{{Short description|Iranian footballer (1977–2021)}} {{citation style|date=February 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox person | name = Ali Ansarian | image = Ali Ansarian.jpg | caption = Ansarian in 2017 | birth_date = {{birth date|1977|7|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Tehran, Pahlavi Iran | years_active = 2010–2021 | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|2|3|1977|7|5|df=y}}| | death_place = Tehran, Iran | occupation = {{flatlist| *Footballer *actor *producer *presenter }} | module2 = {{Infobox football biography | embed = yes | header-color = lavender | clubnumber = | height = 1.86 m | position = Defender | youthyears1 = 1990–1992 | youthclubs1 = Payam Tehran | youthyears2 = 1992–1993 | youthclubs2 = Bank Sepah | youthyears3 = 1993–1996 | youthclubs3 = Bank Melli Tehran | youthyears4 = 1996 | youthclubs4 = Fajr Sepah | years1 = 1996–1998 | years2 = 1998–2003 | years3 = 2003–2004 | years4 = 2004–2006 | years5 = 2006–2007 | years6 = 2007–2008 | years7 = 2008–2009<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121013083459/http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=833659 ]</ref> | years8 = 2009–2010 | years9 = 2010–2011 | years10 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = Fajr Sepasi | clubs2 = Persepolis | clubs3 = Saipa | clubs4 = Persepolis | clubs5 = Esteghlal | clubs6 = Steel Azin | clubs7 = Esteghlal Ahvaz<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120313044505/http://www.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8711111022]</ref> | clubs8 = Gostaresh Foolad<ref>[https://archive.today/20130122182022/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8808200630]</ref> | clubs9 = Shahrdari Tabriz | clubs10 = Shahin Bushehr | caps1 = 20 | goals1 = 2 | caps2 = 88 | goals2 = 10 | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 48 | goals4 = 11 | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 4 | caps6 = 20 | goals6 = 2 | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 0 | caps8 = 13 | goals8 = 0 | caps9 = 18 | goals9 = 0 | caps10 = 10 | goals10 = 0 | totalcaps = 260 |totalgoals = 29 | nationalyears1 = 1998–2007 | nationalteam1 = Iran | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} }}
'''Ali Ansarian''' ({{langx|fa|علی انصاریان}}; 5 July 1977 – 3 February 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ali Ansarian|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7262604/|access-date=2021-05-29|website=IMDb}}</ref> was an Iranian professional footballer, actor and presenter. His uncle, Hossein, is a famous Shia cleric.<ref>{{cite web |title=رئیس صدا و سیما درگذشت "علی انصاریان" را تسلیت گفت |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1399/11/15/2446164/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA}}</ref>
==Club career== After playing for Persepolis F.C. for several seasons, in July 2006 Ansarian joined the club's fierce rival, Esteghlal F.C. On 22 July 2007, he signed with Azadegan League Steel Azin F.C. for reportedly $150,000. After one season playing in a lower league, he returned to the Iran Pro League.
==International career== Ansarian had a few short call-ups to the national team. He made his debut for Iran in October 1998 against Kuwait.<ref>{{cite web|last=جم|first=جدیدترین اخبار ایران و جهان خبرگزاری جام|date=28 July 2003|title=غنچه های سحر در شبکه2 می شکفند|url=http://jamejamonline.ir/fa/news/27025|access-date=2 February 2021|website=fa|language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=جم|first=جدیدترین اخبار ایران و جهان خبرگزاری جام|date=17 October 2016|title="عشقِ سینمایی" که فوتبالیست شد!|url=http://jamejamonline.ir/fa/news/956631|access-date=2 February 2021|website=fa|language=fa}}</ref>
==Death== After struggling almost two weeks with COVID-19 and suffering from medical side effects and organ failures, Ansarian died at Farhikhtegan Hospital in Tehran on 3 February 2021, at age 43.<ref>{{cite web|date=3 February 2021|title=علی انصاریان درگذشت|url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5132926/علی-انصاریان-درگذشت|access-date=3 February 2021|website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency|language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=علی انصاریان، بازیکن سابق پرسپولیس و استقلال در اثر کرونا درگذشت|language=fa|work=BBC News فارسی|url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/sport-55899187|access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Hazfi Cup !colspan="2"|Asia !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|Persepolis||1998–99||rowspan="3"|Azadegan||9||1||4||0||0||0||13||1 |- |1999–00||17||0||2||0||4||0||23||0 |- |2000–01||19||1||1||0||9||1||29||2 |- |2001–02||rowspan="2"|Pro League||22||3||3||2||-||-||25||5 |- |2002–03||21||5||||||3||0||24||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !88!!10!!10!!2!!16!!1!!114!!