List of Persepolis F.C. players

For a list of Persepolis players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Persepolis F.C. players. For the current Persepolis first-team squad, see Persepolis F.C. § Players.

Ali Parvin has played 279 times for Persepolis, more than any other player.

Persepolis Football Club is an professional association football club based in Tehran, Iran.

Persepolis was founded in 1963 by Ali Abdo and has been in the first division of Iranian football since 1968. The club has played at its home ground, Azadi Stadium, since 1973. They contest the Tehran Derby against rival team Esteghlal, a match that is closely followed by Iranian football fans and considered to be one of the popular clubs in Asia, ^[2] . According to the Asian Football Confederation, Persepolis is the most popular football club in Asia. ^{[3] [4] [5]} At the AFC Champions League, 11 of the top 20 matches by attendance were played by Persepolis. Persepolis has also broken the record of 100,000 attendees in four matches at the AFC Champions League. Persepolis has won a record fifteen Iranian league titles, as well as seven Hazfi Cups, five Super Cups and the 1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. ^[6] Many notable players have played for the club, including former Bundesliga players Ali Karimi, Ali Daei, Vahid Hashemian and Mehdi Mahdavikia. Ali Parvin, who spent 18 years with the club from 1970 to 1988, is widely regarded as the club's greatest player.

Božidar Radošević (2016–2022) is the longest-serving foreigner in Persepolis history.

The list includes notable footballers who have played for Persepolis. Generally, this means players that have played at least 100 league matches for the club.

Key

• The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
• Appearances as a substitute are also included.
• Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 27 February 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Positions key

GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full-back	DF	Defender
HB	Half-back	MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

Nationality

Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.

Position

Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.

Club career

Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

Total appearances and Total goals

Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Iran championship Tournament, Iran Local League, Takht Jamshid Cup, Qods League, Azadegan League, Iran Pro League, Tehran Football League, Hazfi Cup, Tehran Hazfi Cup, AFC Champions League, Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and Iranian Super Cup.

World Cup Players

1978 FIFA World Cup Ali Parvin Mohammad Sadeghi Javad Allahverdi

1998 FIFA World Cup Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh Mehdi Mahdavikia Naeem Saadavi Afshin Peyrovani Nima Nakisa Reza Shahroudi Mehrdad Minavand

2006 FIFA World Cup Javad Kazemian Mehrzad Madanchi

2014 FIFA World Cup Jalal Hosseini Hossein Mahini Mehrdad Pooladi Reza Haghighi

2018 FIFA World Cup Alireza Beiranvand Vahid Amiri

2022 FIFA World Cup Alireza Beiranvand Morteza Pouraliganji Vahid Amiri Mehdi Torabi

Olympic Players

1972 Olympics Ali Parvin Ebrahim Ashtiani Jafar Kashani Safar Iranpak Mahmoud Khordbin

1976 Olympics Parviz Ghlichkhani Ali Parvin Bijan Zolfagharnassab Alireza Azizi

List of players

Notable players with at least 3 seasons (6 half-seasons) at the club are listed according to the date of their first-team official debut for the club.

