2016–2017 Iran U17 13 (6)
2018– Iran U23 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2017

International career

Delfi is a very technical player displaying his talent initially at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. He burst onto the scene by recording 2 goals and 1 assist in the group stages of the competition. He also showed phenomenal technical ability by also getting 2 penalties for the Iran U-17 national team in the 3 group matches.

Year Competition Performance
Apps Goals
2016AFC U-16 Championship[1]30
2017Granatkin Memorial64
FIFA U-17 World Cup[2]42
2018Asian Games30

Career statistics

As of 3 June 2019
Club Division Season League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Esteghlal Khuzestan Persian Gulf Pro League 2016–17 600060
2017–18 24720267
2018–19 9020110
Total 39740437
Charleroi Belgian First Division A 2018–19 21004162
Career total 4184041499

Honours

National

Iran U17

References

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