Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sajad Shahbazzadeh | ||
Date of birth | January 23, 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Ardabil, Iran | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Naft Tehran | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2009 | Zob Ahan Ardabil | ||
2009–2010 | Saipa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2014 | Saipa | 90 | (20) |
2014–2016 | Esteghlal | 56 | (19) |
2016–2017 | Alanyaspor | 4 | (1) |
2017– | Naft Tehran | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 December 2016. |
Sajjad Shahbazzadeh (Persian: سجاد شهباززاده, born 23 January 1990 in Ardabil, Iran) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Naft Tehran in the Iranian Persian Gulf Pro League.
As a native of Ardabil Shahbazzadeh started playing football as a child in Inter Campus of Ardabil, before moving to Zob Ahan Ardabil at the age of 14.
Shahbazzadeh had played his entire career at Saipa from 2010 until 2014. In his last season with Saipa he scored 9 goals in all competition which lead him to move to the league giant Esteghlal.
He signed with Esteghlal in summer 2014. He made his debut for Esteghlal in 2–1 win over Rah Ahan. Shahbazzadeh scored his first goal for Esteghlal in the next match, when he scored the only goal of the win over Esteghlal Khuzestan. In summer of 2016 Shahbazzadeh announced he wanted to leave Esteghlal for a European team, however Esteghlal refused to let the player leave as he was still under contract with the club. After weeks of negotiations on 20 July 2016 he was finally released from Esteghlal.
On 22 July 2016, he officially joined the recently promoted club in Turkish Süper Lig. On 20 August he made his debut in a 4-1 loss against Beşiktaş J.K. entering as a substitute for Jonathan Ayité. On 26 August he started his first match for the club against Antalyaspor which Alanyaspor won 2-1. During his second start for the club on December 25, 2016, he scored his first goal for the club against Turkish giants Galatasaray.