Morteza Pouraliganji
Pouraliganji with Al-Sadd in 2017
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 19 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Babol, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Center back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al Sadd | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Paykan Babol | ||
| 2007–2008 | PAS Tehran | ||
| 2008–2010 | Perspolis | ||
| 2010–2013 | Naft Tehran | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Naft Tehran | 73 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Tianjin Teda | 26 | (2) |
| 2016– | Al Sadd | 31 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Iran U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | Iran U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Iran U23 | 14 | (2) |
| 2015– | Iran | 18 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 April 2017 |
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Morteza Pouraliganji (Persian: مرتضی پورعلیگنجی, born April 19, 1992) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Al Sadd in the Qatar Stars League. Pouraliganji represented Iran at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
Pouraliganji started his senior career with Naft Tehran in 2010. He scored his first professional goal in 2011 in a 4–1 win against Paykan.
He joined Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda on 25 February 2015 with a one–year contract. He made his first appearance for the club on 8 April 2015 in a match against Henan Jianye. On 4 June 2015 Morteza scored his first goal for Tianjin in a 2–2 draw against Guangzhou Evergrande. Morteza left the club at the end of the season after he decided not to renew his contract.
On 8 January 2016 Pouraliganji rejected several offers from European and Chinese teams and accepted an offer from Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd. He stated playing with Xavi was one of the main reasons he accepted this offer. He signed a four-month contract on 20 January 2016 until the end of the season. He scored his first goal for his new club in February 2016 in a 3–1 victory against Al Arabi.
Pouralingaji decided to remain with Al Sadd for another season and he scored his first league goal of the 2016–17 season on 12 December 2016 in a 8–0 win against Umm Salal. He scored again in the following match day on 16 December 2016 in a 3–1 victory against Al-Sailiya SC.
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