Mohsen Khalili
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mohsen Khalili | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Naft Tehran (team manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | Pas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2007 | Saipa | 156 | (62) |
| 2007–2010 | Persepolis | 77 | (38) |
| 2010–2011 | Steel Azin | 18 | (7) |
| 2012 | Mes | 12 | (4) |
| 2012 | Saba | 16 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2010 | Iran | 12 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2012. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2012.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 December 2009
Mohsen Khalili (Persian: محسن خلیلی, born February 14, 1981) is a retired Iranian football forward.
He Played for Saipa for several seasons, helping the team win the Iran Professional League in the 2006/07 season, scoring 8 goals. He was the team's second topscorer after Ali Daei.
In June 2007 he signed a 2-year deal with Iranian giants Persepolis for a reported fee of $300,000. He scored a spectacular curler against Bargh Shiraz. This was followed by a stunning volley in the last match of the league against Sepahan, a game which ended 2-1 thanks to Sepehr Heidari's extra time goal.
During the 2007/08 season Khalili became the top goalscorer by scoring 18 goals during the Persian Gulf Cup which persepolis won at the end. Hadi Asghari from Rah Ahan also scored 18 goals and finished in the top as well but because Asghari had scored a few goals from the penalty spot, people and critics called Khalili the real top goalscorer. Khalili was the only player in Persepolis who played in all of the regular season games and he became really close with the fans especially after each goal he scored, he would be the only one to be celebrating with the fans.
On July 2, 2008 he renewed his contract with Persepolis despite having better financial offers from UAE clubs. Because of the injury during the training camp of Team Melli in August 2008 he was out for 9 months. During the 2008/09 season, Khalili made his return on March 3, 2009 in a 2-1 home defeat against Moghavemat but he scored his first goal since his return against Paykan on April 12. He also scored in Persepolis's last group stage match in the AFC Champions League against Al Shabab to take Persepolis through to the Round of 16 as the top team. The next season, he was benched in first half of the season by then coach Zlatko Kranjcar but in the second half of the season with changes in the coaching staff, new coach Ali Daei who had been his coach at Saipa F.C. trusted him and he was a regular in the team. He scored the last goal in the Hazfi Cup final against Gostaresh Foolad F.C. thus also scoring the last goal of the season. In the summer break in an interview Ali Daei said that he did not need him anymore and a few days later the club announced that they could not reach an agreement with the player and were not renewing his contract.
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