Hossein Hosseini

2010–2012: Early career and debut with Bargh Shiraz

Hosseini started his career with Bargh Shiraz. He mostly benched and made just two league appearances in two seasons.

Esteghlal

In the summer of 2012, Hosseini joined Esteghlal signing a three-year contract. Later in an interview with Navad, he revealed that he declined a huge offer from Persepolis to join the team he supported during his childhood. This claim was later confirmed by Mohammad Rouyanian who was Persepolis' chairman at the time. On 9 July 2013, he made his debut in a friendly against Dynamo Kyiv in which he conceded a goal as Esteghlal beat their opponent 2–1. His first competitive appearance for Esteghlal was in Hazfi Cup against Caspian Qazvin on 10 December 2013.

2014–16: Loan to Malavan

Hosseini joined Malavan in summer 2014 to complete his mandatory military service. He made his professional debut in 2014–15 Iran Pro League in 1–0 loss against Rah Ahan on 25 August 2014.

2016–17: Return to Esteghlal

After finishing his mandatory service, Hosseini returned to Esteghlal as backup for Mehdi Rahmati. After Rahmati was sidelined for Esteghlal's opening match of the Persian Gulf Pro League season against Naft Tehran due to injury, Hosseini started the match and made his season debut. He finished the season with 8 matches.

2017–18: Record Iranian top division league unbeaten streak

At the beginning of the season Mehdi Rahmati was the first choice keeper,…

Hosseini represented Iran U17 at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. He also represented Iran U20. He was called to join Iran's training camp by Carlos Queiroz on 3 November 2017. However he did not make it into the final squad. On 17 March 2018, he made his official debut as a substitute for Hamed Lak at half-time against Sierra Leone, which Iran won 4–0 with Hosseini keeping a clean sheet. In May 2018 he was named in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He did not make the final 23. Hosseini was called again to join the Iran national football team (Team Melli) by Dragan Skočić on 18 March 2022 for playing against South Korea and Lebanon on 24 and 29 March respectively . In the 2022 FIFA World Cup during Iran's match against England, Hosseini was brought on as a concussion substitute after starting goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand collided with a teammate, defender Majid Hosseini. This was the first use of a dedicated concussion substitute during a World Cup. Beiranvand had also broken his nose. The match ended with Iran scoring 2 goals and conceding 6.

Club

As of 27 February 2026

International

As of 31 March 2026

Hosseini got married in May 2017. He named Manuel Neuer and Mehdi Rahmati as his role models. Since childhood, he has supported Esteghlal. On 8 January 2026, Hosseini publicly supported the 2025–2026 Iranian protests on his Instagram, stating: "This is not called (economic) 'conditions', this is called injustice against the people."