Payam Sadeghian
Sadeghian with Persepolis
Personal information
Full name Payam Sadeghian Sharafabad
Date of birth (1992-02-29) 29 February 1992
Place of birth Tabriz, Iran
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Second Striker
Youth career
2005–2010 Zob Ahan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Zob Ahan 61 (6)
2013–2015 Persepolis 36 (4)
2015 Naft Tehran 10 (1)
2015–2016 Saba Qom 7 (0)
2016–2017 Machine Sazi 18 (4)
2017–2019 Osmanlıspor 12 (1)
2019 Sepidrood 3 (0)
International career‡
2005–2007 Iran U14 25 (14)
2007–2009 Iran U17 21 (8)
2009–2010 Iran U20 5 (1)
2010–2014 Iran U23 22 (12)
2012–2015 Iran 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2014

Payam Sadeghian (Persian: پیام صادقیان; born 29 February 1992)[1] is a retired Iranian footballer.[2]

Club career

Zob Ahan

Sadeghian showed himself as a starting line-up player first time in 2011–12 IPL and made an assist for Mohammad Hosseini against Foolad. He also scored a goal and made another assist in a match against Malavan.[3] On 9 September 2011, he made another assist for Esmaeil Farhadi against Persepolis.[4] Two weeks later, he played the full 90 minutes against Shahin Bushehr and made an assist for Mohammad Ahmadpouri.[5] He made an assist for Mohammad Ghazi on 2 October 2011 to show his assist ability another time.[6]

Persepolis

He signed a two-year contract with Persepolis on 9 June 2013.[7] He made his debut in a match against Tractor Sazi as a substitute for Gholamreza Rezaei and made an assist two minutes later for Mehdi Seyed Salehi. In his first season with Persepolis he was instrumental in their success and was one of their most important players. In August 2014 Sadegian was banned three months for shoving a referee during a match against Foolad.

He was fired by Persepolis on 27 April 2015 after a dispute with coach Branko Ivanković.[8]

Naft Tehran

On 1 July 2015, Sadeghian joined Naft Tehran on a five-year contract. He scored his first goal for the club on 27 October 2015 in a 2–1 victory against Padideh.

Saba Qom

After falling out with the management at Naft, Sadeghian left the club and on 8 January 2016 he signed with Saba Qom and reunited with former coach Ali Daei.[9]

Machine Sazi

On 28 May 2016, Sadeghian signed with newly promoted Tabrizi side Machine Sazi. This club also is his father's (Hassan Sadeghian) team. Sadeghian assisted in his first match for the club against Foolad.

Osmanlıspor

On 30 August 2017, Sadeghian signed a three–year contract with Turkish club Osmanlıspor.[10][11] On 4 November 2017, Sadeghian made his first appearance for the club in a match against Fenerbahce, coming on as a second-half substitute and immediately contributing an assist. Sadeghian made his second appearance on 28 November 2017 in a Turkish Cup match, he played 85 minutes and recorded two assist. In his first five matches for the club, Payam recorded four assists. Three in the cup and one in the league.

Sadeghian scored his first goal for the club on 3 March 2018 from a penalty kick against Kasimpasa.

International career

Under-17

He captained the team to the championship for the first time in the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship. At the tournament he played in all the games apart from the final due to suspension. He scored Iran's first goal at the tournament against Bahrain. Winning the tournament qualified Iran for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Sadeghian again scored Iran's first goal at the tournament against Gambia in the 44th minute making the most from a poorly taken free kick from the goalkeeper. He played a key role in Iran's qualification from its group, unbeaten with 7 points.

Under-20

He was again a vital part of Iran's U19's participation at the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship. He played in Iran's first two games, Iran losing both and failing to qualify from its group.

Under-22

He was called up by Ali Reza Mansourian to participate in the team's training camp in Italy. During a friendly match against the Italy B team he scored 2 goals in Iran's 6-2, including Iran's first with an outstanding free kick.

Senior

Sadeghian made his debut for the senior Iran team against Mozambique, as a substitute in 2012. He was called up again to the squad by Carlos Queiroz in March 2014, and played in Iran's match against Kuwait which Iran won 3-2.[12]

Statistics

Club

As of 30 December 2018.
Club Division Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
Zob Ahan Pro League 2009–10 310100000410
2010–11 100000100200
2011–12 27240001002824
2012–13 3031300–––3331
Total 61654002006765
Persepolis Pro League 2013–14 2636200–––2836
2014–15 10102102001420
Total 36464102004256
Naft Tehran Pro League 2015–16 10122002001412
Saba Qom 702000–––702
Mashin Sazi 2016–17 1845110–––1955
Osmanlıspor Süper Lig 2017–18 1011203–––1214
TFF First League 2018–19 200000–––200
Total 12112030001414
Career total 144162113236001631824

International goals

Sadeghian benching during a Hazfi Cup match with Persepolis

U17

U23

Senior

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
13 March 2014Enghelab Stadium, Karaj Kuwait2–13–22015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Zob Ahan
Persepolis

International

Iran

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Iranproleague.net". IranProLeague.net. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Iran - P. Sadeghian - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Football News, Live Scores, Results & Transfers - Goal.com". www.Goal.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Football News, Live Scores, Results & Transfers - Goal.com". www.Goal.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Football News, Live Scores, Results & Transfers - Goal.com". www.Goal.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Football News, Live Scores, Results & Transfers - Goal.com". www.Goal.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "صادقیان با پرسپولیس به توافق رسید". Varzesh3.com. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "90tv.ir - وبسایت رسمی برنامه ۹۰ - پیام صادقیان از پرسپولیس اخراج شد". 90tv.ir. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "پیام صادقیان به صبا پیوست". Varzesh3.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Sadeghian, Osmanlıspor ile anlaştı! - Habergaraj.com". Habergaraj.com. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  11. ↑ Haber7. "Osmanlıspor'a İranlı orta saha!". Haber7. Retrieved 31 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ "Payam Sadeghian is invited to Team Melli". www.PersianFootball.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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