{{short description|Iranian footballer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Iman Mobali | image = Iman Mobali.jpg | fullname = Iman Mobali | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|11|3|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Izeh]], [[Khuzestan Province]], [[Iran]] | height = {{height|m=1.73|precision=0}} | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = [[Nassaji Mazandaran F.C.|Nassaji]] (assistant coach) | clubnumber = | youthclubs1 = [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Esteghlal Ahvaz]] | youthclubs2 = [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 = | clubs1 = [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] | clubs2 = → [[Niroye Zamini F.C.|Nirouye Zamini]] (loan) | years1 = 2000–2005 | years2 = 2003 | years3 = 2005–2008 | years4 = 2008–2009 | years5 = 2009–2010 | years6 = 2010–2011 | years7 = 2011–2012 | years8 = 2012–2013 | years9 = 2013–2014 | years10 = 2014 | years11 = 2014–2017 | years12 = 2017–2018 | years13 = 2018 | clubs3 = [[Al-Shabab (UAE)|Al-Shabab]] | clubs4 = [[Al Wasl FC|Al Wasl]] | clubs5 = [[Al Nasr SC (Dubai)|Al Nasr]] | clubs6 = [[Esteghlal Tehran FC|Esteghlal]] | clubs7 = [[Sharjah SC|Sharjah]] | clubs8 = [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] | clubs9 = [[Esteghlal Meli-Sanati Khuzestan F.C.|Esteghlal Khuzestan]] | clubs10 = → [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] (loan) | clubs11 = [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] | clubs12 = [[Foolad Khuzestan F.C.|Foolad]] | clubs13 = [[Esteghlal Meli-Sanati Khuzestan F.C.|Esteghlal Khuzestan]] | caps1 = 73 | caps2 = | caps3 = 45 | caps4 = 19 | caps5 = 15 | caps6 = 30 | caps7 = 8 | caps8 = 25 | caps9 = 25 | caps10 = 4 | caps11 = 74 | caps12 = 23 | caps13 = 12 | goals1 = 24 | goals2 = | goals3 = 20 | goals4 = 7 | goals5 = 6 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 2 | goals9 = 2 | goals10 = 0 | goals11 = 5 | goals12 = 1 | goals13 = 0 | totalcaps = 353 | totalgoals = 67 | nationalteam1 = [[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran U20]] | nationalteam2 = [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U23]] | nationalyears1 = 2000–2001 | nationalyears2 = 2002–2003 | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalcaps2 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = ? | nationalgoals2 = 2 | club-update = 21 October 2016 | nationalteam-update = 9 February 2011 | nationalyears3 = 2001–2011 | nationalteam3 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps3 = 60 | nationalgoals3 = 2 | manageryears1 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs1 = [[Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.|Esteghlal Khuzestan]] (player-coach) | manageryears2 = 2019 | managerclubs2 = [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] (assistant) | manageryears3 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs3 = [[F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran|Nassaji]] (assistant) | manageryears4 = 2021 | managerclubs4 = [[Baadraan Tehran F.C.|Baadraan]] (assistant) | manageryears5 = 2021 | managerclubs5 = [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] (assistant) | manageryears6 = 2022– | managerclubs6 = [[Shabab Al Ahli Club|Shabab Al Ahli]] (youth) | caption = Mobali with [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] at 2014 | upright = }}
'''Iman Mobali''' ({{langx|fa|ایمان مبعلی}}; born 3 November 1982) is an Iranian retired [[association football|football player]] and coach.
==Club career==
===Foolad=== Mobali joined Foolad's senior team in 2000. He was considered to be the creative dynamo of the highly talented [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]], based in [[Iran]]'s oil-rich [[Khuzestan]] province. Mobali was the key member of his team during Foolad's [[2004–05 Iran Pro League|Iran Pro League]] championship. Which also secured a berth in the [[AFC Champions League]] for the first time in club history.
===Al-Shabab=== In 2005 Mobali signed a contract with [[Al-Shabab (UAE)|Al-Shabab]] in the [[UAE League]]. In his first season, he scored 6 times in 15 appearances. In the following season Mobali was hit with a series of injuries and only managed to make 11 league appearances. In his last year with Al-Shabab he had his best year, he scored 9 goals in 19 appearances and Al-Shabab won the league title.
===Al Wasl & Al Nasr=== In summer 2008 he signed a contract with the UAE giants, [[Al Wasl FC|Al Wasl]]. In his one and only season with the club, Mobali scored 7 times in 19 appearances. He left the club at the end of the season. He signed for [[Al Nasr SC (Dubai)|Al Nasr]] in summer 2009. After an unsuccessful season with Al Nasr, Mobali decided not to extend his contract and returned to Iran.
===Esteghlal=== Mobali signed a one-year contract with [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] in the spring of 2010. He made 36 total appearances and did not manage to score a goal. He left the club at the end of the season and signed with UAE club [[Al Sharjah SC|Al Sharjah]]. He only made 8 appearances before leaving the club.
===Paykan=== After his stint in Sharjah, Mobali again returned to the Iran Pro League and again returned to [[Tehran]]; this time he signed with [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] in the summer of 2012. He scored twice in 25 appearances but was unable to help Paykan from getting relegated to the [[Azadegan League]].
===Esteghlal Khuzestan=== After Paykan was relegated, Mobali left the team and joined newly promoted club [[Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.|Esteghlal Khuzestan]]. He made 25 appearances and scored twice before being loaned out to his former club Esteghlal. He made 4 appearances with Esteghlal before season's end.
===Naft Tehran=== In summer of 2014, Mobali signed a two-year contract with [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]]. He finished the 2014–15 season with 13 assists, most in the league. On 1 July 2015 Mobali extended his contract with Naft Tehran for one more year.
