Rasoul Khatibi
Khatibi in 2016 as Machine Sazi manager
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rasoul Paki Khatibi | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1978 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tabriz, Iran | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Machine Sazi | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Tractor Sazi | |||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Pas | |||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Hamburger SV | 4 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2000 | → Esteghlal (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Pas | (16) | ||||||||||
| 2003 | → Esteghlal (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Sepahan | 67 | (32) | |||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Sharjah | (12) | ||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Emirates | 22 | (14) | |||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Dhafra | (2) | ||||||||||
| 2009 | Sepahan | 8 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Gostaresh | 36 | (16) | |||||||||
| 2010 | → Tractor Sazi (loan) | 11 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Machine Sazi | 3 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Gostaresh | 14 | (7) | |||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | Iran U23 | 4 | (3) | |||||||||
| 1998–2008 | Iran | 27 | (5) | |||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Machine Sazi (player-manager) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Gostaresh Foolad | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Tractor Sazi | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Siah Jamegan | |||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Machine Sazi | |||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Rasoul Khatibi (Persian: رسول خطیبی, born 22 September 1978) is an Iranian football retired player and coach who most recently managed Iran Pro League team Machine Sazi. He is the younger brother of Hossein Khatibi, who is also a football manager.
He began his professional football career, playing for his hometown club, Tractor Sazi, following footsteps of his brother, Hossein Khatibi. He was able to impress, and after scoring many goals for his club, he was transferred to Pas Tehran. He continued to play well, giving himself a chance to join Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga along with fellow Iranian internationals Mehdi Mahdavikia and Vahid Hashemian.
While playing in Hamburg, he only had a couple of appearances, and was not able to make good use of his chances. He soon returned to Iran, back to his old club, Pas. He then briefly played for Esteghlal in the Asian Champions League before signing for Sepahan. Sepahan was able to win the IPL championship in 2003 and Khatibi started showing his good form again. In the 2005–06 season, he was able to score ten goals, completing his impressive record in Sepahan with 32 goals in three seasons. His tally would have been higher if not for his poor chances to goals ratio. In June 2006, he signed a two-year contract with UAE club, Sharjah FC, after rejecting an offer from Spanish second division side CD Tenerife. In 2007, Khatibi signed a new contract with Emirates for $700,000 to join his Iranian team-mate Reza Enayati. The contract has a clause which states that if a European club offers Khatibi a contract, then the existing contract with Emirates Club will be canceled. He then joined Gostaresh Foolad as player-manager. He announced his retirement on 5 August 2013.
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