Nat	Name	Position	Persepolis career
	Aziz Asli	Goalkeeper	1968–71
	Hadi Tavoosi	Goalkeeper	1968–69, 1970–74
	Hamid Shirzadegan	Forward	1968–74
	Ebrahim Ashtiani	Defender	1968–69, 1970–76
	Büyük Vatankhah	Defender	1968–69, 1970–74
	Nazem Ganjapour	Forward	1968–69, 1970–72
	Jafar Kashani	Defender	1968–69, 1970–75
	Hossein Kalani	Forward	1968–69, 1970–75
	Fereydoun Moeini	Midfielder	1968–69, 1970–76
	Reza Vatankhah	Defender	1968–69, 1970–80
	Mahmoud Khordbin	Forward	1969–80
	Homayoun Behzadi	Forward	1968–69, 1970–75
	Mehrab Shahrokhi	Defender	1970–75
	Ali Parvin 1	Midfielder	1970–88
	Safar Iranpak	Forward	1970–80
	Esmaeil Haj Rahimipour	Midfielder	1970–78
	Iraj Soleimani	Forward	1971–75
	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	Midfielder	1971–78
	Bahram Mavaddat	Goalkeeper	1973–76
	Javad Allahverdi	Defender	1974–81
	Alireza Azizi	Midfielder	1975–79
	Bijan Zolfagharnasab	Defender	1975–79
	Mohammad Dadkan	Defender	1975–83
	Mohammad Reza Zadmehr	Forward	1975–90
	Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	Midfielder	1976–90
	Vazgen Safarian	Goalkeeper	1977–81
	Mohammad Panjali	Defender	1977–87, 1989–94
	Hamid Derakhshan	Midfielder	1977–87, 1992–94
	Abbas Kargar	Midfielder	1979–88
	Zia Arabshahi	Midfielder	1979–90
	Vahid Ghelich	Goalkeeper	1980–92
	Nasser Nouraei	Forward	1981–84
	Nasser Mohammadkhani	Forward	1981–86, 1989–94
	Behrouz Soltani	Goalkeeper	1981–89
	Gholamreza Fathabadi	Forward	1981–86
	Fariborz Moradi	Defender	1981–92
	Morteza Fonounizadeh	Defender	1985–92
	Farshad Pious	Forward	1985–88, 1989–97
	Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard	Midfielder	1987–92
	Nader Mohammadkhani	Defender	1987–88, 1990–91, 1998–2000
	Karim Bavi	Forward	1987–91, 1992–93
	Mohsen Ashouri	Midfielder	1987–92, 1993–97
	Morteza Kermani Moghaddam	Midfielder	1987–89, 1991, 1995–96
	Hossein Abdi	Midfielder	1987–2000
	Jamshid Shahmohammadi	Forward	1987–88, 1993–95
	Mojtaba Moharrami	Defender	1988–97
	Hassan Shirmohammadi	Midfielder	1989–92, 1994–95
	Mohammad Khakpour	Defender	1990–95
	Hamid Estili	Midfielder	1992–94, 1998–2004
	Behzad Dadashzadeh	Midfielder	1992–96
	Reza Shahroudi	Defender	1992–97, 1998–99, 2000–03
	Afshin Peyrovani	Defender	1993–96, 1997–2004
	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh	Goalkeeper	1994–2001
	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh	Midfielder	1994–97
	Ali Daei	Forward	1994–96, 2003–04
	Behrouz Rahbarifar	Defender	1994–2003, 2004–06
	Alireza Emamifar	Midfielder	1994–2000, 2003–05
	Nima Nakisa	Goalkeeper	1994–96, 1997–99
	Naeim Saadavi	Defender	1995–99
	Yahya Golmohammadi	Defender	1995–99, 2002–05
	Esmaeil Halali	Midfielder	1995–2002
	Mehrdad Minavand	Midfielder	1995–98, 2002–04
	Mehdi Mahdavikia	Midfielder	1995–99, 2012–13
	Karim Bagheri	Midfielder	1996–97, 2002–10
	Edmond Bezik	Forward	1996–2001
	Mehdi Hasheminasab	Defender	1997–2000
	Hamed Kavianpour	Midfielder	1997–2002, 2003–06
	Davoud Fanaei	Goalkeeper	1998–2003, 2004–06
	Ali Ansarian	Defender	1998–2003, 2004–06
	Ali Karimi	Midfielder	1998–2001, 2008–09, 2011–13
	Payan Rafat	Forward	1999–2001, 2002–03
	Mohammad Barzegar	Defender	1999–2004
	Ebrahim Asadi	Midfielder	1999–2003, 2004–07
	Hassan Khanmohammadi	Defender	2000–2005
	Reza Jabbari	Midfielder	2000–2005
	Sohrab Entezari	Forward	2001–06
	Pejman Jamshidi	Midfielder	2001–05
	Javad Kazemian	Forward	2003–06, 2011–13
	Sheys Rezaei	Defender	2003–08, 2009–12
	Mehrdad Oladi	Forward	2003–06, 2007, 2011–12
	Pejman Nouri	Midfielder	2005–09
	Mehrzad Madanchi	Forward	2005–07, 2012–13
	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	Forward	2006–09
	Hossein Badamaki	Midfielder	2006–12
	Alireza Haghighi	Goalkeeper	2006–12, 2013
	Sepehr Heydari	Defender	2007–11
	Mohsen Khalili	Forward	2007–10
	Maziar Zare	Midfielder	2008–09, 2010–12
	Hadi Norouzi 2	Forward	2008–13, 2014–15
	Mohammad Nouri	Midfielder	2010–15
	Gholamreza Rezaei	Forward	2010–13
	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	Defender	2012–14, 2019–21, 2023–present
	Mohsen Bengar	Defender	2012–16
	Jalal Hosseini	Defender	2012–14, 2016–22
	Hossein Mahini	Defender	2012–14, 2016–19
	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	Midfielder	2012–13, 2015–18, 2019
	Omid Alishah	Midfielder	2013–16, 2018–present
	Mohsen Mosalman	Midfielder	2013–14, 2015–18
	Mehdi Taremi	Forward	2014–18
	Ahmad Nourollahi	Midfielder	2014–16, 2017–21
	Ali Alipour	Forward	2015–20
	Kamal Kamyabinia	Midfielder	2015–23
	Mohammad Ansari	Defender	2015–21
	Vahid Amiri	Midfielder	2016–18, 2019–present
	Alireza Beiranvand	Goalkeeper	2016–20, 2022–present
	Soroush Rafiei	Midfielder	2017, 2019, 2022–present
	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	Defender	2017–20
	Siamak Nemati	Midfielder	2017–23
	Bashar Resan	Midfielder	2017–20
	Mehdi Torabi	Midfielder	2019–20, 2021–present
	Mehdi Abdi	Forward	2019–23
	Issa Alekasir	Forward	2020–23, 2024–present
	Milad Sarlak	Midfielder	2020–23

