Mohsen Mosalman

Mohsen Mosalman (Persian: محسن مسلمان‎, born 27 January 1991) is an Iranian football player who plays for Saipa in the Persian Gulf Pro League. He is also a member of the Iran national football team and was the captain of the Iran national under-23 football team. A play making midfielder, he is known for his passing and technical skills on the ball. He also holds the record for being the youngest scorer in the Iran Pro League.

Mohsen Mosalman

Personal information
Full name	Mohsen Mosalman
Date of birth	27 January 1991
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Saipa
Number	55
Youth career
2006–2010	Zob Ahan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2015	Zob Ahan	125	(15)
2010–2012	→ Malavan (loan)	56	(8)
2013–2014	→ Persepolis (loan)	12	(2)
2015	→ Foolad (loan)	11	(2)
2015–2018	Persepolis	72	(3)
2018	Zob Ahan	12	(3)
2019–2020	Sepahan	7	(0)
2020–	Saipa	8	(1)
National team^‡
2004–2005	Iran U15[1]
2007–2008	Iran U20	5	(0)
2010–2014	Iran U23	18	(3)
2011–2014	Iran	4[2]	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 September 2014

Club career

Zob Ahan

He made his debut in the 2007–08 season in a match against Bargh Shiraz, in which he scored his first goal. This makes him the youngest player in Iran's Premier Football League when he was only 16 years old and his immense goalscoring capability. He scored another goal, against Persepolis in Azadi Stadium and became the youngest player that have scored to Persepolis. He was one of the most promising young players in the season and continued his good performances in 2008–09 season for Zob Ahan. In 2009–10 season, he was not a starting line up player.

Loan to Malavan

In 2010–11 season, he was loaned to Malavan to end his conscription career. He was one of the started players for Malavan in the season with his assists.

Return to Zob Ahan

After spend two years at Malavan as loan, he returned to Zob Ahan at the end of the 2011–12 season. He rejected bids from Persepolis and Sepahan in favor of Zob Ahan stay. He joined ZOBAHAN F.C on june 7th / 2018 again after leaving Perspolis.[3]

Loan to Persepolis

He joined Persepolis on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season on 18 November 2013.[4] [5] He made his debut in a match against Tractor Sazi which Persepolis defeated 0–1. Two weeks later, he scored his first goal for Persepolis in a 6–0 away victory over Mes Kerman.

Persepolis

In the summer of 2015 Persepolis paid a fee of €80 000 euros to Zob Ahan and signed Mosalman on a 2–year contract. Mosalman scored his first Persepolis goal in the Tehran derby in a historic 4–2 victory against Esteghlal. He scored his first Asian goal on 21 February 2017 in a 1–1 draw against Saudi club Al Hilal in a group stage match.

International career

Under-22

He was called up by Ali Reza Mansourian to participate in the team's training camp in Italy. He captained the Iran national under-23 football team. He was named in the Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.[6]

Senior

On 3 October 2011, he was called up to the Iran national team by Carlos Queiroz.[7] Two days later, he made his debut for Iran against Palestine.[8]

Statistics

Club career statistics

As of 29 December 2018

Club	Season	League			Hazfi Cup		Asia		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zob Ahan	2007–08	Persian Gulf Pro League	26	5	2	0	–	–	–	–	28	5
	2008–09		19	1	3	0	–	–	–	–	22	1
	2009–10		25	2	4	0	6	0	–	–	35	2
	2012–13		32	4	3	0	–	–	–	–	35	4
	2013–14		12	1	1	0	–	–	–	–	13	1
	2014–15		11	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	11	2
	2018–19		12	3	1	0	0	0	–	–	13	3
	Total		137	18	14	0	6	0	–	–	157	18
Malavan (loan)	2010–11	Persian Gulf Pro League	25	1	4	0	–	–	–	–	29	1
	2011–12		31	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	32	2
	Total		56	3	5	0	–	–	–	–	61	3
Persepolis	2013–14 (loan)	Persian Gulf Pro League	12	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	13	2
	2015–16		23	1	3	0	–	–	–	–	26	1
	2016–17		27	2	1	0	8	1	–	–	36	3
	2017–18		21	0	1	0	5	0	1	1	28	1
	Total		83	5	6	0	13	1	1	1	103	7
Foolad (loan)	2014–15	Persian Gulf Pro League	13	0	0	0	5	0	–	–	18	0
	Total		13	0	0	0	5	0	–	–	18	0
Sepahan	2018–19	Iran Pro League	5	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	5	0
	2019–20		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			296	26	25	0	24	1	1	1	346	28

• Assist Goals

Season	Team	Assists
09–10	Zob Ahan	1
10–11	Malavan	2
11–12		8
12–13	Zob Ahan	3
13–14		2
	Persepolis	2
14–15	Zob Ahan	2
15–16	Persepolis	4
16–17		9
17–18		10
18–19	Zob Ahan	0

International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	22 May 2013	Muscat, Oman	Oman	1–3	1–3	Friendly

Honours

Zob Ahan

• Persian Gulf Pro League runner-up: 2008–09, 2009–10
• Hazfi Cup: 2008–09
• AFC Champions League runner-up: 2010 With Zob Ahan

Persepolis

• Persian Gulf Pro League (2): 2016–17, 2017–18, runner-up: 2013–14, 2015–16
• Iranian Super Cup: 2017
• AFC Champions League runner-up: 2018

References

1. Mohsen Mosalman at Navad
2. http://90tv.ir/video/414305/گفتگو-با-محسن-مسلمان-نود-13-شهریور
3. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1528726/مسلمان-به-ذوب-آهن-پیوست
4. "Mohsen Mosalman joined Persepolis and Khanzadeh & Gharibi Loan Zob Ahan". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02.
5. "Mohsen Mosalman joined Persepolis". Archived from the original on 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
6. "بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد". ffiri.ir. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
7. Mosalman call for national team
8. play Mosalman in National Team

External links

• Persian League Profile
• Mohsen Mosalman on Instagram
• Mohsen Mosalman at Soccerway
• Mohsen Mosalman – FIFA competition record
• Mohsen Mosalman at ESPN FC
• Mohsen Mosalman at FOXSPORTS
• Mohsen Mosalman at FFIRI
• Mohsen Mosalman at EuroSport