Mohammad Nouri (footballer)

Mohammad Nouri
Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Nouri
Date of birth	9 January 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Sonqor, Kermanshah, Iran
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Paykan
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2005	Homa
2005–2007	Sepahan
2007–2010	Saba Qom
2010–2015	Persepolis
2015–2016	Al-Mesaimeer
2016–2018	Tractor
2018–2020	Pars Jonoubi
2020–2021	Paykan
International career‡
2006	Iran U23
2008–2013	Iran
Medal record
Representing Iran
Asian Games
West Asian Football Federation Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2013

Mohammad Nouri (Persian: محمد نوری, born 9 January 1983) is an Iranian football midfielder who currently plays for Paykan.

Club career

Early career

He started his professional career with Homa in 2000. He played five years for the club before moving to Sepahan in the summer of 2005. He moved to Saba in summer 2007 and stayed for three seasons.

Persepolis

He moved to Persepolis in the summer of 2010 and was used as attacking midfielder. He was top scorer of Persepolis in 2010–11 season. He extended his contract with Persepolis for another three years on 12 May 2012, keeping him in the team till 2015.^[1] Before the start of 2013–14 season, he was named as the club's captain after the departure of Ali Karimi and retirement of Mehdi Mahdavikia.

Mesaimeer

Nouri joined newly promoted Qatari club Mesaimeer in July 2015 on a one-year contract.^[2]^[3]

Pars Jonoubi

On 13 January 2018, Nouri officially joined Pars Jonoubi Jam.^[4]

Club career statistics

As of 4 April 2019.

Club	Division	Season	League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
Club	Division	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sepahan	Pro League	2005–06	21	0	4	0	–	–	25	0
Sepahan		2006–07	25	6	3	0	6	2	34	8
Saba		2007–08	21	5	0	0	–	–	21	5
		2008–09	31	8	4	1	5	2	40	11
		2009–10	28	4	4	0	–	–	32	4
Persepolis		2010–11	31	9	6	4	6	0	43	13
		2011–12	30	8	3	1	7	0	40	9
		2012–13	28	5	5	5	–	–	33	10
		2013–14	24	0	3	0	–	–	27	0
		2014–15	25	5	4	2	7	3	36	10
Al-Mesaimeer	Qatar Stars League	2015–16	22	1	0	0	–	–	22	1
Tractor	Pro League	2016–17	18	1	2	0	0	0	20	1
Pars Jam		2017–18	10	2	0	0	–	–	16	2
		2018–19	26	4	0	0	–	–	15	4
		2019–20	28	8	0	0	–	–	17	8
Career totals			352	66	38	13	31	7	421	88

International career

Mohammad Nouri was a member of Iran national under-23 football team, participating in the 2006 Asian Games.

He made his debut for the senior national team in a friendly match against Ghana in June 2008. He was previously called up to join the national team in June 2007 for the 2007 Asian Cup, but did not make an appearance.

International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 August 2008	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Azerbaijan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	14 January 2009	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Singapore	5–0	6–0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3	14 January 2009	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Singapore	6–0	6–0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4	19 January 2011	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha	United Arab Emirates	2–0	3–0	2011 AFC Asian Cup