Mehdi Mahdavikia

Mehdi Mahdavikia
Mehdi Mahdavikia
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Personal information
Date of birth 24 July 1977 (1977-07-24) (age 34)
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing position Right Back / Midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current club Damash Gilan
Number 2
Youth career
1991–1995 Bank Melli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Persepolis 54 (18)
1998–1999 VfL Bochum (loan) 12 (3)
1999–2007 Hamburger SV 208 (26)
2007–2010 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 (0)
2010–2011 Steel Azin 34 (4)
2011– Damash Gilan 8 (0)
National team
1994 Iran U-20 2 (0)
1994–1995 Iran U-23 9 (2)
1996–2009 Iran 111 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 August 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 June 2009

Mehdi Mahdavikia (Persian: مهدی مهدوی‌کیا, born 24 July 1977 in Tehran) is an Iranian football player who plays for Damash Gilan in the Iranian Pro League. He has won Asian Young Footballer of the Year award in 1997, as well as Asian Footballer of the Year in 2003. He was the captain of the Iran national football team from 2006 to 2009, and currently is the third most capped Iranian International After Ali Daei and Ali Karimi. As a product of Bank Melli, He joined Persepolis and after his performance in FIFA World Cup 1998, he was transferred to Hamburger SV in Fußball-Bundesliga, where he played for eight seasons. He usually plays as a right winger or full-back. He is known for his crossing, speed and dribbling.

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Club career

Mehdi first played for Persepolis club in his native Iran before moving to VfL Bochum in Germany. After Bochum's relegation, he signed for Bundesliga side Hamburg where he stayed for the next eight seasons.

His initial position for HSV was right fullback, from which he was known for his attacking runs, as he has previous experience as a right winger and at times has played as a striker. He also played some matches for PAS Tehran F.C. in Asian games as help for the club. Mahdavikia under coach Frank Pagelsdorf used to play wide striker. For the 2006–07 Bundesliga season he has moved back to his natural position of right wing, in support of Center Midfielder Rafael van der Vaart. He was awarded Hamburg Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004 by the fans, and also attained the envious title of the top assister of goals in the Bundesliga. However, compared to his previous season, he had a poor season in 2004–05 and was benched. In the 2005–06 season he has gained his old form back and was able to regain his spot as a starter, being influential in many of Hamburg's victories, such as scoring the winning goal against Bundesliga heavyweights Schalke.

Mehdi Mahdavikia's strongest points are his vision, passing skills, fast paced runs, and set-pieces such as corners, spotkicks and free kicks.[disambiguation needed ] He is usually the right-footed alternative to Van der Vaart's well known left foot. Apart from being a total professional on the pitch, he is also known as a perfect gentleman off the pitch, always finding the time for fans and reporters to answer questions or sign autographs.

His nickname in Hamburg is The Carpet (der Teppich) for his ability to "magically glide past" his opponents like the enchanted carpet.

On 8 June 2007 he signed a 3-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt.[1]

In his first season he had two bad injuries that forced him to miss many matches.In the second season he was mostly benched and not used in many matches which showed that the club did not want him anymore. After 255 Games (26 goals, 55 assists) in the Fußball-Bundesliga for HSV, Bochum and Eintracht Frankfurt, left Germany to sign for Steel Azin in January 2010.[2]

On 4 July 2011, Mahdavikia sign a contract with Amir Abedini, President of the Damash Gilan F.C. to join to the club for one year.[3]

Club Career Statistics

  • Last Update: 8 August 2011
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
1995–96 Persepolis Azadegan League 11 1 - - 11 1
1996–97 28 9 2 2 7 1 37 12
1997–98 15 8 0 0 4 3 19 11
Total Club 54 18 2 2 11 4 67 24
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
1998–99 Bochum Bundesliga 12 3 0 0 - 12 3
Total Club 12 3 0 0 0 0 12 3
1999–00 Hamburg Bundesliga 29 4 1 0 0 0 30 4
2000–01 29 5 1 1 2 0 32 6
2001–02 10 1 0 0 - 10 1
2002–03 26 2 0 0 - 26 2
2003–04 30 5 0 0 2 0 32 5
2004–05 26 2 0 0 0 0 26 2
2005–06 31 5 0 0 9 0 40 5
2006–07 27 2 0 0 6 0 33 2
Total Club 208 26 2 1 19 0 229 27
2007–08 Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 20 0 0 0 - 20 0
2008–09 12 0 2 0 - 14 0
2009–10 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Total Club 32 0 2 0 0 0 34 0
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2009–10 Steel Azin Pro League 8 2 3 2 - 11 4
2010–11 26 2 0 0 - 26 2
2011-12 Damash 8 0 0 0 - 8 0
Country Iran 96 22 5 4 11 4 106 30
Germany 252 29 4 1 19 0 275 30
Total 348 49 9 5 30 4 381 60
  • Assist Goals
Season Team Assists
09–10 Steel Azin 2
10–11 Steel Azin 4
11-12 Damash|2

International career

Mahdavikia as Captain of Iran national football team, Azadi Stadium

Having been awarded the Asian Young Footballer of the Year award in 1997, Mahdavikia was considered Iran's best player in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and was named in the list from which the team of the tournament was chosen. In 2003, he was awarded Asian Player of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation. He was also the top assister in the 2004 Asian Cup, exhibiting stunning form to steer Iran's attack to superb attacking football. He played in four Asian Cups (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007) and two World Cups (1998, 2006).