|13 |- |Saipa||2003–04||Pro League||6||0||||||-||-|||| |- |rowspan="3"|Persepolis||2004–05||rowspan="2"|Pro League||22||2||||||-||-|||| |- |2005–06||26||9||||||-||-|||| |- !colspan="2"|Total !48!!11!!!!!!!!!!48!!11 |- |Esteghlal||2006–07||Pro League||23||4||||||-||-|||| |- |Steel Azin||2007–08||Division 1||20||2||||||-||-|||| |- |Esteghlal Ahvaz||2008–09||Pro League||14||0||||||-||-|||| |- |rowspan="3"|Gostaresh||2009–10||rowspan="2"|Division 1||12||0||||||-||-|||| |- |2010–11||1||0||0||0||-||-||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !13!!0!!!!!!!!!!13!!0 |- |Shahrdari Tabriz||2010–11||Pro League||18||0||0||0||-||-||18||0 |- |Shahin||2011–12||Pro League||10||0||2||0|||-||-||12||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !240!!27!!12!!2!!16!!1!!268!!30 |}
==Honours== '''Persepolis''' *Iranian Football League (3): 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02 *Hazfi Cup (1): 1998–99
'''Shahin Bushehr''' *Hazfi Cup: runner-up 2012
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year!! Title !! Director |- | 2021|| Urgent Cut off || Maryam Bahrololumi |- | 2020|| Kulbard || Milad Mansouri | rowspan="5" | 2020|| BPM Band || Farnaz Amini |- |Red Rose | Morteza AtashZamzam |- | Bank Zadeha || Javad Ardakani |- | ''After the Incident''|| Pouria Heidary Oureh |- | 2019|| Emad and Tuba Romanticism ||Kaveh Sabbaghzadeh |- | rowspan="3" | 2018|| Wives Club || Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh |- | Azhdar || Reza Sobhani |- | The Lock || Ali Javan |- | rowspan="6" | 2017|| Captain Amir || Saeed Chari |- | My City || Seyyed Ali Niakan |- | Just sound remains || |- | BandAid || |- | Returnee || |- | Love and Adultery || Mohammad Abdizadeh |- | rowspan="2" | 2016|| Good feeling of life || Farnaz Amini |- | Two Days to Stay || Ammar Khatti |- | rowspan="3" | 2015|| Judgement of Shot || Rahim Behboudifar |- | Second || |- | The Beginning of an End || Arash Taghva Shoar |- | rowspan="3" | 2014|| The Gift || Amir Ahmad Ansari |- | Skein || Shahram Shah Hosseini |- | Burning || Behrang Tofighi |- | 2006|| Reward of Silence ||Maziyar Miri |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year!! Title !! Director |- | rowspan="2" | 2020|| Intrusive || Bahador Asadi |- | 87 meters || Kianoush Ayyari |- | 2017|| Convicts ||Hossein Ghena'at |- | rowspan="2" | 2015|| Kimia || Javad Afshar |- | Friendly Cuisine || Farid Nickjoo |- | 2012|| Rental House ||Shahed Ahmadlou |- | 2007|| Char Khooneh ||Soroush Sehhat |- | 2004|| The buds of dawn || |- | 2003|| The Dots || Mehran Modiri |- | 2002|| Under the City's Skin || Mehran Ghafourian |}
=== Home-video series === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year!! Film !! Director |- | 2015|| ''Aspirin''|| Farhad Najafi |- | 2019|| Iranian Dinner || Mehran Ghafourian |- | 2021|| Hamrefigh|| Shahab Hosseini |}
=== TV programs === * Zabiwaka (2016) AIO Internet TV<ref>{{cite web|title=آیو {{!}} تلویزیون اینترنتی فیلم، سریال و پخش زنده تلویزیون|url=https://www.aionet.ir/|access-date=2 February 2021|website=www.aionet.ir}}</ref> * Varzeshgah (2017) Channel Five * Mench Competition (2009) Channel Five * Panorama Internet Program (2020)
==Award== * V.i.Z. Film Fest (2021): Best Actor, win, for his role in Koolbarf <ref>{{cite web|title=علی انصاریان بهترین بازیگر مرد جشنواره بلغارستان شد|url=https://www.asriran.com/fa/news/787536/|access-date=6 June 2021|website=www.asriran.com}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.instagram.com/aliansarian/ Instagram page] * {{IMDb name|7262604}} * {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311032929/http://www.teammelli.com/Roster/rosterAnsarian.htm |archive-date=2007-03-11 |title=Ali Ansarian |url=http://www.teammelli.com/Roster/rosterAnsarian.htm}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ansarian, Ali}} Category:1977 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Iranian men's footballers Category:Persian Gulf Pro League players Category:Azadegan League players Category:Esteghlal F.C. players Category:Gostaresh Foulad F.C. players Category:Persepolis F.C. players Category:Shahin Bushehr F.C. players Category:Shahrdari Tabriz F.C. players Category:Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C. players Category:Iran men's international footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Iranian radio and television presenters Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran Category:21st-century Iranian male actors Category:Footballers from Tehran