Mojtaba Jabbari

{{short description|Iranian footballer (born 1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mojtaba Jabbari | fullname = | image = Esteghlal FC vs Malavan FC, 29 May 2025 - 39 Tasnim.jpg | image_size = | caption = Jabbari managing [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] in 2025 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|06|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Robat Karim]], [[Tehran]], Iran | height = {{height|m=1.82}} | position = [[Attacking midfielder]] | currentclub = [[Mes Rafsanjan F.C.|Mes Rafsanjan]] (head coach) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1995–1999 | youthclubs1 = [[Rah Ahan Tehran F.C.|Rah Ahan]] | youthyears2 = 1999–2002 | youthclubs2 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | years1 = 2002–2005 | clubs1 = [[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]] | caps1 = 55 | goals1 = 7 | years2 = 2005–2013 | clubs2 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | caps2 = 134 | goals2 = 26 | years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = [[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]] | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2013–2017 | clubs4 = [[Al Ahli SC (Doha)|Al Ahli]] | caps4 = 77 | goals4 = 15 | years5 = 2017–2018 | clubs5 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | totalcaps = 275 | totalgoals = 48 | nationalyears1 = 2005 | nationalteam1 = [[Iran B national football team|Iran B]] | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 2005–2014 | nationalteam2 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps2 = 31 | nationalgoals2 = 3 | manageryears1 = 2025 | managerclubs1 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] (caretaker) | manageryears2 = 2025– | managerclubs2 = [[Mes Rafsanjan F.C.|Mes Rafsanjan]] | club-update = | nationalteam-update = }} '''Mojtaba Jabbari''' ({{langx|fa|مجتبی جباری}}, {{IPA|fa|moˈdʒtæbɒː ˈdʒæˈb-bɒːɾiː|pron}}; born 16 June 1983) is an Iranian [[association football|football]] coach and a former player who played as an [[attacking midfielder]]. He is the manager of [[Mes Rafsanjan F.C.|Mes Rafsanjan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.persianfootball.com/forums/showthread.php?109183-Mojtaba-Jabbari-to-Al-Ahli|title=Jabbari Fan Thread |publisher=PersianFootball.com|date= 30 September 2013|accessdate=15 February 2014}}</ref>

==Club career==

===Early years=== Due to his father's career as an employee for [[Islamic Republic of Iran Railways]], Jabbari began his club football playing for [[Rah Ahan Tehran F.C.|Rah Ahan]]. His coach at the club, Ahadi soon moved to [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] youth team, and took Jabbari with him. To gain experience, he was loaned out to [[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]]. He was part of the team that went to final of the [[Hazfi Cup]] with Aboomoslem.

===Esteghlal=== There heafter a solid rejoined Esteghlal in the [[2005–06 Iran Pro League|2005–06]] season. {{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} He helped the team win the championship that season.

In 2006, he got injured and was not ready to play until the second half of [[2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup|2006–07]] season, in which he made a comeback in a 20-minute appearance vs. [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] on January 27, 2007. He is back to the club's starting lineup for the [[2007–08 Iran Pro League|2007–08]] season. He was a key player in Esteghlal's [[Hazfi Cup]] final victory [[Pegah F.C.|Pegah]] scoring and assisting a goal in the 3–0 win on a day which he lost his father. He scored Esteghlal's first goal of the [[2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup|2008–09]] season in a 2–0 victory over former club Aboomoslem.

Jabbari was on trial with [[Grenoble Foot 38]] of French [[Ligue 1]] but was not signed as Grenoble Foot 38 ran into financial problems.<ref>http://www.persianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=945&Itemid=2 {{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He had some problems with the club coach after the first [[AFC Champions League]] and was fined by the club. He started the [[2009–10 Iran Pro League|2009–10]] season as usual with injury where he was out for most of the season and only featured in few matches but in [[2010–11 Esteghlal F.C. season|2010–11]] season, he was able to become one of the regular players. He scored a goal in the [[Tehran derby]] on September 16, 2011, and was selected as best player of the match. He won the [[Hazfi Cup]] for the second time in this season. He also helped Esteghlal to win league title in [[2012–13 Esteghlal F.C. season|2012–13]] season after four years.

