Mojtaba Jabbari
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mojtaba Jabbari Kordgeshlagi | ||
| Date of birth | June 16, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Robat Karim, Tehran, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al Ahli SC | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1999 | Rah Ahan | ||
| 1999–2002 | Esteghlal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Aboomoslem | 55 | (7) |
| 2004–2013 | Esteghlal | 135 | (26) |
| 2013 | Sepahan | 5 | (0) |
| 2013– | Al Ahli | 77 | (15) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Iran B | 6 | (2) |
| 2005–2014 | Iran | 31 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 August 2014 |
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Mojtaba Jabbari (Persian: مجتبی جباری, pronounced [moˈdʒtæbɒː ˈdʒæˈb-bɒːɾiː]; born June 16, 1983 in Robat Karim) is an Iranian football player who currently plays and formerly the Iranian national team as an attacking midfielder.
Due to his father's career as an employee for Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (IRR), Jabbari began his club football playing for Rah Ahan. His coach at the club, Ahadi soon moved to Esteghlal youth team, and took Jabbari with him. To gain experience, he was loaned out to Aboomoslem. He was part of the team that went to final of the Hazfi Cup with Aboomoslem.
There he was able to show his talents and after a solid season rejoined Esteghlal in the 2005–06 season. Jabbari was one of the most impressive players in the league that season and was considered by many to be the league MVP. He helped the team win the championship that season.
In 2006, he got injured and was not ready to play until the second half of 2006–07 season, in which he made a comeback in a 20-minute appearance vs. Saipa on January 27, 2007. He is back to the club's starting lineup for the 2007–08 season. He was a key player in Esteghlal's Hazfi Cup final victory Pegah scoring and assisting a goal in the 3–0 win on a day which he lost his father. He scored Esteghlal's first goal of the 2008–09 season in a 2–0 victory over former club Aboomoslem.
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