Ali Karimi

Mohammad Ali Karimi (Persian: محمدعلی کریمی Persian: [ɑli kæriˈmi] (audio speaker iconlisten); born 8 November 1978) is an Iranian football coach and former professional footballer.

Ali Karimi
Ali Karimi 2015
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Ali Karimi[1]
Date of birth (1978-11-08) 8 November 1978
Place of birth Karaj, Imperial State of Iran
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Youth career
1990–1991 Naft Tehran[3][4]
1991–1994 Saipa[5]
1994–1996 Fath Tehran
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Fath Tehran
1998–2001 Persepolis 42 (11)
2001–2005 Al-Ahli 69 (45)
2005–2007 Bayern Munich 33 (3)
2007–2008 Qatar SC 26 (5)
2008–2009 Persepolis 21 (5)
2009–2011 Steel Azin 40 (14)
2011 Schalke 04 1 (0)
2011–2013 Persepolis 40 (13)
2013–2014 Tractor Sazi 26 (5)
Total 298 (101)
National team
1999 Iran U23 3[6] (2)
1998–2012 Iran 127 (38)
Teams managed
2014 Iran (assistant)[7]
2017 Naft Tehran
2018 Sepidrood
2018–2019 Sepidrood
Honours
Representing  Iran
Asian Games
First place1998 BangkokTeam
AFC Asian Cup
Third place2004 China
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8][9]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Persepolis 1998–99 Azadegan League 13300——133
1999–00 10300—51154
2000–01 19520—84299
Total 421120001355716
Al-Ahli 2001–02 UAE League 14[10]——
2002–03 5[11]—20
2003–04 15[12]——
2004–05 11[13]—62
Total 69453029958211681
Bayern Munich 2005–06 Bundesliga 202201031263
2006–07 131001020161
Total 333202051424
Qatar SC 2007–08 Qatari League 2652021—306
Persepolis 2008–09 Pro League 21510—62287
Steel Azin 2009–10 Pro League 281431——3115
2010–11 12000——120
Total 40143100004315
Schalke 04 2010–11 Bundesliga 1000001020
Persepolis 2011–12 Pro League 281220—733715
2012–13 12130——151
Total 40135000735216
Tractor Sazi 2013–14 Pro League 26540—50345
Career total 29810151301364513407150

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Iran[14] 199891
2000219
2001196
200274
200374
2004177
200580
200694
200760
200850
200931
201010
201161
201291
Total12738
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karimi goal.
List of international goals scored by Ali Karimi[15]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
119 December 1998Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Kuwait1–02–01998 Asian Games
29 April 2000Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Bahrain2–03–02000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
324 May 2000King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan Kazakhstan1–03–02000 West Asian Football Federation Championship
43–0
528 May 2000King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan Syria1–01–02000 West Asian Football Federation Championship
631 May 2000King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan Jordan1–01–02000 West Asian Football Federation Championship
724 November 2000Takhti Stadium, Tabriz, Iran Guam3–019–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
811–0
912–0
1019–0
1110 August 2001Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Bosnia and Herzegovina2–04–02001 LG Cup Final
1215 August 2001Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia1–04–3Friendly
132–0
144–3
157 September 2001Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq Iraq1–12–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
1612 October 2001Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Iraq2–12–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
176 February 2002Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Slovakia1–12–3Friendly
182–3
1911 August 2002Takhti Stadium, Tabriz, Iran Azerbaijan1–11–1Friendly
203 September 2002Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria Lebanon2–02–02002 West Asian Football Federation Championship
2112 October 2003Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran New Zealand1–03–0AFC/OFC Cup Challenge
222–0
2327 October 2003Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea North Korea1–03–12004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
242–1
2521 June 2004Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Syria6–17–12004 West Asian Football Federation Championship
2625 June 2004Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Syria1–14–12004 West Asian Football Federation Championship
2724 July 2004Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China Oman1–22–22004 AFC Asian Cup
2831 July 2004Shandong Provincial Stadium, Shandong, China South Korea1–04–32004 AFC Asian Cup
292–1
304–3
316 August 2004Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China Bahrain2–14–22004 AFC Asian Cup
3230 January 2006Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Costa Rica1–03–2Friendly
3328 May 2006Gradski Vrt Stadium, Osijek, Croatia Croatia1–02–2Friendly
3411 October 2006Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei1–02–02007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
352–0
3610 June 2009Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran United Arab Emirates1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3723 July 2011Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Maldives3–04–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3823 February 2012Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Jordan1–22–2Friendly

