Kaveh Rezaei
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Kaveh Rezaei | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Eslamabad Gharb, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Esteghlal | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2011 | Foolad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Foolad | 35 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | Saipa | 69 | (12) |
| 2014–2016 | Zob Ahan | 34 | (11) |
| 2016– | Esteghlal | 27 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2009 | Iran U17 | 13 | (10) |
| 2009–2010 | Iran U20 | 3 | (5) |
| 2012–2014 | Iran U23 | 19 | (11) |
| 2015– | Iran | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 February 2017 |
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Kaveh Rezaei (Persian: کاوه رضایی; born April 5, 1992) is an Iranian football player, who plays for Esteghlal in the Persian Gulf Pro League as a striker.
Rezaei started his career at Foolad. In the 2010–11 season, he scored one goal and provided two assists for his team mates in 16 games. During the next season, Rezaei played in 12 games starting in 4 and playing the whole 90 minutes in one of those games.
He moved to Saipa to gain more playing time in the 2012–13 season, though not a fix started he managed to make 33 appearance, scored 5 goals against Saba, Peykan, Fajr Sepasi, Saba and Gohar. He also made 2 assist during the season.
On 28 December 2014 he joined Zob Ahan with an 18-month contract which keep him until end of 2015–16 season with Isfahani side. On 16 April 2015 Rezaei scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 victory against Naft Tehran. Kaveh Rezaei had a great performance with Zob Ahan, he became on target after winning back to back Hazfi Cups in 2014 and 2015.
On June 16, 2016 Kaveh Rezaei refused to extend contract with Zob Ahan and signed a contract with Esteghlal. It was later revealed that Kaveh also had an offer from Persepolis before but rejected for personal reasons. Esteghlal fans and board members said that this was a great and promising move since the departure of Sajjad Shahbazzadeh move to Alanyaspor. He made his debut on 25 July 2016 in a 1-1 draw against Naft Tehran and he assisted Jaber Ansari's goal. In the next match on 31 July, he scored his first goal for Esteghlal in a 2-1 loss against Esteghlal Khuzestan. He scored a header in a 1–1 draw against Machine Sazi on 11 September. On 12 February 2017 Esteghlal defeated city rivals Persepolis 3–2, with Rezaei scoring the third goal. On 27 February 2017, in an AFC Champions League group-stage match against Al-Taawoun FC, he score 53 seconds after kick-off; it was the fastest goal scored by an Iranian in an AFC Champions League match. On 11 April he scored another champions league goal against Lokomotiv Tashkent to equalise the scoreline, as the game ended 1–1. In the following champions league game against Al-Ahli which the match finished at 1–1, he scored another equaliser.
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