{{Short description|Iranian footballer (1949–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alireza Azizi | image = Alireza Azizi 3.jpg | caption = Azizi in the 1970s | birth_date = {{birth date|1949|1|14|df=y}}<ref name=r2/> | birth_place = [[Abadan]], Iran<ref name=r1/> | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|7|1949|1|14|df=y}} | death_place = [[Tehran]], Iran | height = | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1972–1975 | clubs1 = Homa | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1975–1979 | clubs2 = [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] | caps2 = 103 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1979 | clubs3 = [[Bank Melli F.C.|Bank Melli]] | caps3 = | goals3 = | nationalyears1 = 1972–1976 | nationalteam1 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 2 }}
'''Alireza Azizi''' ({{langx|fa|علیرضا عزیزی}}; 14 January 1949 – 7 August 2021<ref>[https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/463765/Former-Iran-midfielder-Azizi-passes-away Former Iran midfielder Azizi passes away]</ref>) was an Iranian [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]].
Azizi was the second child in a family of five siblings. He started his professional career in Homa, where he would reach the third place in the [[1974–75 Takht Jamshid Cup|Iranian league in 1975]]. Afterwards he changed to [[Persepolis F.C.]], where he would win the [[1975–76 Takht Jamshid Cup|Iranian championship in 1976]] and reach the runner-up position in [[1976–77 Takht Jamshid Cup|1977]] and in [[1977–78 Takht Jamshid Cup|1978]]. After the [[Iranian Revolution]] he remained playing for Persepolis winning the Iranian nationwide tournament [[1979 Shahid Espandi Cup|Espandi Cup]] before changing to [[Bank Melli F.C.]]<ref name=r1/>
He was a member of the Iranian squad competing in the football tournament of the [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Olympic Tournament in Munich in 1972]], winning the [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|Asia Cup 1976]] in Tehran and reaching the quarterfinals of the [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Olympic Tournament in Montreal in 1976]].
Azizi died at the age of 72 on 7 August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-13|title=FIFA President extends condolences on passing of former Iran midfielder Azizi|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/464015/FIFA-President-extends-condolences-on-passing-of-former-Iran|access-date=2021-08-15|website=Tehran Times|language=en}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Azizi goal.''<ref>[http://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/player.php?id=193 Profile: Alireza AZIZI]. teammelli.com</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Alireza Azizi |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || rowspan="2"|8 June 1976 || rowspan="2"|[[Aryamehr Stadium]], [[Tehran]], Iran || rowspan="2"|{{fb|South Yemen}} || || rowspan="2" align="center"|8–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1976 AFC Asian Cup]] |- | align="center"|2 || |}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=r1>[http://takhtejamshidcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=252&Itemid=801 Ali Reza Azizi]. takhtejamshidcup.com</ref> <ref name=r2>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160513131614/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=276522/index.html Alireza AZIZI]. fifa.com</ref> }}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{NFT player|20954}}
{{Iran_Squad_1972_Summer_Olympics}} {{Iran Squad 1976 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Iran Squad 1976 Summer Olympics}} {{Authority control}}
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