===Club career statistics=== {{updated|11 December 2014}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Season !! Club !! League ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- |- ! colspan=3 | Iran ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Hazfi Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |[[2000–01 Azadegan League|2000–01]]||rowspan="3"|[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] ||rowspan="1"|[[Azadegan League]]||7||2|||||||–||–|||| |- |[[2001–02 Iran Pro League|2001–02]]||rowspan="2"|[[Iran Pro League|Pro League]]||16||2||||||–||–|||| |- |rowspan="2"|[[2002–03 Iran Pro League|2002]]–[[2002–03 Azadegan League|03]]||||0||||||–||–|||| |- ||[[Niroye Zamini F.C.|Niroye Zamini]]||[[Azadegan League|Division 1]]|||||||||||–||–|||| |- |[[2003–04 Iran Pro League|2003–04]]||rowspan="2"|[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]]||rowspan="2"|[[Iran Pro League|Pro League]]||21||8|||||||–||–|||| |- |[[2004–05 Iran Pro League|2004–05]]||29||12||||||–||–|||| |- ! colspan=3 | United Arab Emirates ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[UAE President's Cup|President's Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |[[2005–06 UAE Football League|2005–06]]||rowspan="3"|[[Al-Shabab (UAE)|Al Shabab]]||rowspan="5"|[[UAE Pro League|Pro League]]||15||6||||||–||–|||| |- |[[2006–07 UAE Football League|2006–07]] ||11||5||||||–||–|||| |- |[[2007–08 UAE Football League|2007–08]] ||19||9||||||–||–|||| |- |[[2008–09 UAE Football League|2008–09]]||rowspan="1"|[[Al Wasl FC|Al Wasl]] ||19||7||||||–||–|||| |- |[[2009–10 UAE Football League|2009–10]]||rowspan="1"|[[Al Nasr SC (Dubai)|Al Nasr]] ||15||6||4||1||–||–||19||6 |- |- ! colspan=3 | Iran ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Hazfi Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |[[2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup|2010–11]]||rowspan="1"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] ||rowspan="1"|[[Iran Pro League|Pro League]]||30||0||2||0|||4||0||36||0 |- |- ! colspan=3 | United Arab Emirates ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[UAE President's Cup|President's Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |[[2011–12 UAE Pro-League|2011–12]]||rowspan="1"|[[Al Sharjah SC|Al Sharjah]]||rowspan="1"|[[UAE Pro League|Pro League]]||8||0||||||–||–|||| |- |- ! colspan=3 | Iran ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Hazfi Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |[[2012–13 Iran Pro League|2012–13]]||[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] ||rowspan="3"|[[Iran Pro League|Pro League]]||25||2||1||0|||–||–||26||2 |- |[[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]]||[[Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.|Esteghlal Khuzestan]] ||25||2||0||0|||–||–||25||2 |- |[[2014–15 Iran Pro League|2014–15]]|||[[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] ||27||1||2||0|||6||0||35||1 |- |- ! rowspan=3 | Total ! colspan=2 | Iran !||||||||4||0|||| |- ! colspan=2 | United Arab Emirates !87||33||||||0||0|||| |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !||||||4||0||||| |}
* '''Assist Goals''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !Season!!Team!!Assists |- |[[2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup|10–11]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||5 |- |[[2012–13 Iran Pro League|12–13]]||align="left"|[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]]||2 |- |[[2013–14 Iran Pro League|13–14]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.|Esteghlal Khuzestan]]||6 |- |[[2014–15 Iran Pro League|14–15]]||align="left"|[[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]]||13 |- |[[2014–15 Iran Pro League|15–16]]||align="left"|[[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]]||3 |- |[[2014–15 Iran Pro League|16–17]]||align="left"|[[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]]||8 |}
==International career== At international level Mobali is considered one of Asia's brightest prospects. Mobali made his debut for the [[Iran national football team|Iran national team]] in January 2001 against [[China national football team|China]]. He was among [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran's under-23 squad]] in 2002, winning a gold medal at the [[Busan]] [[Asian Games]].
===2011 Asian Cup=== Mobali started most of the matches in the group stage for "Team Melli" in [[2011 AFC Asian Cup]], and scored a beautiful goal in a match against [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] from a curling free-kick.
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1 || 5 September 2003 || [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]] || {{fb|Jordan}} || 2–1 || 4–1 || [[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] |- | 2 || 11 January 2011 || [[Ahmed bin Ali Stadium]], [[Al Rayyan]] || {{fb|Iraq}} || 2–1 || 2–1 || [[2011 AFC Asian Cup]] |}
==Awards and honours==
===Club=== '''Foolad''' *[[Iran Pro League]]: [[2004–05 Iran Pro League|2004–05]]
'''Al-Shabab''' *[[UAE Pro League]]: [[UAE Pro League|2007–08]]
'''Naft Tehran''' *[[Hazfi Cup]]: [[2016–17 Hazfi Cup|2016–17]]
===Country=== '''Iran U-23''' *[[Football at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]: [[2002 Asian Games|2002]]
'''Iran''' *[[West Asian Football Federation Championship|WAFF]]: [[2004 West Asian Football Federation Championship|2004]] *[[Asian Cup]] third place: [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]]
===Individual=== *[[Persian Gulf Pro League]] Top Assistant: [[2014–15 Iran Pro League|2014–15]]
==External links== {{commons category|Iman Mobali}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525092429/http://www.teammelli.com/Roster/MobaliRoster.htm |title=Iman Mobali at TeamMelli.com |date=dmy}} * {{NFT player|3183}}
{{Iran Squad 2004 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Iran Squad 2007 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Iran Squad 2011 AFC Asian Cup}}
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