{{Short description|Iranian footballer (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | image = Reza Enayati 2023.jpg | caption = Enayati in 2023 | name = Reza Enayati | fullname = Gholam Reza Enayati<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Iran |publisher=FIFA |page=14 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> | height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|9|23}}<ref name="WF.net">{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe15877/reza-enayati/|title=Reza Enayati: Summary |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HeimSpiel Medien |access-date=15 August 2022}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Mashhad]], [[Imperial State of Iran|Iran]] | position = [[Centre forward]] | currentclub = [[F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran|Nassaji Mazandaran]] (manager) | youthyears1 = 1998 | youthclubs1 = Farsh Mashhad Workers<ref name=Fars>{{cite news |url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13921127000306 |script-title=fa:عنایتی مفنگی با حضور در خبرگزاری فارس |language=fa |trans-title=Enayati interview with Fars news agency |publisher=Fars News Agency |date=19 February 2014 |access-date=15 August 2022 |archive-date=18 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918052049/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13921127000306 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | years1 = 1998–2001 | clubs1 = [[Adonis Mashhad]] | years2 = 2001–2003 | clubs2 = [[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]] | caps2 = 46 | goals2 = 28 | years3 = 2003–2006 | clubs3 = [[Esteghlal Tehran FC|Esteghlal]] | caps3 = 77 | goals3 = 56 | years4 = 2006–2008 | clubs4 = [[Emirates Club|Emirates]] | caps4 = 44 | goals4 = 27 | years5 = 2008–2009 | clubs5 = [[Al Nasr SC (Dubai)|Al-Nasr]] | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2009–2010 | clubs6 = [[Esteghlal Tehran FC|Esteghlal]] | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 2010 | clubs7 = [[Emirates Club|Emirates]] | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 9 | years8 = 2010–2011 | clubs8 = [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] | caps8 = 37 | goals8 = 7 | years9 = 2011–2012 | clubs9 = [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]] | caps9 = 31 | goals9 = 19 | years10 = 2012–2013 | clubs10 = [[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]] | caps10 = 34 | goals10 = 12 | years11 = 2013–2014 | clubs11 = [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]] | caps11 = 27 | goals11 = 13 | years12 = 2014 | clubs12 = [[Padideh F.C.|Padideh]] | caps12 = 16 | goals12 = 7 | years13 = 2014–2015 | clubs13 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | caps13 = 13 | goals13 = 4 | years14 = 2015–2016 | clubs14 = [[Siah Jamegan Khorasan F.C.|Siah Jamegan]] | caps14 = 25 | goals14 = 5 | years15 = 2016–2017 | clubs15 = [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]] | caps15 = 23 | goals15 = 3 | totalcaps = 394 | totalgoals = 193 | nationalyears1 = 2002–2008 | nationalteam1 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps1 = 30 | nationalgoals1 = 8 | manageryears1 = 2017 | managerclubs1 = [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]] (player-coach) | manageryears2 = 2017 | managerclubs2 = [[Siah Jamegan F.C.|Siah Jamegan]] (assistant) | manageryears3 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs3 = [[Siah Jamegan F.C.|Siah Jamegan]] (caretaker) | manageryears4 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs4 = [[Esteghlal Zahedan F.C.|Esteghlal B]] | manageryears5 = 2019 | managerclubs5 = [[Qashqai F.C.|Qashqai]] | manageryears6 = 2019–2022 | managerclubs6 = [[Havadar S.C.|Havadar]] | manageryears7 = 2023 | managerclubs7 = [[Naft Masjed Soleyman F.C.|Naft Masjed Soleyman]] | pcupdate = 1 July 2016 | ntupdate = 1 December 2008 | manageryears8 = 2023 | managerclubs8 = [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U23]] | manageryears9 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs9 = [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] | manageryears10 = 2025–2026 | managerclubs10 = [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] | manageryears11 = 2026– | managerclubs11 = [[F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran|Nassaji Mazandaran]] }}

'''Gholam Reza Enayati''' ({{langx|fa| غلام رضا عنايتى }}; born 23 September 1976) is an Iranian [[association football|football]] manager and former player. Enayati played as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] in the [[Persian Gulf Pro League]] and for the [[Iran national football team]]. He is the [[List of Iran Pro League all-time top goal scorers|all-time top goalscorer]] in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

==Club career== Reza Enayati started out his professional career playing for his hometown club [[F.C. Aboumoslem|Aboomoslem]]. He had a number of impressive seasons there, especially the [[2001–02 Iran Pro League|2001–02]] season where he finished as the [[Iran's Premier League football|league]]'s top goalscorer and was called up to the [[Iran national football team|national team]].

