Alireza Jahanbakhsh | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Alireza Jahabankhash | |
Date of birth | October 8, 1993 | |
Place of birth | Jirandeh, Iran | |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
Playing position | Forward | |
Club information | ||
Current club | AZ Alkmaar | |
Number | 9 | |
Youth clubs | ||
2005-2007 2007-2008 2008-2010 |
Payam Alborz Qazvin Persian Qazvin SC Damash | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
2010-2011 2011-2013 2013-2015 2015- |
Damash Karaj SC Damash NEC Nijmegen AZ Alkmaar |
42 (10) 55 (17) 0 (0) | 12 (0)
National team | ||
2013- | Iran | 15 (1) |
Alireza Jahanbakhsh is an Iranian player who plays a winger or midfielder for the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar.
Club career
NEC Nijmegen
2013-2014
Jahanbakhsh reached a verbal agreement with NEC Nijmegen on 26 May 2013. He joined the club on 1 July 2013 officially. He made his debut against the club RKC Waalwijk in the Eredivisie.
Jahanbakhsh made two important goals for his club in the latest minutes of the match against Ajax to save NEC Nijmegen for automatic relegation. However the club relegated in the playoffs round.
He was voted as the runner-up greatest talent of the Eredivisie in the season 2013-2014.
2014-2015
This season Jahanbakhsh stayed at the club after relegating with NEC Nijmegen. He became a permanent spot in the team and has been very important in a lot matches with his goals so far. He helped the club by winning the first period title in the Eerste Divisie.
International career
Jahanbakhsh was called up first for the national team of Iran on 5 October 2013. He made his debut against Thailand and scored his first goal against this country in his second match. He was also called up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He played his first match on the World Cup against Nigeria after coming as a substitute.
Iran |
Iranian competitions · Iranian Coaches · Iranian players · Iranian Stadiums |
Iran – 2015 AFC Asian Cup |
1. Haghighi 2. Heydari 3. Hajsafi 4. Hosseini 5. Sadeghi 6. Nekounam (c) 7. Shojaei 8. Pouraliganji 9. Ebrahimi 10. Ansarifard 11. Ghafouri 12. Forouzan 13. Amiri 14. Teymourian 15. Rezaeian 16. Ghoochannejhad 17. Rafiei 18. Jahanbakhsh 19. Khanzadeh 20. Azmoun 21. Dejagah 22. Beiranvand 23. Pooladi Manager: Carlos Queiroz |