Hossein Kazemi
Personal information
Full name Hossein Kazemi
Date of birth (1979-10-03) October 3, 1979
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Saipa 88 (6)
2004–2007 Esteghlal 74 (7)
2007–2008 Sepahan 29 (1)
2008–2010 Esteghlal 57 (10)
2010–2011 Steel Azin 33 (2)
2011–2012 Rah Ahan 31 (8)
2012 Mes Kerman 6 (0)
2012–2013 Fajr Sepasi 19 (1)
2013–2014 Aluminium 16 (1)
Total 353 (36)
International career‡
2006–2009 Iran 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2009

Hossein Kazemi (Persian: حسین كاظمی, born October 3, 1979, in Tehran, Iran) is retired Iranian football player who last played for Aluminium in Azadegan League. He has also featured in an episode of a TV series in Iran, with former Esteghlal team-mate, Ali Ansarian.

Club career

After starting his career at his hometown club Saipa, he later moved to Pro League rivals Esteghlal He was an on-and-off player during the 2004–05 season, but became a pivotal part in the season and won a fixed spot in stacked midfield. He has scored a number of important goals for Esteghlal. After the 2006–07 season, he moved from Esteghlal to rivals Sepahan. He remained at Sepahan for the 2007–08 season before return to Esteghlal. With Sepahan, he reached the 2007 AFC Champions League final in which Sepahan was defeated.

His good performances have earned him a number of caps in Team Melli. During the management of Ali Daei as Team Melli head coach, he had become an important member of the national team. Though, under new Esteghlal coach, Samad Marfavi, he became a substitute player during the first weeks of the season. This led to him not being nominated for the crucial 2011 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers against Jordan. After spending two seasons with Esteghlal, he joined Steel Azin, where he stayed for a season before joining Rah Ahan in 2011 where he joined Daei and stayed for a season. He joined Mes Kerman for 2012–13 season and moved to Fajr Sepasi halfway through the season as he did not get any playing time in Mes. He signed with Aluminium in summer 2013 for one season.

Club career statistics

As of 24 June 2015
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2000–01SaipaAzadegan League221––
2001–02Pro League264––
2002–03180––
2003–04221––
2004–05Esteghlal212––
2005–0626200––262
2006–0727300––273
2007–08Sepahan29120110421
2008–09Esteghlal2961061367
2009–102841061355
2010–11Steel Azin33230––362
2011–12Rah Ahan31810––328
2012–13Mes Kerman6000––60
2012–13Fajr Sepasi19100––191
2013–14AluminiumDivision 1160––––160
Career total 32335232
  • Assists
SeasonTeamAssists
05–06Esteghlal2
06–07Esteghlal2
07–08Sepahan4
08–09Esteghlal1
10–11Steel Azin2
11–12Rah Ahan4
12–13Mes Kerman0
12–13Fajr Sepasi0

International career

He was called up to join the Iranian national team for the first time in August 2006, and made his debut for Iran in a friendly match against the UAE national team. He has later been called up regularly for national team games. Under the spell of Ali Daei he played in 2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship, 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 March 2009Azadi Stadium, Tehran Kenya1–01–0Friendly

Honours

Club

Esteghlal
Sepahan

Country

References

Iran Pro League Stats

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