Mohsen Khalili

Mohsen Khalili

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Saipa

He Played for Saipa for several seasons, helping the team win the Iran Professional League in the 2006/07 season, scoring 8 goals. He was the team's second topscorer after Ali Daei.

Persepolis

In June 2007 he signed a 2-year deal with Iranian giants Persepolis for a reported fee of $300,000. He scored a spectacular curler against Bargh Shiraz. This was followed by a stunning volley in the last match of the league against Sepahan, a game which ended 2-1 thanks to Sepehr Heidari's extra time goal. During the 2007/08 season Khalili became the top goalscorer by scoring 18 goals during the Persian Gulf Cup which persepolis won at the end. Hadi Asghari from Rah Ahan also scored 18 goals and finished in the top as well but because Asghari had scored a few goals from the penalty spot, people and critics called Khalili the real top goalscorer. Khalili was the only player in Persepolis who played in all of the regular season games and he became really close with the fans especially after each goal he scored, he would be the only one to be celebrating with the fans. On July 2, 2008 he renewed his contract with Persepolis despite having better financial offers from UAE clubs. Because of the injury during the training camp of Team Melli in August 2008 he was out for 9 months. During the 2008/09 season, Khalili made his return on March 3, 2009 in a 2-1 home defeat against Moghavemat but he scored his first goal since his return against Paykan on April 12. He also…

International career

In June 2007, Mohsen Khalili was called up to join the Iran national football team in the 2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship but as he was injured he did not make an appearance. In January 2008 he made his debut for Iran in a friendly match against Qatar. In March 2008 when Ali Daei became Iran's coach, Khalili was called up to the national team again for a friendly Match against Bahrain and a World Cup qualifying match against Kuwait. Khalili scored his 1st international goal on the 14 June 2008 when he made the final score 2-0 against Syria in Iran's 2010 World Cup Qualification match. He was invited again by Afshin Ghotbi in January 2010 and played in 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification.

International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

He has scored against Esteghlal 6 times in 5 matches in a row.

Club
Saipa F.C. (1999–2007)
Club
Saba Qom F.C. (2012–2012)
Club
Steel Azin F.C. (2010–2011)
Club
Persepolis F.C. (2007–2010)
Club
Sanat Mes Kerman F.C. (2012–2012)
Club
Iran men's national football team (2007–2010)

Legacy

Honours

Iran's Premier Football League Winner: 2 2006/07 with Saipa 2007/08 with Persepolis Hazfi Cup Winner: 1 2009/10 with Persepolis

Individual

Iran's Premier Football League top goalscorer: 1 2007/08 with Persepolis, 18 goals shared with Hadi Asghari Football Iran News & Events Player of the year (2007/08), Persepolis Striker of the year (2007/08), Persepolis Iran Football Federation Award Goalscorer of the year (2007/08), Persepolis, shared with Hadi Asghari

Clubs

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Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Iranian footballer

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Mohsen Khalili is a retired Iranian football forward.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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