{{short description|Iranian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Yaghoub Karimi | fullname = Yaghoub Karimi | image = Yaghoub Karimi.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|31|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Kivi, Iran|Kivi]], [[Ardabil Province|Ardabil]], [[Iran]] | height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Attacking midfielder]] / [[Winger (association football)|Winger]] | youthyears1 = 2003–2008 | youthclubs1 = [[Pas Tehran|Pas]] | youthyears2 = 2008–2011 | youthclubs2 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | years1 = 2009–2011 | clubs1 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2011–2013 | clubs2 = [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] | caps2 = 55 | goals2 = 11 | years3 = 2013–2014 | clubs3 = [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2014–2018 | clubs4 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | caps4 = 51 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = [[Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.|Esteghlal Khuzestan]] | caps5 = 6 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = [[Sepidrood Rasht S.C.|Sepidrood]] | caps6 = 9 | goals6 = 0 | totalcaps = 139 | totalgoals = 13 | nationalyears1 = 2009–2010 | nationalteam1 = [[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran U20]] | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2011–2014 | nationalteam2 = [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U23]] | nationalcaps2 = 15 | nationalgoals2 = 6 | nationalyears3 = 2012–2014 | nationalteam3 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps3 = 6 | nationalgoals3 = 4 | pcupdate = 10 March 2016 (UTC) | ntupdate = September 15, 2014 (UTC) }}
'''Yaghoub Karimi''' ({{langx|fa|یعقوب کریمی}}; August 31, 1991)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=2018&view=player&sid=21 |title=Persianleague.com |access-date=5 February 2011 |archive-date=16 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316130657/http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=2018&view=player&sid=21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an Iranian [[association football|football]] [[midfielder]].
==Club career==
===Pas=== He joined [[Pas Tehran|Pas]] in the summer 2003 from the youth academy. He played five seasons for [[Pas Tehran|Pas]] youth team.
===Esteghlal=== In summer 2009, Karimi joined [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]. He played his first match for Esteghlal in [[2010–11 Esteghlal F.C. season|2010–11 season]].
===Naft Tehran=== He played two seasons for Esteghlal and moved to [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] in the summer of 2011. Karimi played with [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] until 2013. He played in 54 games, scored 11 times and assists 14 goals. He was most value player for [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] in [[2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup|2011–12]] and [[2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup|2012–13]] seasons.
===Sepahan=== Naft Tehran and [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] reached agreement over transfer of Karimi in May 2013. He officially joined Sepahan on 1 July 2013 with a four-year contract and made his debut for his new team in a 2–0 win over [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]].
===Esteghlal=== On 21 July 2014, Karimi joined [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] with signing a loan contract until the end of the [[2014–15 Esteghlal F.C. season|season]]. He played his first match for Esteghlal on ten days later against [[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]], coming as a substitute for [[Khosro Heydari]]. On 27 July 2015, he signed a permanent contract with Esteghlal keeping him at the club until 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13940505000319 |title=مظلومی و 3 بازیکن استقلال قراردادشان را ثبت کردند |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-date=30 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730235732/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13940505000319 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Club career statistics=== {{updated|27 February 2019}}
{| 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 |- |[[2010–11 Iran Pro League|2010–11]]||rowspan="1"|[[Esteghlal Tehran FC|Esteghlal]] || rowspan="9" |[[Iran Pro League]] |1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |[[2011–12 Iran Pro League|2011–12]]||rowspan="2"|[[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] |26||1||1||0||–||–||27||1 |- |[[2012–13 Iran Pro League|2012–13]] |29||10||1||0||–||–||30||10 |- |[[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]]||[[Sepahan Isfahan F.C.|Sepahan]] |17||1||1||0||6||0||24||1 |- |[[2014–15 Iran Pro League|2014–15]]|| rowspan="4" | [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] |20||1||3||0||0||0||23||1 |- |[[2015–16 Iran Pro League|2015–16]] |14||0||3||0||–||–||17||0 |- |[[2016–17 Iran Pro League|2016–17]] |16||0||2||0||0||0||18||0 |- |[[2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League|2017–18]] |8 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |9 |0 |- |[[2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League|2018–19]] |[[Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.|Esteghlal Khuzestan]] |6 |0 |0 |0 |– |– |6 |0 |- ! colspan="3" | Career total !138||13||11||0||6||0||155||13 |}
*'''Assists''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !Season!!Team!!Assists |- |[[2011–12 Iran Pro League|11–12]]||align="left"|[[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]]||4 |- |[[2012–13 Iran Pro League|12–13]]||align="left"|[[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]]||7 |- |[[2013–14 Iran Pro League|13–14]]||align="left"|[[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]||0 |- |[[2014–15 Iran Pro League|14–15]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||2 |- |[[2015–16 Iran Pro League|15–16]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||2 |- |[[2016–17 Iran Pro League|16–17]]||align="left"|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||0 |- |}
== International career == On 15 February 2012, Karimi named in [[Team Melli|Iran]] squad by [[Carlos Queiroz]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.persianfootball.com/live/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4093:team-melli-roster-reduced-to-27-players&catid=13:team-melli-news&Itemid=175 |title=Persianfootball.com |access-date=16 February 2012 |archive-date=18 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518054001/http://www.persianfootball.com/live/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4093:team-melli-roster-reduced-to-27-players&catid=13:team-melli-news&Itemid=175 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He named in [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U23]] final list for [[Football at the 2014 Asian Games|Incheon 2014]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ffiri.ir/news/detail/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%86%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D8%B4%D8%AF/117027/news.aspx|title=بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد|publisher=ffiri.ir|access-date=2014-08-12}}</ref>
=== International goals === :''Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1 || 6 November 2012 || [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]] || {{fb|Tajikistan}} || 2–0 || 6–1 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- | 2 || 6 November 2012 || [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]] || {{fb|Tajikistan}} || 4–0 || 6–1 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- | 3 || 15 December 2012 || [[Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium]], [[Kuwait City]] || {{fb|Yemen}} || 2–1 || 2–1 || [[2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship]] |- | 4 || 3 March 2014 || [[Enghelab Stadium]], [[Karaj]] || {{fb|Kuwait}} || 1–0 || 3–2 || [[2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] |- |}
==Honours==
===Club=== ;Esteghlal *[[Persian Gulf Pro League]] Runner up (2): [[2010–11 Iran Pro League|2010–11]], [[2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League|2016–17]] *[[Hazfi Cup]] Runner up (1): [[2015–16 Hazfi Cup|2015–16]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Yaghoub Karimi}} * [http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=2018&view=player&sid=21 Yaghoub Karimi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316130657/http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=2018&view=player&sid=21 |date=16 March 2016 }} at [http://www.persianleague.com Persian League] * {{Soccerway|yaghob-karimi/116001}}
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