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Full name | Ebrahim Mirzapour | |||||||||||
Date of birth | September 16, 1978 | |||||||||||
Place of birth | Mamoolan, Lorestan, Iran | |||||||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||
1986–1997 | Behzisti Mamoolan | |||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
1997–1998 | Fajr Khorramabad | 22 | (0) | |||||||||
1998–2006 | Foolad | 168 | (1) | |||||||||
2006–2007 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | 4 | (0) | |||||||||
2007–2008 | Steel Azin | 5 | (0) | |||||||||
2008–2010 | Saipa | 38 | (0) | |||||||||
2010–2011 | Paykan | 27 | (0) | |||||||||
2011–2012 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 25 | (0) | |||||||||
2012–2013 | Sang Ahan | 16 | (0) | |||||||||
Total | 305 | (1) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||
2002 | Iran U–23 (Wild Card) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
2001–2011 | Iran | 71 | (0) | |||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 September 2010 |
Ebrahim Mirzapour (Persian: ابراهیم میرزاپور; born 1978) is a retired Iranian football goalkeeper, who played most of his career for Foolad F.C .
He started his professional IPL career, playing for Foolad, and was a member of the team until August 2006. He also made it to the national team while playing for Foolad, immediately becoming the number one keeper for his country. One of his most memorable moments came when he scored a goal on rival goalkeeper Armenak Petrosyan, off a goal kick. He was the captain of the team which won the 2004–2005 IPL championship. He also played in AFC Champions League for Foolad. After World Cup 2006, despite rumors linking him to CD Nacional and Saipa, he signed a one-year contract with Foolad's rival, Esteghlal Ahvaz.
He was seriously injured after only four appearances for Esteghlal Ahvaz, an injury that kept him out of play for fourteen months. He made his first appearance for his new club Steel Azin in a Hazfi Cup match against Shirin Faraz in November 2007.
Then, for the 2008–09 season he joined Saipa. He started the season with being a regular player but he could not keep this and only played in 16 matches. He mentioned that he wants to stay with Saipa. He second season was more successful where he was able to play more matches and was even called up to Team Melli.