List of Esteghlal F.C. players explained

This is a list of players who have played for Esteghlal Football Club.

Key

• The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
• Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 14 February 2021. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
• Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Esteghlal.

World Cup Players

1978 FIFA World Cup

• Iraj Danaeifard
• Andranik Eskandarian
• Hassan Nazari
• Hassan Rowshan

1998 FIFA World Cup

• Parviz Boroumand
• Alireza Mansourian
• Mehdi Pashazadeh
• Javad Zarincheh

2006 FIFA World Cup

• Reza Enayati
• Amir Hossein Sadeghi
• Vahid Talebloo

2014 FIFA World Cup

• Khosro Heydari
• Amir Hossein Sadeghi
• Andranik Teymourian
• Hashem Beikzadeh

2018 FIFA World Cup

• Rouzbeh Cheshmi
• Omid Ebrahimi
• Pejman Montazeri
• Majid Hosseini

2022 FIFA World Cup

• Hossein Hosseini
• Rouzbeh Cheshmi
• Abolfazl Jalali

Olympic Players

1972 Summer Olympics

• Ali Jabbari
• Mansour Rashidi
• Javad Ghorab
• Javad Allahverdi

1976 Summer Olympics

• Mansour Rashidi
• Hassan Nazari
• Andranik Eskandarian
• Hassan Rowshan
• Nasser Hejazi

List of players

List of Esteghlal F.C players with 100 or more appearances^[1]

Name	Pos	Club career	Appearances	Goals
Ali Jabbari	Midfielder	1965–1975	183	92
Karo Haghverdian	Midfielder	1968–1976	176	8
Nasser Hejazi	Goalkeeper	1968–19751980–1986	152	0
Ezatollah Janmaleki	Defender	1968–1976	166	3
Mansour Pourheidari	Defender	1968–1975	141	2
Javad Ghorab	Midfielder	1969–1976	144	23
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi	Forward	1969–1975	140	81
Akbar Kargarjam	Defender	1969–1976	160	1
Masoud Mojdehi	Forward	1970–1977	136	37
Abbas Nouvinrozegar	Midfielder	1972–1977	110	5
Hassan Rowshan	Forward	1972–19781982–1983	130	32
Parviz Mazloumi	Forward	1973–19751978–1988	144	65
Hadi Naraghi	Forward	1973–1979	110	31
Saeid Maragehchian	Midfielder	1975–1986	152	4
Asghar Hajiloo	Defender	1976–1988	134	3
Reza Naalchegar	Midfielder	1977–19841986–19871990–1991	108	10
Shahin Bayani	Defender	1978–19861989–1994	175	1
Shahrokh Bayani	Midfielder	1978–19851989–1993	141	26
Reza Ahadi	Midfielder	1981–19861987–1992	10	12
Abdolali Changiz	Forward	1981–19861990–1992	129	47
Jafar Mokhtarifar	Forward	1983–19871989–1991	125	31
Majid Namjoo-Motlagh	Midfielder	1984–19901991–1992	100	15
Sadegh Varmazyar	Defender	1984–1997	271	16
Javad Zarincheh	Defender	1987–19911993–2003	305	2
Farshad Falahatzadeh	Defender	1988–1991	147	2
Reza Hassanzadeh	Defender	1988–19951996–2000	214	17
Abbas Sarkhab	Forward	1988–1996	141	41
Amir Ghalenoei	Midfielder	1989–1997	156	25
Samad Marfavi	Forward	1989–19931996–1998	169	79
Hamid Babazadeh	Goalkeeper	1990–1997	105	0
Iman Alami	Midfielder	1991–1996	111	14
Mahmoud Fekri	Defender	1992–19961998–2007	345	22
Mehdi Pashazadeh	Defender	1992–19982000–2003	182	12
Mohammadreza Mehranpour	Midfielder	1993–1998	110	12
Mohammad Nouri	Defender	1993–1998	107	2
Mohammad Taghavi	Defender	1993–2000	121	4
Mohammad Khorramgah	Defender	1994–2003	155	1
Alireza Mansourian	Midfielder	1995–19961997–19982002–2008	226	24
Alireza Akbarpour	Forward	1996–2006	219	33
Farhad Majidi	Forward	1997–19992007–20112012–2013	256	94
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	Defender	1998–20002001–2003	115	3
Sirous Dinmohammadi	Midfielder	1998–19992000–2003	132	24
Mohammad Navazi	Midfielder	1998–20042006–2008	191	29
Ahmad Momenzadeh	Forward	1999–2003	102	16
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	Midfielder	1999–20062013–2014	199	33
Pirouz Ghorbani	Defender	2000–2009	195	13
Farzad Majidi	Midfielder	2000–2007	173	22
Ali Samereh	Forward	2000–2005	105	42
Yadollah Akbari	Midfielder	2001–20042008–2009	125	18
Amir Hossein Sadeghi	Defender	2002–20082009–20112012–2015	316	16
Reza Enayati	Forward	2003–20062009–20102014–2015	120	64
Vahid Talebloo	Goalkeeper	2003–20112015–2016	191	0
Siavash Akbarpour	Forward	2004–20072008–20102012–2014	212	46
Mehdi Amirabadi	Defender	2004–2012	202	5
Hossein Kazemi	Midfielder	2004–20072008–2010	146	18
Mojtaba Jabbari	Midfielder	2005–20132017	177	33
Mehdi Rahmati	Goalkeeper	2005–20072011–20142015–2019	265	0
Mohsen Yousefi	Midfielder	2006–20082009–2012	110	8
Arash Borhani	Forward	2007–2016	292	107
Pejman Montazeri	Defender	2007–20142017–2019	318	17
Hashem Beikzadeh	Defender	2008–20102012–2015	127	4
Khosro Heydari	Midfielder	2008–20102011–2019	304	8
Hanif Omranzadeh	Defender	2008–2016	220	22
Omid Ebrahimi	Midfielder	2014–2018	134	30
Rouzbeh Cheshmi	Defender	2015–2020	119	5
Farshid Esmaeili	Midfielder	2015–2021	142	16
Farshid Bagheri	Midfielder	2016–2021	103	6
Vouria Ghafouri	Defender	2016–2022	121	18

