# Iman Mobali > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Iman_Mobali > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Iman_Mobali.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iman_Mobali > Source revision: 1335495751 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Iranian footballer and coach Iman Mobali Mobali with Esteghlal at 2014 Personal information Full name Iman Mobali Date of birth (1982-11-03) 3 November 1982 (age 43) Place of birth Izeh, Khuzestan Province, Iran Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Position Midfielder Team information Current team Nassaji (assistant coach) Youth career Esteghlal Ahvaz Foolad Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2000–2005 Foolad 73 (24) 2003 → Nirouye Zamini (loan) 2005–2008 Al-Shabab 45 (20) 2008–2009 Al Wasl 19 (7) 2009–2010 Al Nasr 15 (6) 2010–2011 Esteghlal 30 (0) 2011–2012 Sharjah 8 (0) 2012–2013 Paykan 25 (2) 2013–2014 Esteghlal Khuzestan 25 (2) 2014 → Esteghlal (loan) 4 (0) 2014–2017 Naft Tehran 74 (5) 2017–2018 Foolad 23 (1) 2018 Esteghlal Khuzestan 12 (0) Total 353 (67) International career‡ 2000–2001 Iran U20 13 (?) 2002–2003 Iran U23 11 (2) 2001–2011 Iran 60 (2) Managerial career 2018–2019 Esteghlal Khuzestan (player-coach) 2019 Foolad (assistant) 2020–2021 Nassaji (assistant) 2021 Baadraan (assistant) 2021 Foolad (assistant) 2022– Shabab Al Ahli (youth) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 October 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 February 2011 **Iman Mobali** ([Persian](/source/Persian_language): ایمان مبعلی; born 3 November 1982) is an Iranian retired [football player](/source/Association_football) 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](/source/Foolad_F.C.), based in [Iran](/source/Iran)'s oil-rich [Khuzestan](/source/Khuzestan) province. Mobali was the key member of his team during Foolad's [Iran Pro League](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_Iran_Pro_League) championship. Which also secured a berth in the [AFC Champions League](/source/AFC_Champions_League) for the first time in club history. ### Al-Shabab In 2005 Mobali signed a contract with [Al-Shabab](/source/Al-Shabab_(UAE)) in the [UAE League](/source/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](/source/Al_Wasl_FC). 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](/source/Al_Nasr_SC_(Dubai)) 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](/source/Esteghlal_F.C.) 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](/source/Al_Sharjah_SC). 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](/source/Tehran); this time he signed with [Paykan](/source/Paykan_F.C.) in the summer of 2012. He scored twice in 25 appearances but was unable to help Paykan from getting relegated to the [Azadegan League](/source/Azadegan_League). ### Esteghlal Khuzestan After Paykan was relegated, Mobali left the team and joined newly promoted club [Esteghlal Khuzestan](/source/Esteghlal_Khuzestan_F.C.). 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](/source/Naft_Tehran_F.C.). 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 - *As of 11 December 2014* Club performance League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total 2000–01 Foolad Azadegan League 7 2 – – 2001–02 Pro League 16 2 – – 2002–03 0 – – Niroye Zamini Division 1 – – 2003–04 Foolad Pro League 21 8 – – 2004–05 29 12 – – United Arab Emirates League President's Cup Asia Total 2005–06 Al Shabab Pro League 15 6 – – 2006–07 11 5 – – 2007–08 19 9 – – 2008–09 Al Wasl 19 7 – – 2009–10 Al Nasr 15 6 4 1 – – 19 6 Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total 2010–11 Esteghlal Pro League 30 0 2 0 4 0 36 0 United Arab Emirates League President's Cup Asia Total 2011–12 Al Sharjah Pro League 8 0 – – Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total 2012–13 Paykan Pro League 25 2 1 0 – – 26 2 2013–14 Esteghlal Khuzestan 25 2 0 0 – – 25 2 2014–15 Naft Tehran 27 1 2 0 6 0 35 1 Total Iran 4 0 United Arab Emirates 87 33 0 0 Career total 4 0 - **Assist Goals** Season Team Assists 10–11 Esteghlal 5 12–13 Paykan 2 13–14 Esteghlal Khuzestan 6 14–15 Naft Tehran 13 15–16 Naft Tehran 3 16–17 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 team](/source/Iran_national_football_team) in January 2001 against [China](/source/China_national_football_team). He was among [Iran's under-23 squad](/source/Iran_national_under-23_football_team) in 2002, winning a gold medal at the [Busan](/source/Busan) [Asian Games](/source/Asian_Games). ### 2011 Asian Cup Mobali started most of the matches in the group stage for "Team Melli" in [2011 AFC Asian Cup](/source/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup), and scored a beautiful goal in a match against [Iraq](/source/Iraq_national_football_team) from a curling free-kick. ### International goals - *Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.* # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 5 September 2003 Azadi Stadium, Tehran Jordan 2–1 4–1 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2 11 January 2011 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Iraq 2–1 2–1 2011 AFC Asian Cup ## Awards and honours ### Club **Foolad** - [Iran Pro League](/source/Iran_Pro_League): [2004–05](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_Iran_Pro_League) **Al-Shabab** - [UAE Pro League](/source/UAE_Pro_League): [2007–08](/source/UAE_Pro_League) **Naft Tehran** - [Hazfi Cup](/source/Hazfi_Cup): [2016–17](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Hazfi_Cup) ### Country **Iran U-23** - [Asian Games](/source/Football_at_the_Asian_Games): [2002](/source/2002_Asian_Games) **Iran** - [WAFF](/source/West_Asian_Football_Federation_Championship): [2004](/source/2004_West_Asian_Football_Federation_Championship) - [Asian Cup](/source/Asian_Cup) third place: [2004](/source/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup) ### Individual - [Persian Gulf Pro League](/source/Persian_Gulf_Pro_League) Top Assistant: [2014–15](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Iran_Pro_League) ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Iman Mobali](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Iman_Mobali). - [Iman Mobali at TeamMelli.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20060525092429/http://www.teammelli.com/Roster/MobaliRoster.htm) at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (archived 25 May 2006) - [Iman Mobali](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3183.html) at National-Football-Teams.com v t e Iran squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup third place 1 Mirzapour 2 Mahdavikia 3 Amirabadi 4 Golmohammadi 5 Rezaei 6 Nekounam 7 Kavianpour 8 Karimi 10 Daei (c) 12 Roudbarian 13 Kaebi 14 Borhani 15 Taghipour 16 Enayati 17 Mobali 18 Badavi 19 Kameli 20 Nosrati 21 Rahmati 26 Alavi 27 Zare 29 Majidi Coach: Ivanković v t e Iran squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup 1 Roudbarian 2 Mahdavikia (c) 3 A. Sadeghi 4 Teymourian 5 Rezaei 6 Nekounam 7 Zandi 8 Karimi 9 Hashemian 10 Khatibi 11 Madanchi 12 Hosseini 13 Kaebi 14 Mobali 15 Aghily 16 Enayati 17 Kazemian 18 Rajabzadeh 19 E. Sadeghi 20 Nosrati 22 Talebloo 24 Shojaei 30 Rahmati Coach: Ghalenoei v t e Iran squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup 1 Rahmati 2 Heydari 3 Talebi 4 Hosseini 5 Aghily 6 Nekounam (c) 7 Rezaei 8 Shojaei 9 Khalatbari 10 Ansarifard 11 Hajsafi 12 Mirzapour 13 Bengar 14 Teymourian 15 Hadadifar 16 Norouzi 17 M. Nouri 18 P. Nouri 19 Gholami 20 Nosrati 21 Afshin 22 Gordan 23 Mobali Coach: Ghotbi --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Iman Mobali](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iman_Mobali) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iman_Mobali?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.