# Mehdi Vaezi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mehdi_Vaezi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mehdi_Vaezi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi_Vaezi > Source revision: 1273993558 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Iranian footballer (born 1975) Mehdi Vaezi Personal information Full name Mehdi Vaezi Date of birth (1975-03-06) 6 March 1975 (age 51) Place of birth Azadshahr, Golestan, Iran Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Position Goalkeeper Youth career 1992–1993 Sanati Electric Khorasan 1993–1995 Payam Khorasan Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1995–1998 Payam 1998–2000 Bahman 2000–2006 Paykan 2006–2009 Persepolis 41 (0) 2009–2011 Saba 27 (0) 2011–2012 Steel Azin 2012–2013 Machine Sazi 4 (0) International career‡ 1997–2008 Iran 2 (0) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 October 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 January 2008 **Mehdi Vaezi** (born 6 March 1975 in [Azadshahr](/source/Azadshahr), Iran) is a former [Iranian](/source/Iran) [football](/source/Association_football) player. He has lived and grew up in [Mashhad](/source/Mashhad) between ages of 7 until 23.[1] ## Club career Vaezi played for [Paykan Tehran F.C.](/source/Paykan_Tehran_F.C.) before moving to [Persepolis F.C.](/source/Persepolis_F.C.) in 2006 on a 2-year deal. Earlier that year he was involved in a drug abuse scandal which ended in a 6-month ban from football and the breakdown of a transfer to [F.C. Zob Ahan](/source/F.C._Zob_Ahan). Eventually he signed for [Persepolis F.C.](/source/Persepolis_F.C.) During the 2006/07 season he only played a few matches for Persepolis behind the first keeper [Farshid Karimi](/source/Farshid_Karimi) who had an incredible season but during the 2007/08 season he was the first choice keeper for most of the games but never played in the Tehran derby. This season went really well for him because he was known for his great saves and reflects but more importantly the fans preferred him over the other keepers such as international Goalkeeper [Hassan Roudbarian](/source/Hassan_Roudbarian) and the previous season's first choice [Farshid Karimi](/source/Farshid_Karimi). During the 2008/09 Vaezi had many injuries which made him sit out many matches and a lot of critics believe that if he was not injured as much Persepolis would have done better in the league. ### Club Career statistics Last Update **19 October 2010** Club performance League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total 2003–04 Paykan Persian Gulf Cup 21 0 2 0 - - 23 0 2004–05 28 0 1 0 - - 29 0 2005–06 Azadegan League 20 0 0 0 - - 20 0 2006–07 Persepolis Persian Gulf Cup 6 0 1 0 - - 7 0 2007–08 22 0 2 0 - - 24 0 2008–09 13 0 2 0 1 0 16 0 2009–10 Saba 7 0 0 0 - - 7 0 2010–11 20 0 1 0 - - 21 0 Total Iran 0 0 1 0 0 Career total 0 0 1 0 0 ## International career On 17 March 1997 he made the 31-man list for the national team but did not get selected for any games[2] He made his debut for [Iran](/source/Iran_national_football_team) in a friendly match against [Georgia](/source/Georgia_national_football_team) in August 2000. He was called up to join the squad in a few occasions, including in 2007, but did not make any other appearance for [Team Melli](/source/Team_Melli) before January 2008, when he made his second cap in a friendly match against [Qatar](/source/Qatar_national_football_team). ## Honours - [Iran's Premier Football League](/source/Iran's_Premier_Football_League) Winner: 1 - 2007/08 with [Persepolis](/source/Persepolis_F.C.) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["مهدی واعظی دروازه‌بان پرسپولیس دوبار داماد شدم"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111111091431/http://iran20.ir/view.asp?id=50081596866101436). *iran20.ir*. Archived from [the original](http://iran20.ir/view.asp?id=50081596866101436) on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Archived copy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110930023633/http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1997/03/17/P4.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1997/03/17/P4.pdf) (PDF) on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title)) ## External links - [Mehdi Vaezi banned for six months after positive test](https://web.archive.org/web/20070311042944/http://www.lastkick.com/?p=1439) v t e Iran squad – 2000 AFC Asian Cup 1 Vaezi 2 Mahdavikia 3 Hasheminasab 5 Bakhtiarizadeh 6 Bagheri 7 Kavianpour 8 Hamedani 9 Estili 10 Daei (c) 11 Azizi 12 Boroumand 13 Seyed-Abbasi 14 Navazi 15 Halali 16 Hashemian 17 Emamifar 18 Yazdani 19 Karimi 20 Rahbarifar 22 Fanaei 25 Minavand 28 Mahdavi Coach: Talebi --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mehdi Vaezi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi_Vaezi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi_Vaezi?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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