Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ghasem Haddadifar | ||
Date of birth | 12 July 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Esfahan, Iran | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Zob Ahan | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–2003 | Zob Ahan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003– | Zob Ahan | 263 | (13) |
2005–2006 | → Sanat Naft Abadan (loan) | 20 | (2) |
2012 | → Tractor Sazi (loan) | 13 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2010–2014 | Iran | 17 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:52, 12 May 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:00,1 June 2015 (UTC) |
Ghasem Haddadifar (Persian: قاسم حدادیفر; born July 12, 1983) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Zob Ahan in the Iran Pro League. He is also member of the Iranian national team and represented Iran at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
In 2015 Haddadifar was named Iranian footballer of the season for the 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League season with Zob Ahan.
Hadadifar joined Zob Ahan in 2003 after spending seven years with the clubs youth teams. Haddadifar made his debut in the 2003–04 season making nine appearances and scoring once throughout his first season. The next year again Haddadifar played a minor role and mainly came on as a substitute in the season which Zob Ahan finished runners up in the league.
He has also been loaned out to Sanat Naft who played in the Azadegan League in 2005 to gain some experience and playing time. Haddadifar was a big part in Sanat Naft's successful season scoring twice in which the club finished third.
After returning to Zob Ahan in 2006 Haddadifar broke into the first team having an increasing role and helping Zob Ahan clinch an eight place finish. In the 2008–09 season Ghasem was Zob Ahan's best player scoring six times and leading Zob Ahan to another league runners-up and scoring twice in Zob Ahan's 5–2 Hazfi Cup final victory over Rah Ahan. The following season Haddadifar had continued success with Zob Ahan, again achieving a runners-up finish in the league. The same season with the help of Haddadifar goal in the semi-final against Al Hilal, Zob Ahan made the final of the AFC Champions League, becoming the second Iranian club to do so, but the club eventually lost to South Korean club Seongnam FC.