Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 November 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Izeh, Khuzestan Province, Iran | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Naft Tehran | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
Esteghlal Ahvaz | |||
Foolad | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2005 | Foolad | 73 | (24) |
2003 | → Nirouye Zamini (loan) | 25 | (2) |
2005–2008 | Al-Shabab | 45 | (20) |
2008–2009 | Al Wasl | 19 | (7) |
2009–2010 | Al Nasr | 15 | (6) |
2010–2011 | Esteghlal | 30 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Al Sharjah | 8 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Paykan | 25 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 25 | (2) |
2014 | → Esteghlal (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2014– | Naft Tehran | 71 | (6) |
National team‡ | |||
2000–2001 | Iran U20 | 13 | (?) |
2002–2003 | Iran U23 | 11 | (2) |
2001–2011 | Iran | 60 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 February 2011 |
Iman Mobali (Persian: ایمان مبعلی; born November 3, 1982 in Izeh, Iran) is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Naft Tehran in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Mobali joined Foolad's senior team in 2000. He was considered to be the creative dynamo of the highly talented Foolad, based in Iran's oil-rich Khuzestan province. Mobali was the key member of his team during Foolad's Iran Pro League championship. Which also secured a berth in the AFC Champions League for the first time in club history.
In 2005 Mobali signed a contract with Al-Shabab in the UAE League. In his first season, he scored 6 times in 15 appearances. In the following season Mobali was hit with a series of injuries and only managed to make 11 league appearances. In his last year with Al-Shabab he had his best year, he scored 9 goals in 19 appearances and Al-Shabab won the league title.
In summer 2008 he signed a contract with the UAE giants, Al Wasl. In his one and only season with the club, Mobali scored 7 times in 19 appearances. He left the club at the end of the season. He signed for Al Nasr in summer 2009. After an unsuccessful season with Al Nasr, Mobali decided not to extend his contract and returned to Iran.
Mobali signed a one-year contract with Esteghlal in the spring of 2010. He made 36 total appearances and did not manage to score a goal. He left the club at the end of the season and signed with UAE club Al Sharjah. He only made 8 appearances before leaving the club.