Managerial statistics
As of 10 February 2019
Team From To Record
GWDLGFGA+/-Win %
Naft Tehran 7 September 2017 2 October 2017 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 033.33
Sepidrood Rasht 1 January 2018 1 July 2018 13 6 3 4 11 14 −3 046.15
25 August 2018 Present 14 4 4 6 8 16 −8 028.57
Total 30 11 8 11 20 33 −13 036.67

Honours

Persepolis

  • Iranian Football League: 1998–99, 1999–2000
  • Hazfi Cup: 1998–99
  • Asian Club Championship: third place 1999–2000, third place 2000–01[16]

Al-Ahli

  • UAE Cup: 2001–02, 2003–04

Bayern Munich

Schalke 04

Tractor Sazi

  • Hazfi Cup: 2013–14

Iran

Individual

  • Asian Footballer of the Year: 2004; runner-up: 2012
  • West Asian Football Federation Championship MVP: 2000
  • UAE Pro League best foreign player: 2002–03
  • UAE Pro League best player: 2003–04
  • UAE Pro League top scorer: 2003–04
  • Best foreign player in UAE Pro League's history (based on a poll run by Al Bayan newspaper in 2020)[17]
  • Asian Cup top scorer: 2004
  • Asian Cup All-Star Team: 2004
  • AFC/OFC Cup Challenge MVP: 2003[18]
  • AFC Asian Player of the Month: 2000 (June), 2001 (October), 2003 (October)
  • iran Pro League top scoring midfielder: 2009–10 (14 goals), 2011–12 (12 goals)
  • Top scoring midfielder of Persepolis F.C. in AFC Champions League (ten goals)
  • One of the top 2 players of Iran's football history chosen by FIFA (Iran national football team's introduction Video for 2018 FIFA World Cup)[19]
  • AFC Asian Cup Fans' All-time Best XI: 2018[20]
  • Marca Fans' Top Iranian footballer of all time: 2019[21]

References
  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Iran" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  3. "Tamashagar Vol. 23 pp 46–47" (PDF). hamshahrimags.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012.
  4. يک بازي بزرگ حداقل شايستگي سربازان فوتبال ايران (in Persian). Mardomsalari Newspaper. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  5. "Ali Karimi's official website". Archived from the original on 11 December 2011.
  6. Bobrowsky, Josef (15 December 1999). "Dunhill Cup 1999 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  7. "Karimi to Assist Queiroz". Financial Tribune. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  8. Ali Karimi » Club matches, worldfootball.net, retrieved 10 October 2019
  9. مروری بر کارنامه باشگاهی علی کریمی (in Persian), goal.com, 18 June 2011, archived from the original on 21 January 2013, retrieved 1 December 2019
  10. Qayed, Mohammed (30 August 2002). "United Arab Emirates 2001/02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  11. Qayed, Mohammed (25 January 2004). "United Arab Emirates 2002/03". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  12. Qayed, Mohammed (20 October 2004). "United Arab Emirates 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  13. Qayed, Mohammed (1 February 2006). "United Arab Emirates 2004/05". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  14. Mamrud, Roberto (29 February 2012). "Ali Mohammed Karimi – International Appearances". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  15. Mamrud, Roberto (15 August 2013). "Ali Mohammed Karimi - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  16. "Asian Icons: Ali Karimi". AFC website. 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018.
  17. "Ali Karimi Chosen as Best Foreign Player of UAE League". Tasnim News Agency. 21 June 2020. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020.
  18. "AFC 60th Anniversary: Ali Karimi, a true Asian Icon". the-afc.com. 23 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022.
  19. "IR IRAN Team Profile – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™". FIFATV (Youtube). 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021.
  20. "Fans' Best XI Announced!". The-AFC.com. 16 November 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021.
  21. "Who is the best player from each country? There can only be one". ISP. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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