===Sepahan=== After multiple rather harsh criticism he had made against the management of the club over the past few years, in early July 2013 after some unsuccessful preliminary negotiations to extend his contract the club's chairman decided not to move forward till he officially apologized for his remarks. At the same time, Jabbari claimed that he had been waiting for an apology from the club for about 2 weeks. Eventually no apology was exchanged and on July 6, 2013, he signed a one-year contract with [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]].<ref>[http://www.goal.com/iran/news/1825/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/2013/07/06/4097916/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA?ICID=OP رسمی: با گرانترین قرارداد سال / جباری به سپاهان پیوست]</ref> After playing just five games for Sepahan, he was fired by Sepahan coach [[Zlatko Kranjčar]] and was banned from training.

===Al Ahli=== On October 1, 2013, Jabbari signed a one-year loan contract with [[Al Ahli SC (Doha)|Al Ahli]] of [[Qatar Stars League]].<ref>[http://www.goal.com/iran/news/1825/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/2013/10/01/4301213/%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D8%A8%DB%8C?ICID=OP جباری به الاهلی رفت]</ref> In January 2014 Jabbari completed a permanent move to Al Ahli, he signed a two-year, $3.5 million contract. He finished the season with scoring five goals and assisting six times in twenty one matches.

Jabbari scored the first two goals of the [[2014–15 Qatar Stars League|2014–15 season]] in Al Ahli's 4–1 win over [[Al-Sailiya SC|Al-Sailiya]]. He also assisted two goals in Al Ahli's second game against [[Qatar SC]]. On September 3, 2014, Jabbari was named as August's Player of the Month. The award makes him the first ever winner in [[Qatar Stars League]]'s history.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=2345 |title=August: QSL Player of the Month – Mojtaba Jabari |publisher=QSL |date=September 3, 2014 |accessdate=September 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904005134/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=2345 |archivedate=September 4, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> On March 10, 2015, Al Ahli extended Jabbari's contract until 2017.

===Return to Esteghlal=== [[File:Mojtaba Jabbari 2017.jpg|thumb|Jabbari playing for [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] in 2017]] Jabbari returned to [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] after four years in July 2017. After a while he was in trouble with club chairman, Reza Eftekhari which lead to his departure from the team after four games in [[Persian Gulf Pro League|Iran pro league]]. He announced his retirement on 10 July 2018.

===Club career statistics=== Last update: July 17, 2018 {| 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 |- |[[2002–03 Iran Pro League|2002–03]] ||rowspan="3"|[[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]] || rowspan="13" |[[Persian Gulf Cup|Pro League]] ||13||2||1||0||–||–||14||2 |- |[[2003–04 Iran Pro League|2003–04]]||15||0||0||0||–|||–||15||0 |- |[[2004–05 Iran Pro League|2004–05]]||27||5||5||0||–|||–||32||5 |- |[[2005–06 Iran Pro League|2005–06]]|| rowspan="9" |[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] ||24||5||0||0||–|||–||24||5 |- |[[2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup|2006–07]]||2||0||0||0||–|||–||2||0 |- |[[2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup|2007–08]] ||27||1||6||1||–|||–||33||2 |- |[[2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup|2008–09]]||22||8||0||0||1||0||23||8 |- |[[2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup|2009–10]]||1||0||0||0|||2||0||3||0 |- |[[2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup|2010–11]]||18||2||2||2|||5||0||25||4 |- |[[2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup|2011–12]]||24||10||2||2|||5||1||31||13 |- |[[2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup|2012–13]]||16||0||4||0|||8||0||28||0 |- |[[2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League|2017–18]] |4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |4 |0 |- |[[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]]||rowspan="1"|[[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]] ||5||0||0||0||0|||0||5||0 |- ! colspan=3 | Qatar ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Emir of Qatar Cup|Emir Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |[[2013–14 Qatar Stars League|2013–14]] ||rowspan="4"|[[Al Ahli SC (Doha)|Al Ahli]] ||rowspan="4"|[[Qatar Stars League|Stars League]] ||21||5||2||3||–||–||23||8 |- |[[2014–15 Qatar Stars League|2014–15]]||21||6||0||0|||–||–||21||6 |- |[[2015–16 Qatar Stars League|2015–16]]||24||3||0||0|||–||–||24||3 |- |[[2016–17 Qatar Stars League|2016–17]]||11||1||0||0|||–||–||11||1 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !275||48||22||8||21||1||318||57 |} * '''Assist goals''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !Season!!Team!!Assists |- |[[2005–06 Iran Pro League|05–06]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||7 |- |[[2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup|07–08]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||8 |- |[[2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup|08–09]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||4 |- |[[2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup|10–11]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||3 |- |[[2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup|11–12]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||9 |- |[[2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup|12–13]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||4 |- |[[2013–14 Iran Pro League|13–14]]||align="left"|[[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]||1 |- |[[2013–14 Qatar Stars League|13–14]]||align="left"|[[Al Ahli SC (Doha)|Al Ahli]]||6 |- |[[2014–15 Qatar Stars League|14–15]]||align="left"|[[Al Ahli SC (Doha)|Al Ahli]]||7 |}

