List of Persepolis F.C. players

Ali Parvin, pictured here, holds the records for most appearances with the club, with 341.[1]
Bashar Resan is the most capped foreigner in Persepolis history.

Persepolis Football Club is a professional association football club based in Tehran, Iran.

Persepolis was founded in 1963 by Ali Abdo and has been in the first division of Iranian football since 1968. The club has played at its home ground, Azadi Stadium, since 1973. They contest the Tehran Derby against rival team Esteghlal, a match that is closely followed by Iranian football fans and considered to be one of the popular clubs in Asia,.[2] According to the Asian Football Confederation, Persepolis is the most popular football club in Asia.[3][4][5] At the AFC Champions League, 11 of the top 20 matches by attendance were played by Persepolis. Persepolis has also broken the record of 100,000 attendees in four matches at the AFC Champions League. Persepolis has won a record sixteen Iranian league titles, as well as seven Hazfi Cups, five Super Cups and the 1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.[6] Many notable players have played for the club, including former Bundesliga players Ali Karimi, Ali Daei, Vahid Hashemian and Mehdi Mahdavikia. Ali Parvin, who spent 18 years with the club from 1970 to 1988, is widely regarded as the club's greatest player.

The list includes notable footballers who have played for Persepolis. Generally, this means players that have played at least 100 league matches for the club.

Key

  • The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
  • Appearances as a substitute are also included.
  • Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 27 February 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Positions key
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full-back DF Defender
HB Half-back MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Nationality
Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Iran Local League, Takht Jamshid Cup, Qods League, Azadegan League, Iran Pro League, Tehran Football League, Hazfi Cup, Tehran Hazfi Cup, AFC Champions League, Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and Iranian Super Cup.

World Cup Players

Olympic Players

UEFA Euro Cup Players

AFC Asian Cup Players

CONCACAF Gold Cup Players

Africa Cup of Nations Players

List of players

Notable players with at least 3 seasons (6 half-seasons) and players who have played at least 100 appearances in the club are listed according to the date of their first-team official debut for the club.