He remained in Aboomoslem for the [[2002–03 Iran Pro League|2002–03]] season but the year after and after being linked with a move to [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]], he signed with [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]. He was not able to impress in his first season in [[Tehran]], but in the [[2004–05 Iran Pro League|2004–05]] season he was able to show his talents and was able to finish as the [[Iran's Premier League football|IPL]]'s top goalscorer again with 20 goals. The next season, he was just as impressive, scoring 21 goals, finishing as the league's top scorer and helping his club Esteghlal win the championship and also broke the record of scoring in a season in Iran and he is the all-time top scorer of [[Persian Gulf Cup]]. After [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2006]] he signed with the Emirates club. On 19 March 2007, Enayati extended his contract with [[UAE League]] side [[Al-Emarat]] in a deal that will keep him there until the end of the 2007–08 season.

In 2008, he secured a six-month contract with [[Al Nasr SC (Dubai)|Al-Nasr]]. In July 2009 season he moved back to [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] but after half a season he moved to Emirate league once again and joined [[Emirates Club|Emirates]] where he scored 8 goals. For 2010–11 season Enayati signed with [[Sepahan]] for one year and joined his former coach [[Amir Ghalenoei]] where he helped the club to win the league title. He then joined to [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]] and later [[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]]. He returned to Saba on 1 July 2013. On 7 May 2014, he signed a contract with [[Padideh F.C.|Padideh]], effective from 1 July. He was given number 10 shirt. He made his debut for Padideh in 0–0 draw against [[Malavan F.C.|Malavan]] on 1 August 2014. He scored his first goal for Padideh in next match, where they won the match against [[Naft Masjed Soleyman F.C.|Naft Masjed Soleyman]] 3–0, which Enayati scored the final goal.

Enayati moved back to Esteghlal on 31 December 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2014/12/31/604575/reza-enayati-joins-iran-s-esteghlal|title=Reza Enayati Joins Iran's Esteghlal|publisher=Tasnim News|date=31 December 2014|access-date=15 August 2022}}</ref>

===Club career statistics=== {{updated|18 February 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 |- |[[2001–02 Iran Pro League|2001–02]] ||rowspan="2"|[[F.C. Aboumoslem|Aboomoslem]] ||rowspan="5"|[[Persian Gulf Cup|Pro League]]||23||17||0||0||–||–||23||17 |- |[[2002–03 Iran Pro League|2002–03]] ||23||11||0||0||–||–||23||11 |- |[[2003–04 Iran Pro League|2003–04]]||rowspan="3"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] ||18||11||5||3||–||–||23||14 |- |[[2004–05 Iran Pro League|2004–05]]||24||20||0||0||–||–||24||20 |- |[[2005–06 Iran Pro League|2005–06]]||29||21||1||1||–||–||30||22 |- ! 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 |- |[[2006–07 UAE Football League|2006–07]]||rowspan="2"|[[Emirates Club|Emirates]]||rowspan="3"|[[UAE Football League|UAE League]]||20||13||2||2||–||–||22||15 |- |[[2007–08 UAE Football League|2007–08]]||21||12||1||0||–||–||22||12 |- |[[2008–09 UAE Pro-League|2008–09]]||rowspan="1"|[[Al Nasr SC (Dubai)|Al Nasr]]||9||0||0||0||–||–||9||0 |- ! colspan=3 | Iran ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Hazfi Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |[[2009–10 Iran Pro League|2009–10]] ||rowspan="1"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] ||rowspan="1"|[[Persian Gulf Cup|Pro League]]||17||4||0||0||0||0||17||4 |- ! 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 |- |[[2009–10 UAE Pro-League|2009–10]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://proleague.ae/en/person/reza-Enayati.html |title=Reza Enayati |publisher=UAE Pro League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222010013/http://proleague.ae/en/person/reza-Enayati.html |archive-date=22 December 2013}}</ref>||rowspan="1"|[[Emirates Club|Emirates]]||rowspan="1"|[[UAE League]]||10||8||0||0||–||–||10||8 |- ! colspan=3 | Iran ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | [[Hazfi Cup]] ! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |[[2010–11 Iran Pro League|2010–11]] ||rowspan="1"|[[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] || rowspan="8" |[[Persian Gulf Cup|Pro League]]||30||4|||3||2||4||1||37||7 |- |[[2011–12 Iran Pro League|2011–12]] ||rowspan="1"|[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]]||29||18|||2||1||–||–||31||19 |- |[[2012–13 Iran Pro League|2012–13]] ||rowspan="1"|[[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]]||33||11|||1||1||–||–||34||12 |- |[[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]] ||rowspan="1"|[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]]||27||13||1||0||–||–||28||13 |- |rowspan="2"|[[2014–15 Iran Pro League|2014–15]] ||rowspan="1"|[[Padideh F.C.|Padideh]]||14||5||2||2||–||–||16||7 |- ||[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||13||4||0||0||0||0||13||4 |- |[[2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League|2015–16]] |[[Siah Jamegan F.C.|Siah Jamegan]] |25 |5 |0 |0 |– |– |25 |5 |- |[[2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League|2016–17]] |[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]] |23 |3 |0 |0 |– |– |23 |3 |- ! rowspan="2" | Total ! colspan="2" | Iran !358||147||15||10||4||1||377||158 |- ! colspan=2 | United Arab Emirates !60||33||3||2||0||0||63||35 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !418||180||18||12||4||1||440||193 |}

''<sup>'''[[#1|1]]'''</sup> Statistics Incomplete.''