==International career==

While playing for Aboomoslem, Jabbari was called up to the [[Iran national football team|national team]] camps several times, but was not able to create a place for himself in the team. He also played for [[Iran B national football team|Iran B]] team in the Islamic Solidarity Games held in [[Saudi Arabia]]. Soon after he was called up to the national team again, and made his international debut versus [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia]] on February 2, 2005. After his impressive displays the following season in Esteghlal, he was a constant call up to the national team and there was some chance that he might have been a starter. He played the last match of Iran against Japan in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]] then he was called up for Iran's preliminary [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2006]] squad, but missed the tournament as he was injured during training in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=fa:مجتبی جباری جام جهانی را از دست داد |url=http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=325015 |publisher=[[Mehr News Agency]] |accessdate=2006-08-03 |language=fa | date=May 12, 2006 }}</ref>

In April 2014, he announced he would be retiring from the national team.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://khabaronline.ir/detail/347362/sport/iran-soccer | title=مجتبی جباری از تیم ملی خداحافظی کرد!/ناراحتی کروش از شماره 8: چرا به من نگفت؟ | date=April 5, 2014 }}</ref>

===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1 || October 11, 2011 || [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]] || {{fb|Bahrain}} || 2–0 || 6–0|| [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- | 2 || November 11, 2011 || [[Bahrain National Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Manama]] || {{fb|Bahrain}} || 1–1 || 1–1|| [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- | 3 || November 15, 2011 || [[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]] || {{fb|Indonesia}} || 2–0 || 4–1|| [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- |}

==Personal life== Jabbari's family is [[Iranian Azerbaijani]] from the [[Ardabil]] city of [[Ardabil Province]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hamshahrionline.ir/details/222003|title=Bio of Mojtaba Jabbari|publisher=[[Hamshahri]] online|date=4 July 2013|accessdate=16 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8704020377|title=مراسم يادبود درگذشت پدر مجتبي جباري در اردبيل برگزار مي‌شود|publisher=[[Fars News]] |date=22 June 2008|accessdate=16 June 2016}}</ref>

==Honours==

===Club=== ;[[Aboomoslem]] *[[Hazfi Cup]]: Runner-up [[2004–05 Hazfi Cup|2004–05]]

===Manager=== '''Esteghlal''' *[[Hazfi Cup]]: [[2024–25 Hazfi Cup|2024–25]]

===National=== *[[Islamic Solidarity Games]]: [[Football at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games|2005]] (Bronze Medal)

===Individual=== *[[Iran Pro League]] top goal assistant: [[2007–08 Iran Pro League|2007–08]] *[[Qatar Stars League]] Player of the Month: August 2014

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080112164711/http://www.mojtaba-jabari.net/ Official Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060518165839/http://www.teammelli.com/Roster/JabbariMRoster.htm Mojtaba Jabari] at [http://www.teammelli.com/ TeamMelli.com] * {{NFT player|pid=12149}}

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