NatNamePositionPersepolis career
IranHamid JasemianDefender1968–69, 1970–72
IranAziz AsliGoalkeeper1968–71
IranHadi TavoosiGoalkeeper1968–69, 1970–74
IranHamid ShirzadeganForward1968–74
IranEbrahim AshtianiDefender1968–69, 1970–76
IranBüyük VatankhahDefender1968–69, 1970–74
IranNazem GanjapourForward1968–69, 1970–72
IranJafar KashaniDefender1968–69, 1970–75
IranHossein KalaniForward1968–69, 1970–75
IranFereydoun MoeiniMidfielder1968–69, 1970–76
IranAsghar AdibiMidfielder1968–80
IranReza VatankhahDefender1968–69, 1970–80
IranMahmoud KhordbinForward1969–80
IranHomayoun BehzadiForward1968–69, 1970–75
IranMehrab ShahrokhiDefender1970–75
IranAli ParvinMidfielder1970–88
IranSafar IranpakForward1970–80
IranEsmaeil Haj RahimipourMidfielder1970–78
IranIraj SoleimaniForward1971–75
IranMohammad Reza KhalatbariMidfielder1971–78
IranBahram MavaddatGoalkeeper1973–76
IranMohammad DastjerdiMidfielder1973–78
IranJavad AllahverdiDefender1974–81
IranYaghoub Fatemi MoghaddamDefender1974–79
IranAlireza AziziMidfielder1975–79
IranBijan ZolfagharnasabDefender1975–79
IranMohammad DadkanDefender1975–83
IranMohammad Reza ZadmehrForward1975–90
IranMohammad Mayeli KohanMidfielder1976–90
IranVazgen SafarianGoalkeeper1977–81
IranMohammad PanjaliDefender1977–87, 1989–94
IranHamid DerakhshanMidfielder1977–87, 1992–94
IranMajid SabziMidfielder1979–85
IranAbbas KargarMidfielder1979–88
IranKazem SeyedalikhaniDefender1979–89
IranZia ArabshahiMidfielder1979–90
IranVahid GhelichGoalkeeper1980–92
IranNasser NouraeiForward1981–84
IranNasser MohammadkhaniForward1981–86, 1989–94
IranBehrouz SoltaniGoalkeeper1981–89
IranGholamreza FathabadiForward1981–86
IranFariborz MoradiDefender1981–92
IranMorteza FonounizadehDefender1985–92
IranFarshad PiousForward1985–88, 1989–97
IranReza AbedianForward1985–90
IranRahim YousefiMidfielder1986–92
IranSaeid NaeimabadiDefender1987–93
IranMohammad Hassan AnsarifardMidfielder1987–92
IranNader MohammadkhaniDefender1987–88, 1990–91, 1998–2000
IranKarim BaviForward1987–91, 1992–93
IranMohsen AshouriMidfielder1987–92, 1993–97
IranMorteza Kermani MoghaddamMidfielder1987–89, 1991, 1995–96
IranHossein AbdiMidfielder1987–2000
IranJamshid ShahmohammadiForward1987–88, 1993–95
IranMojtaba MoharramiDefender1988–97
IranHassan ShirmohammadiMidfielder1989–92, 1994–95
IranMohammad KhakpourDefender1990–95
IranHamid EstiliMidfielder1992–94, 1998–2004
IranBehzad DadashzadehMidfielder1992–96
IranReza ShahroudiDefender1992–97, 1998–99, 2000–03
IranAfshin PeyrovaniDefender1993–96, 1997–2004
IranAhmad Reza AbedzadehGoalkeeper1994–2001
IranMajid Namjoo-MotlaghMidfielder1994–97
IranAli DaeiForward1994–96, 2003–04
IranBehrouz RahbarifarDefender1994–2003, 2004–06
IranAlireza EmamifarMidfielder1994–2000, 2003–05
IranNima NakisaGoalkeeper1994–96, 1997–99
IranReza TorabianMidfielder1995–97, 1998–99
IranNaeim SaadaviDefender1995–99
IranYahya GolmohammadiDefender1995–99, 2002–05
IranEsmaeil HalaliMidfielder1995–2002
IranMehrdad MinavandMidfielder1995–98, 2002–04
IranMehdi MahdavikiaMidfielder1995–99, 2012–13
IranKarim BagheriMidfielder1996–97, 2002–10
IranEdmond BezikForward1996–2001
IranMehdi HasheminasabDefender1997–2000
IranHamed KavianpourMidfielder1997–2002, 2003–06
IranDavoud FanaeiGoalkeeper1998–2003, 2004–06
IranAli AnsarianDefender1998–2003, 2004–06
IranAli KarimiMidfielder1998–2001, 2008–09, 2011–13
IranPayan RafatForward1999–2001, 2002–03
IranMohammad BarzegarDefender1999–2004
IranEbrahim AsadiMidfielder1999–2003, 2004–07
IranHassan KhanmohammadiDefender2000–2005
IranReza JabbariMidfielder2000–2005
IranSohrab EntezariForward2001–06
IranPejman JamshidiMidfielder2001–05
IranJavad KazemianForward2003–06, 2011–13
IranSheys RezaeiDefender2003–08, 2009–12
IranMehrdad OladiForward2003–06, 2007, 2011–12
IranPejman NouriMidfielder2005–09
IranMehrzad MadanchiForward2005–07, 2012–13
IranAlireza Vahedi NikbakhtForward2006–09
IranHossein BadamakiMidfielder2006–12
IranAlireza HaghighiGoalkeeper2006–12, 2013
IranSepehr HeydariDefender2007–11
IranMohsen KhaliliForward2007–10
IranHamidreza AliasgariMidfielder2007–12, 2013–15
IranMaziar ZareMidfielder2008–09, 2010–12
IranAlireza MohammadDefender2008–12
IranHadi Norouzi 1Forward2008–13, 2014–15
IranMohammad NouriMidfielder2010–15
IranGholamreza RezaeiForward2010–13
IranAlireza NourmohammadiDefender2010–16
IranHossein KanaanizadeganDefender2012–14, 2019–21, 2023–present
IranMohsen BengarDefender2012–16
IranJalal HosseiniDefender2012–14, 2016–22
IranHossein MahiniDefender2012–14, 2016–19
IranFarshad AhmadzadehMidfielder2012–13, 2015–18, 2019, 2024–25
IranOmid AlishahMidfielder2013–16, 2018–26
IranMohsen MosalmanMidfielder2013–14, 2015–18
IranMehdi TaremiForward2014–18
IranAhmad NourollahiMidfielder2014–16, 2017–21
IranAli AlipourForward2015–20, 2024–present
IranKamal KamyabiniaMidfielder2015–23
IranMohammad AnsariDefender2015–21
IranVahid AmiriMidfielder2016–18, 2019–25
IranAlireza BeiranvandGoalkeeper2016–20, 2022–24
IranSoroush RafieiMidfielder2017, 2019, 2022–26
IranShoja' KhalilzadehDefender2017–20
IranSiamak NematiMidfielder2017–23
IraqBashar ResanMidfielder2017–20
IranMehdi TorabiMidfielder2019–20, 2021–24
IranMehdi ShiriDefender2019–22
IranMehdi AbdiForward2019–23
IranFarshad FarajiDefender2020–25
IranIssa AlekasirForward2020–23, 2024–25
IranMilad SarlakMidfielder2020–23, 2024–26
IranAli NematiDefender2021–24
Georgia (country)Giorgi GvelesianiDefender2022–25
IranMorteza PouraliganjiDefender2022–26
IranSaeid SadeghiMidfielder2022–25
IranMohammad OmriMidfielder2021–23, 2025–present
IranMohammad KhodabandelouMidfielder2024–present
UzbekistanOston UrunovMidfielder2024–present

1 He died of heart attack in sleep at the age of 30. He was captain of Persepolis at the time. the club decided to retire the squad number 24 forever in memory of him.

