Morteza Pouraliganji

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Morteza Pouraliganji
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Pouraliganji in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-04-19) 19 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Babol, Iran
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Position(s) Center back, Centre midfield
Team information
Current team
 Al Sadd
Number 5
Youth career
2005–2007 Paykan Babol
2007–2008 PAS Tehran
2008–2010 Ehsan Rey
2010–2013 Naft Tehran
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Naft Tehran 73 (3)
2015–2016 Tianjin Teda 26 (2)
2016– Al Sadd 8 (2)
International career‡
2009 Iran U17 4 (0)
2010 Iran U20 2 (0)
2012–2014 Iran U23 14 (2)
2015– Iran 11 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2016

Morteza Pouraliganji (Persian: مرتضی پورعلی‌گنجی‎‎, born April 19, 1992)[1] is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Al Sadd in the Qatar Stars League. Pouraliganji represented Iran at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

Club career

Naft Tehran

Pouraliganji started his senior career with Naft Tehran in 2010.[2] He scored his first professional goal in 2011 in a 4–1 win against Paykan.

Tianjin Teda

He joined Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda on 25 February 2015 with an one–year contract.[3] He made his first appearance for the club on 8 April 2015 in a match against Henan Jianye. On 4 June 2015 Morteza scored his first goal for Tianjin in a 2–2 draw against Guangzhou Evergrande. Morteza left the club at the end of the season after he decided not to renew his contract.

Al Sadd

2015–16

On 8 January 2016 Pouraliganji rejected several offers from European and Chinese teams and accepted an offer from Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd.[4] He stated playing with Xavi as one of the main reasons he accepted this offer.[4] He signed a four month contract on 20 January 2016 until the end of the season.[5] He scored his first goal for his new club in February 2016 in a 3–1 victory against Al Arabi.

Club career statistics

As of 25 April 2016
Club Division Season League Hazfi Cup Asia Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Naft Tehran Pro League 2010–11 12 2 0 0 - - 0 0 12 2
2011–12 16 0 1 0 - - 0 0 17 0
2012–13 11 0 0 0 - - 0 0 11 0
2013–14 21 0 1 0 - - 0 0 22 0
2014–15 13 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 1
China PR League FA Cup Asia Other Total
Tianjin Teda Chinese Super League 2015 26 2 1 0 - - 0 0 27 2
Qatar League Cup Asia Other Total
Al Sadd Qatar Stars League 2015–16 8 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 12 3
Career total 107 6 5 1 2 0 3 1 117 7
  • Assists
Season Team Assists
2010–11 Naft Tehran 0
2011–12 0
2012–13 0
2013–14 2
2014–15 1

International career

U17

Pouraliganji represented Iran U-17 in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[6]

U23

In 2012 he broke in to coach Ali Reza Mansourian's squad and has been regular feature ever since. He named in Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.[7]

Senior

After his performance in Asian Games in October 2014, Carlos Queiroz called Pouraliganji up for a training camp in Portugal. He played a friendly fixtures against Estroli and Benfica and was later called up for an international friendly against South Korea on 18 November 2014. He was called into Iran's 2015 AFC Asian Cup squad on 30 December 2014,[8] making his debut in a friendly match against Iraq on 4 January 2015 which Iran won 1–0.

Pouraliganji was selected to start in Iran's opening match at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, a 2–0 win over Bahrain. His good performance in Iran's second match against Qatar earned him a place in the AFC Best 11 of Round 2.[9] In the quarter-final match against Iraq, Pouraliganji scored his first goal for Iran as they drew 3–3 at Canberra Stadium and were eventually defeated 7–6 on a penalty shootout.[10]

International caps

Iran
Year Apps Goals
2015 9 2
Total 9 2

International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.[1]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 23 January 2015 Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia  Iraq 2–2 3–3 2015 AFC Asian Cup
2. 12 November 2015 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran  Turkmenistan 1–0 3–1 2018 WCQ and 2019 ACQ

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Morteza Pouraliganji at Soccerway
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  6. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/11/93/31/fu17_2009_squadlists.pdf
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