Saeid Ezzatollahi

Early years

Ezatolahi's father, Nader, and uncle Ghader Ezatolahi played for Malavan in the Takht Jamshid Cup. Saeid started his career with Shahrdari Bandar Anzali in 2008 as a youth player.

Malavan

He moved to the Malavan youth academy in the summer of 2010 and was promoted to the first team in July 2012.

2012–13

Ezatolahi made his debut against Rah Ahan on 26 October 2012 as a substitute just 25 days after his 16th birthday, making him the youngest ever player in the history of the Iran Pro League. At the end of the season, Tehran giants Esteghlal reportedly made an offer for him. He was also awarded the prize for young player of the year.

2013–14

He made his season debut as a regular starter against Saba Qom. After giving an impressive performance at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in October 2013, European clubs like Besiktas, Lugano and Lausanne Sport were reported to follow the youngster closely. In December 2013, Ezatolahi seemed to be on his way to Brazilian Serie A club Atlético Paranaense, which was rapidly denied by his management. In the first week of December 2013, Rubin Kazan showed concrete interest in Ezatolahi by sending an invitation letter.

2014–15

Ezatolahi was enrolled for Malavan's 2014–15 squad, but he did not play any matches due to finalizing his contract with Atlético.

Atlético Madrid

2014–15

On 27 August 2014, Ezatolahi signed a one-year contract with Spanish side Atlético…

Youth

Saeid Ezatolahi participated with the Iran U17 national team in all group matches as well as the round of 16 in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He was invited to the Iran U20 by Ali Doustimehr. He scored his first goal against the United Arab Emirates. Ezatolahi played two matches for Iran during the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship. As the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship was not held during the FIFA International Match Calendar, Ezatolahi was not released by Rostov.

Senior

He was invited to the Iran senior national team camp by Carlos Queiroz on 16 May 2015. Ezatolahi was included in the final list for the friendly match against Uzbekistan and the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Turkmenistan. He debuted as a starter against Uzbekistan on 11 June 2015 in a 1–0 win. He scored his first senior national team goal during his fourth cap on 12 November 2015 in a 3–1 World Cup qualifying win over Turkmenistan. He became the youngest goal scorer for the Iranian national team at the age of 19 years and 42 days. In May 2018, he was named in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He missed Iran's first group match against Morocco because of a red card in qualification but played other two matches against Spain and Portugal. He was ruled out of Iran's squad for 2019 AFC Asian Cup because of injury.

Club

As of match played 16 May 2026

International

As of match played 29 September 2026

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally. First, the score column indicates the score after each Ezatolahi goal.

Ezatollahi is the son of Nader Ezatolahi, an Iranian football coach in Malavan Academy who is also his agent. In 2019, Ezatollah published a rap song supporting the Iranian team at 2019 AFC Asian Cup since he got injured playing for Reading before the cup and could not be with the team.