¹ He is the biggest legend of the club. the club decided to retire the squad number 7 for many years in memory of him.
² He died of heart attack in sleep at the age of 30. He was captain of Persepolis at the time. the club decided to retire the squad number 24 forever in memory of him.

List of foreign players

• Bold players are/were National players.

As of 11 May 2024

#	Name	Nat	Pos	App	Goal	from	Career	to
1	Billy McClure		MF	5	1	Liverpool	1977	Mount Wellington
2	Alan Whittle		MF	34	16	Leyton Orient	1977–78	Leyton Orient
3	Issa Traoré		MF	20	3	FC Pyunik	2003–04	PAS Tehran
4	Saša Ilić		GK	31	0	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	2003–04	Esteghlal Ahvaz
5	Christopher Wreh		FW	0	0	St Mirren	2003	Bishop's Stortford
6	Sambo Choji		FW	12	1	1. FC Saarbrücken	2004–05	SKN St. Pölten
7	Ilče Pereski		DF	13	0	Karaorman	2004–05	NK Rovinj
8	Jane Nikolovski		GK	0	0	Napredok	2005	Slaven Belupo
9	Carlos Rivera		DF	0	0	Independiente Medellín	2005–06	San Francisco
10	José Anthony Torres		DF	1	0	Marathón	2005	Victoria
11	Raphael Edereho		FW	6	1	Kuopion Palloseura	2005–06	Shakhter Karagandy
12	Jacques Elong Elong		MF	38	0	Mount Cameroon	2005–08	Sepahan
13	Robert Caha		DF	31	0	CSKA Sofia	2005–07	Shahin Bushehr
14	Luay Salah		FW	8	2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2006–07	Arbil SC
15	Zyad Chaabo		FW	9	3	Al-Jaish	2007	Al-Karamah
16	Tarek Jabban		DF	5	0	Al-Jaish	2007	Al-Jaish
17	Jorge Gaona		MF	2	0	Cerro Porteño	2008	Retired
18	Mate Dragičević		FW	12	3	Perth Glory	2008	DAC Dunajská Streda
19	Ibrahima Touré		FW	31	13	Paykan	2008–09	Sepahan
20	Ivan Petrović		MF	33	1	Aboomoslem	2008–09	Shahin Bushehr
21	Franck Atsou		MF	10	0	Aboomoslem	2008–09	Esteghlal Ahvaz
22	Paulo Roberto do Carmo		FW	8	1	Rio Preto	2008	Kowsar Lorestan
23	Shpejtim Arifi		FW	39	9	Payam Khorasan	2009–11	Tractor Sazi Tabriz
24	Tiago Alves Fraga		MF	48	4	Mixto	2009–11	PAS Hamedan
25	Wésley Brasilia		FW	14	2	Brasiliense	2009–10	Daejeon Citizen
26	Hawar Mulla Mohammed		FW	23	6	Anorthosis	2009–10	Arbil SC
27	Hervé Oussalé 1		FW	0	0	R.A.E.C. Mons	2010	MC Alger
28	Sékou Berthé		DF	6	1	Plymouth	2010–11	Retired
29	Mamadou Tall		DF	10	0	U.D. Leiria	2011–12	Santos
30	Éamon Zayed		FW	21	12	Derry City	2011–13	Aluminium Hormozgan
31	Asmir Avdukić 2		GK	7	0	Borac Banja Luka (loan)	2012	Borac Banja Luka (loan return)
32	Roberto Sousa 3		MF	3	0	Marítimo	2012	Leixões
33	Nilson Corrêa		GK	73	0	Vitória Guimarães	2012–15	Moreirense
34	Kwon Jun 4		MF	0	0	PSM Makassar	2013	Persepam Madura United
35	Marko Perović		MF	16	2	Red Star Belgrade	2013	OFK Beograd
36	Vlatko Grozdanoski		MF	11	2	Liaoning Whowin	2013	FK Vardar
37	Marko Šćepanović		MF	1	0	Mladost Podgorica	2013–14	Mladost Podgorica
38	Michael Umaña		DF	51	0	Deportivo Saprissa	2014–16	Municipal Liberia
39	Tadeu		FW	5	1	Náutico	2015	Boa Esporte
40	Fernando Gabriel		MF	13	0	Khazar Lankaran	2015	Al-Faisaly
41	Luka Marić		DF	21	0	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	2015–16	Dinamo București
42	Jerry Bengtson		FW	21	7	New England Revolution	2015–16	Zob Ahan
43	Alexander Lobanov		GK	8	0	Pakhtakor	2016	Pakhtakor
44	Anthony Golec		DF	0	0	Sheriff Tiraspol	2016	Bucheon
45	Oleksiy Polyanskyi		DF	4	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	2016–17	Retired
46	Volodymyr Pryyomov		FW	11	1	Metalist Kharkiv	2016–17	Oleksandriya
47	Božidar Radošević		GK	45	0	Debreceni	2016–22	NK Varaždin
48	Godwin Mensha		FW	63	14	Paykan	2017–19	Esteghlal
49	Bashar Resan		MF	104	5	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2017–20	Qatar SC
50	Mario Budimir		FW	18	2	Dinamo Zagreb	2019	Lokomotiva [9]
51	Júnior Brandão		FW	6	0	Ludogorets Razgrad (loan)	2019	Ludogorets Razgrad (loan return)
52	Christian Osaguona		FW	10	1	Jeju United	2020	Al-Shorta
53	Anthony Stokes		FW	3	0	Adana Demirspor	2020	Livingston
54	Vahdat Hanonov		DF	39	1	Istiklol	2021–present
55	Manuchehr Safarov		DF	5	0	Istiklol	2021–22	Lokomotiv Tashkent
56	Sherzod Temirov		FW	12	1	Pakhtakor	2022	Paykan
57	Giorgi Gvelesiani		DF	62	15	Sepahan	2022–present
58	Jürgen Locadia		FW	9	6	VfL Bochum	2022	Cangzhou Mighty Lions
59	Cheick Diabaté		FW	9	3	Al-Gharafa	2022–23
60	Leandro Pereira		FW	11	1	Gamba Osaka	2023	Tochigi
61	Nabil Bahoui		FW	11	1	Qatar SC	2023–24	Selangor
62	Abdelkarim Hassan		DF	12	0	Al-Jahra	2024–present
63	Oston Urunov		MF	12	5	Navbahor	2024–present