List of foreign players

  • Bold players are/were National players.
As of 29 August 2026
# Name Nat Pos App Goal from Career to
1Billy McClureNew ZealandMF41England Liverpool1977New Zealand Mount Wellington
2Alan WhittleEnglandMF2814England Leyton Orient1977–78England Leyton Orient
3Issa TraoréMaliMF223Armenia FC Pyunik2003–04Iran PAS Tehran
4Saša IlićNorth MacedoniaGK270Russia Dynamo Saint Petersburg2003–04Iran Esteghlal Ahvaz
5Christopher WrehLiberiaFW00Scotland St Mirren2003England Bishop's Stortford
6Sambo ChojiNigeriaFW121Germany 1. FC Saarbrücken (loan)2004–05Germany 1. FC Saarbrücken (loan return)
7Ilče PereskiNorth MacedoniaDF140North Macedonia Karaorman2004–05Croatia NK Rovinj
8Jane NikolovskiNorth MacedoniaGK00North Macedonia Napredok2005Croatia Slaven Belupo
9Carlos RiveraPanamaDF00Colombia Independiente Medellín2005–06Panama San Francisco
10José Anthony TorresPanamaDF10Honduras Marathón2005Honduras Victoria
11Raphael EderehoNigeriaFW71Finland Kuopion Palloseura2005–06Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy
12Jacques Elong ElongCameroonMF370Cameroon Mount Cameroon2005–08Iran Sepahan
13Robert CahaCzech RepublicDF380Bulgaria CSKA Sofia2005–07Iran Shahin Bushehr
14Luay SalahIraqFW82Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya2006–07Iraq Arbil SC
15Zyad ChaaboSyriaFW113Syria Al-Jaish (loan)2007Syria Al-Jaish (loan return)
16Tarek JabbanSyriaDF60Syria Al-Jaish (loan)2007Syria Al-Jaish (loan return)
17Jorge GaonaParaguayMF20Paraguay Cerro Porteño2008Retired
18Mate DragičevićCroatiaFW123Australia Perth Glory2008Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda
19Ibrahima TouréSenegalFW3113Iran Paykan2008–09Iran Sepahan
20Ivan PetrovićSerbiaMF341Iran Aboomoslem2008–09Iran Shahin Bushehr
21Franck AtsouTogoMF120Iran Aboomoslem2008–09Iran Esteghlal Ahvaz
22Paulo Roberto do CarmoBrazilFW71Brazil CENE (loan)2008Brazil CENE (loan return)
23Shpejtim ArifiGermanyFW369Iran Payam Khorasan2009–11Iran Tractor Sazi Tabriz
24Tiago Alves FragaBrazilMF474Brazil Mixto2009–11Iran PAS Hamedan
25Wésley BrasiliaBrazilFW142Brazil Brasiliense2009–10South Korea Daejeon Citizen
26Hawar Mulla MohammedIraqFW236Cyprus Anorthosis2009–10Iraq Arbil SC
27Hervé Oussalé 1Burkina FasoFW00Belgium R.A.E.C. Mons2010Algeria MC Alger
28Sékou BerthéMaliDF70England Plymouth2010–11Retired
29Mamadou TallBurkina FasoDF120Portugal U.D. Leiria2011–12Burkina Faso Santos
30Éamon ZayedLibyaFW2112Northern Ireland Derry City2011–13Iran Aluminium Hormozgan
31Asmir Avdukić 2Bosnia and HerzegovinaGK70Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (loan)2012Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (loan return)
32Roberto Sousa3BrazilMF30Portugal Marítimo2012Portugal Leixões
33Nilson CorrêaBrazilGK730Portugal Vitória Guimarães2012–15Portugal Moreirense
34Kwon Jun4South KoreaMF00Indonesia PSM Makassar2013Indonesia Persepam Madura United
35Marko PerovićSerbiaMF162Serbia Red Star Belgrade2013Serbia OFK Beograd
36Vlatko GrozdanoskiNorth MacedoniaMF112China Liaoning Whowin2013North Macedonia FK Vardar
37Marko ŠćepanovićMontenegroMF10Montenegro Mladost Podgorica2013–14Montenegro Mladost Podgorica
38Michael UmañaCosta RicaDF510Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa2014–16Costa Rica Municipal Liberia
39TadeuBrazilFW51Brazil Náutico2015Brazil Boa Esporte
40Fernando GabrielBrazilMF130Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran2015Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly
41Luka MarićCroatiaDF210Poland Zawisza Bydgoszcz2015–16Romania Dinamo București
42Jerry BengtsonHondurasFW217United States New England Revolution2015–16Iran Zob Ahan
43Alexander LobanovUzbekistanGK80Uzbekistan Pakhtakor2016Uzbekistan Pakhtakor
44Anthony GolecAustraliaDF00Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol2016South Korea Bucheon
45Oleksiy PolyanskyiUkraineDF40Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk2016–17Retired
46Volodymyr PryyomovUkraineFW111Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv2016–17Ukraine Oleksandriya
47Božidar RadoševićCroatiaGK420Hungary Debreceni2016–22Croatia NK Varaždin
48Godwin MenshaNigeriaFW6314Iran Paykan2017–19Iran Esteghlal
49Bashar ResanIraqMF1035Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya2017–20Qatar Qatar SC
50Mario BudimirCroatiaFW182Croatia Dinamo Zagreb2019Croatia Lokomotiva[7]
51Júnior BrandãoBrazilFW60Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (loan)2019Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad (loan return)
52Christian OsaguonaNigeriaFW101South Korea Jeju United2020Iraq Al-Shorta
53Anthony StokesRepublic of IrelandFW30Turkey Adana Demirspor2020Scotland Livingston
54Vahdat HanonovTajikistanDF421Tajikistan Istiklol2021–24Iran Sepahan
55Manuchehr SafarovTajikistanDF50Tajikistan Istiklol2021–22Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
56Sherzod TemirovUzbekistanFW121Uzbekistan Pakhtakor2022Iran Paykan
57Giorgi GvelesianiGeorgia (country)DF10020Iran Sepahan2022–25Iran Sepahan
58Jürgen LocadiaCuraçaoFW96Germany VfL Bochum2022China Cangzhou Mighty Lions
59Cheick DiabatéMaliFW93Qatar Al-Gharafa2022–23Retired
60Leandro PereiraBrazilFW111Japan Gamba Osaka2023Japan Tochigi
61Nabil BahouiSwedenFW111Qatar Qatar SC2023–24Sweden Brommapojkarna
62Abdelkarim HassanQatarDF150Kuwait Al-Jahra2024Qatar Al-Wakrah
63Oston UrunovUzbekistanMF6315Uzbekistan Navbahor2024–present
64Ayoub El AmloudMoroccoDF251Morocco Wydad2024–25Bahrain Al-Khaldiya
65Alexis GuendouzAlgeriaGK370Algeria CR Belouizdad2024–25Algeria MC Alger
66Lucas JoãoAngolaFW151Qatar Umm Salal2024Turkey Ümraniyespor
67Serdar DursunTurkeyFW155Turkey Alanyaspor2025Turkey Kocaelispor
68Thievy BifoumaRepublic of the CongoFW182Iran Esteghlal Khuzestan2025–present
69Marko BakićMontenegroMF201Greece OFI Crete2025–present
70Serge AurierIvory CoastDF50Turkey Galatasaray2025Retired
71Igor SergeevUzbekistanFW84Uzbekistan Pakhtakor2026–present
72Dániel GeraHungaryDF60Hungary Diósgyőri VTK2026–present
  • 1 He is dignasosed with Hepatitis B and had to leave Persepolis.
  • 2 He only played 7 games in 2012 AFC Champions League.
  • 3 Roberto Sousa & The Club reached agreement to terminate the contract because long term injury.[8]
  • 4 Kwon injured his ankle ligament, went to Korea for Treatment But released from club.

