Farhad Majidi
Majidi in Azadi Stadium, 8 May 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Farhad Majidi Ghadikolaei | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Parchin Industries | |||
| Keshavarz | |||
| Bahman | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Bahman | (7) | |
| 1997–1999 | Esteghlal | ||
| 1999–2000 | Rapid Wien | 12 | (2) |
| 2000 | Esteghlal | 6 | (0) |
| 2000–2006 | Al-Wasl | (68) | |
| 2003 | → Al-Ain (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Al-Ahli (loan) | (6) | |
| 2006–2007 | Al-Nasr | 15 | (3) |
| 2007 | → Al-Ahli (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2007–2013 | Esteghlal | 138 | (46) |
| 2011–2012 | → Al Gharrafa (loan) | 15 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2011 | Iran | 45 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Farhad Majidi (Persian: فرهاد مجیدی, born 3 June 1976) is a retired Iranian professional footballer who mostly played as an attacking midfielder. He was also a member of Iran national football team. In 2010, he was nominated for the Asian Footballer of the Year award which finished second in voting.
Having played for Esteghlal for several seasons, Majidi's performance attracted Rapid Vienna to recruit him for one season. However, the offer for a permanent transfer to Austria was not accepted by the Austrians, and they released Majidi who joined Al-Wasl in the UAE.
In the UAE League and in combination with his compatriot Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Majidi scored a handful of goals and topped the league chart with Al Wasl. Majidi was unlucky with injuries and was out of action for quite a few matches. One of the highlights of Majidi's career was his short loan to Al-Ain. Majidi was the star of the 2002–03 AFC Champions League semi-final game against Dalian Shide. His goal helped Al Ain to reach the AFC Champions League final match, eventually winning the trophy for the first time in the club's history.
All together in the five years Majidi played for Al Wasl FC, he scored over 100 goals. He left Al Wasl in 2006, joining another UAE club, Al-Nasr.
On 10 February 2007, Majidi signed a contract until the end of the season with Al-Ahli. At the end of the season, Majidi signed a season-long contract with Esteghlal tehran. He extended his contract with Esteghlal tehran for two more season and he was mostly used as the attacking midfielder in 2008–09 season which ended up in winning the league. He had a very good season in 2009–10 season where he was the top scorer of the team and one of the top scorers of ACL.
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