• ¹ He is dignasosed with Hepatitis B and had to leave Persepolis.
• ² He only played 7 games in 2012 AFC Champions League.
• ³ Roberto Sousa & The Club reached agreement to terminate the contract because long term injury. ^[10]
• ⁴ Kwon injured his ankle ligament, went to Korea for Treatment But released from club.

By nationality Country Players   Brazil 9   Croatia 4   Nigeria 4   North Macedonia 4   Iraq 3   Mali 3   Uzbekistan 3   Burkina Faso 2   Panama 2   Serbia 2   Syria 2   Tajikistan 2   Ukraine 2   Australia 1   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1   Cameroon 1   Costa Rica 1   Curaçao 1   Czech Republic 1   England 1   Georgia 1   Germany 1   Honduras 1   Liberia 1   Libya 1   Montenegro 1   New Zealand 1   Paraguay 1   Qatar 1   Republic of Ireland 1   Senegal 1   South Korea 1   Sweden 1   Togo 1

By Confederation Country Players AFC 13 CAF 14 CONCACAF 5 CONMEBOL 10 OFC 1 UEFA 20

By Position Country Players GK 6 DF 16 MF 16 FW 25

Notes

A. ^ Hossein Kalani is top goal scorer of 1970–71 with 7 goals and 1971–72 with 12 goals.

B. ^ Safar Iranpak is top goal scorer of 1971–72 with 12 goals.

C. ^ Farshad Pious is top goal scorer of 1991–92 with 11 goals and 1994–95 with 20 goals.

D. ^ Ali Daei is top goal scorer of 2003–04 with 16 goals.

E. ^ Mohsen Khalili is top goal scorer of 2007–08 with 18 goals.

F. ^ Mehdi Taremi is top goal scorer of 2015–16 with 16 goals and 2016–17 with 18 goals.

G. ^ Ali Alipour is top goal scorer of 2017–18 with 19 goals.

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