Notes

A. ^ Hossein Kalani is top goal scorer of 1970–71 with 7 goals and 1971–72 with 11 goals.

B. ^ Safar Iranpak is top goal scorer of 1971–72 with 11 goals.

C. ^ Farshad Pious is top goal scorer of 1991–92 with 11 goals and 1994–95 with 20 goals.

D. ^ Ali Daei is top goal scorer of 2003–04 with 16 goals.

E. ^ Mohsen Khalili is top goal scorer of 2007–08 with 18 goals.

F. ^ Mehdi Taremi is top goal scorer of 2015–16 with 16 goals and 2016–17 with 18 goals.

G. ^ Ali Alipour is top goal scorer of 2017–18 with 19 goals.

References

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  2. ↑ FIFA.com (3 February 2010). "The battle of Tehran". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Poetry in motion – Asia's top ten clubs". ESPN. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "آشنایی با باشگاه پرسپولیس". Hamshahri. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008.
  5. ↑ "ترجمه مقاله به فارسی) مجله ورلد ساکر)". World Soccer Magazine, ISNA. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011.
  6. ↑ ":: وب سایت رسمی باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس". Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "سایت رسمی باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس (پیروزی) » با گرفتن تعهدنامه / قرارداد اوسال فسخ شد". Archived from the original on 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
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