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| Full name | Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1978 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Karaj, Iran | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Forward | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Naft Tehran | |||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Saipa | |||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Fath Tehran | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Fath Tehran | |||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Persepolis | 43 | (11) | |||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Al-Ahli | 69 | (45) | |||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Bayern Munich | 33 | (3) | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Qatar SC | 27 | (5) | |||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Al-Sailiya | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → Persepolis (loan) | 21 | (5) | |||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Steel Azin | 40 | (14) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Schalke 04 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Persepolis | 40 | (13) | |||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Tractor Sazi | 26 | (5) | |||||||||
| Total | 300 | (101) | ||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | Iran U23 | 9 | (1) | |||||||||
| 1998–2012 | Iran | 127 | (38) | |||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki (Persian: علی کریمی Persian: [ɑli kʲæriˈmi] (born 8 November 1978) is a retired Iranian footballer. He has played for Fath Tehran, Persepolis, Al-Ahli Dubai, Bayern Munich, Qatar SC, Steel Azin, Schalke 04, Tractor Sazi, and the Iran national team for which he scored 38 goals in 127 appearances. In 2004 he became the fourth Iranian player to win the Asian Footballer of the Year. He announced his retirement at the end of the 2013–14 season and, on 11 April 2014, played the final game of his 18-year career.
Karimi's professional career began with Fath Tehran, where he made his first-team debut in 1996 aged 18. He then played three seasons with Persepolis, winning the Iranian league twice and the Hazfi Cup once with the club. In July 2001 Karimi signed a two-year contract with UAE Pro League club Al-Ahli Dubai. While an Al-Ahli player, Karimi won two cup titles, and was the top-goalscorer in the 2003–04 season, an impressive feat for a midfielder. After leaving the club in 2005 aged-26, Karimi made a long-awaited move to Europe to play for Bayern Munich. At the club he had relative success, winning both the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal in 2005–06 season. Later in his career, he would join up again with former coach Felix Magath and win a second German Cup with Schalke 04. Karimi ended his playing career in Iran with Persepolis and Tractor Sazi, and with the latter won the Hazfi Cup in the final season of his career.
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