Mahdavikia was one of the influential players that played in Iran's crucial 1–0 victory over Bahrain to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany. Following the FIFA World Cup in Germany, 2006, Mahdavikia was expected to assume the role of Captain in the Iranian national side, replacing Ali Daei and Yahya Golmohammadi who had publicly announced their intention to retire after the tournament. Mahdavikia was given the captain's band on 16 August 2006 in an Asian Cup qualifier versus Syria.

Mahdavikia has reportedly been forced to "retire" from international football[4] after wearing a green bracelet in the final World Cup 2010 qualification match against the Republic of Korea. The green bracelet was a sign of support for those protesting the highly contested Iranian presidential election.[5] He was forced to retire from Team Melli after 13 years and playing in 2 World Cups (1998, 2006), 4 Asian Cups (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007), 1 Asian Games tournament (1998), 4 World Cup qualifying campaigns (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010), 3 Asian Cup qualifying campaigns (2000, 2004, 2007) and one AFC/OFC Cup.

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Iran national team
Year Apps Goals
1996 3 0
1997 21 5
1998 17 2
1999 2 0
2000 15 2
2001 11 1
2002 0 0
2003 3 0
2004 10 1
2005 7 1
2006 7 0
2007 6 0
2008 3 1
2009 6 0
Total 111 13

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 April 1997 Tabriz, Iran  Kenya 3–0 Win Friendly
2 2 June 1997 Damascus, Syria  Maldives 17–0 Win 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 11 June 1997 Tehran, Iran  Maldives 9–0 Win 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 13 September 1997 Dalian, China  China PR 4–2 Win 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 13 September 1997 Dalian, China  China PR 4–2 Win 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 31 January 1998 Hong Kong, Hong Kong  Chile 1–1 Draw Friendly
7 21 June 1998 Lyon, France  United States 2–1 Win 1998 FIFA World Cup
8 16 January 2000 Pasadena, USA  United States 1–1 Draw Friendly
9 31 March 2000 Aleppo, Syria  Maldives 8–0 Win 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
10 12 October 2001 Tehran, Iran  Iraq 2–1 Win 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 18 February 2004 Tehran, Iran  Qatar 3–1 Win 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 30 March 2005 Pyongyang, North Korea  North Korea 2–0 Win 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
13 15 October 2009 Tehran, Iran  North Korea 2–1 Win 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Awards and honours

Individual

Team

With the Iran national football team

  • FIFA World Cup
    • Appearances and Goals: 1998 (1), 2006
  • AFC Asian Cup
    • Appearances: 1996 (Third place), 2000 (Quarter Finals), 2004 (Third Place), 2007 (Quarter Finals)

With Hamburger SV

With Persepolis F.C.

  • Iranian Premier League champion: 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1998–1999

Personal life

Mahdavikia is married to Sepideh and has a daughter, Asal.

In April 2006, Mahdavikia caused a stir when it came out he married a second wife named Samira while being in his native Iran, thus practising bigamy. He himself has stated that he made a "big mistake", was "lured into a trap" and ended the affair after a short while. As of May 2006, Mahdavikia plans to prosecute Samira for slander.[7]

Mahdavikia's brother, Hadi currently plays for Homa F.C. and his nephew, Mostafa plays for Foolad Natanz.

Famous matches

Mahdavikia's most prolific club match was Hamburger SV's match against Juventus in the Champions League. He was the impetus that rallied Hamburg back after being down 3–1 by scoring once, assisting one and winning a penalty for Hamburg that saw Hamburg take a 4–3 lead; Juve managed to equalise with an Inzaghi penalty.

Another famous game in the HSV shirt came in week 30 of the 2002–03 season. Mahdavikia scored one and assisted another two goals in Hamburg's 4–0 win over 1. FC Nuremberg. Kicker gave him a much rare perfect note of 1.0.

Mehdi's greatest national team match, arguably, was against South Korea in the 2004 Asia Cup where he assisted three goals in Iran's 4–3 win. Many also point to his dynamic game against the United States in World Cup 1998 that saw him score Iran's second and winning goal, as his best ever. Another excellent match where he scored two great goals was against China in the qualification round for the 1998 World Cup when he was just 20 years old.

See also

Football for Hope

References

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Yahya Golmohammadi
Iran captain
2006–2009
Succeeded by
Javad Nekounam



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