''The information in Hazfi Cup and UAE Emir Cup is not complete ''

===Assists=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !Season!!Team!!Assists |- |[[2005–06 Iran Pro League|2005–06]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal Tehran FC|Esteghlal]]||4 |- |[[2009–10 Iran Pro League|2009–10]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal Tehran FC|Esteghlal]]||3 |- |[[2010–11 Iran Pro League|2010–11]]||align="left"|[[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]||3 |- |[[2011–12 Iran Pro League|2011–12]]||align="left"|[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]]||1 |- |[[2012–13 Iran Pro League|2012–13]]||align="left"|[[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]]||2 |- |[[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]]||align="left"|[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]]||3 |- |[[2014–15 Iran Pro League|2014–15]]||align="left"|[[Padideh F.C.|Padideh]]||1 |- |}

==International career== Reza Enayati made his debut for [[Iran national football team|Iran]] in a game versus [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]] in April 2002. Since then he has had numerous callups to the national team, including Iran's recent [[2004 Asian Cup]] and [[2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying]] campaigns. He was among Iran's final squad for [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2006]] but did not make an appearance.

He has been selected to join the squad for the [[2007 Asian Nations Cup]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia. He appeared against the [[Uzbekistan national football team]], playing 90 minutes, on 11 July, and was selected again into the starting eleven in the game against the [[China national football team]] on 15 July. He was called up again for [[2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying]] but left the camp in the first round as [[Ali Daei]] preferred [[Mohsen Khalili]] in few matches over him.

===International goals=== {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 8 || 2 July 2007 || [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] || {{fb|Jamaica}} || 8–1 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- | 7 || 15 October 2006 || [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] || {{fb|Korea Republic}} || 2–0 || Win || [[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] |- | 6 || 8 August 2006 || [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] || {{fb|UAE}} || 1–0 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- | 5 || 31 May 2006 || [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] || {{fb|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || 5–2 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- | 4 || 20 July 2004 || [[Chongqing]], [[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center|Chongqing]] || {{fb|Thailand}} || 3–0 || Win || [[2004 AFC Asian Cup]] |- | 3 || 31 March 2004 || [[Vientiane, Laos]] || {{fb|Laos}} || 7–0 || Win || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- | 2 || 31 March 2004 || [[Vientiane, Laos]] || {{fb|Laos}} || 7–0 || Win || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- | 1 || 4 April 2002 || [[Kuwait City, Kuwait]] || {{fb|Kuwait}} || 2–2 || Draw || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- |}

==Managerial statistics== {{updated|16 February 2023}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"| Team !rowspan="2"| From !rowspan="2"| To !colspan="5"|Record |- !G !W !D !L !Win % |- | [[Siah Jamegan F.C.|Siah Jamegan]] | 1 December 2017 | 5 March 2018 {{WDL|14|1|4|9}} |- | [[Qashqai Shiraz F.C.|Qashqai Shiraz]] | 16 June 2019 | 16 September 2019 {{WDL|5|1|1|3}} |- | [[Havadar S.C.|Havadar]] | 22 December 2019 | 4 June 2022 {{WDL|83|35|25|23}} |- | [[Naft Masjed Soleyman F.C.|Naft Masjed Soleyman]] | 23 January 2023 | Present {{WDL|4|0|3|1}} |- |[[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U23]] |21 May 2023 |Present | style="text-align:center" |12 | style="text-align:center" |6 | style="text-align:center" |4 | style="text-align:center" |2 |50.00 |- ! colspan="3"| Total {{WDLtot|106|37|33|36}} |}

==Honours== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=April 2025}}

===Player=== '''Esteghlal''' *[[Iran Pro League]]: [[2005–06 Iran Pro League|2005–06]]; runner-up [[2003–04 Iran Pro League|2003–04]]

'''Sepahan''' *[[Iran Pro League]]: [[2010–11 Iran Pro League|2010–11]]

'''Individual''' *[[Iran Pro League]] top goalscorer: [[2001–02 Iran Pro League|2001–02]] (17 goals), [[2004–05 Iran Pro League|2004–05]] (20 goals), [[2005–06 Iran Pro League|2005–06]] (21 goals) *[[List of Iran Pro League all-time top goal scorers|Top scorer in Iran Pro League]] (154 goals)

===Manager=== '''Havadar''' *[[Azadegan League]] runner-up: [[2020–21 Azadegan League|2020–21]] '''Iran U23''' *[[WAFF U-23 Championship]] runner-up: [[2023 WAFF U-23 Championship|2023]]

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Reza Enayati}} * [[List of IPL all-time top goal scorers]] * {{NFT player|3181}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060518164904/http://www.teammelli.com/Roster/EnayatiRoster.htm Reza Enayati] at [http://www.teammelli.com TeamMelli.com]

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