List of goalscorers

Name		Position	Esteghlal career	Goals	Notes
		Second striker	2004–2007,2008–2010,2012–2014	46
		Midfielder	1998-2006	22	Retired
		Forward	1998-1999,2000-2003	22	Retired
		Forward	1999–2003	17
		Forward	2006-2009	10
		Midfielder	2002–2008	9	Retired
		Right back	2004–2012	5
		Defender	2006–2007	4	Retired
		Forward	2008-2009	4
		Midfielder	2010-2011	4
		Centre forward	1998-2000	13	Retired
		Striker	2000–2005	41
		Midfielder	1999–2006,2013–2014	31
		Defender	2003–2008,2009–2011,2012–2015	14
		Forward	2007–2016	107
		Midfielder	1999-2002	4	Retired
		Forward	1998-2000,2007–2013	89	Retired
		Centre forward	2003–2006,2009-2010	59
		Attacking midfielder	2005–2013	32
		Right midfielder	1998-2004,2006-2008	30	Retired
		Centre forward	2001–2004	27
		Midfielder	1998-1999,2000–2003	24	Retired
		Midfielder	2000–2007	22	Retired
		Striker	2009-2011	20
		Defensive midfielder	2004–2007,2008–2010	18
		Midfielder	2001-2004,2008-2009	18	Retired
		Striker,Winger	2010–2013	17
		Defender	2008–2016	19
		Defender	2000–2003	14	Retired
		Defender	2007–2013	15
		Defender	2001-2009	14
		Defender	1998-2007	14	Retired
		Midfielder	2012–2014	12
		Forward	1998-2000,2004–2005	11	Retired
		Forward	2013–2014	2
		Striker	2013	10
		Striker	2012	9
		Defender,Midfielder	2011–2014	10
		Midfielder	1998-2001	9	Retired
		Midfielder	2006-2008,2009-2012	8
		Midfielder	2008-2010,2012-2013	8	Retired
		Attacking midfielder	2004–2007,2012–2013	8
		Forward,Winger	2010-2012	7
		Midfielder	1999-2001,2002–2004	7
		Midfielder	2007-2011	7	Retired
		Right-back,Right-midfielder	2008–2010,2011–2019	8
		Right winger	2000–2002,2004-2005	6
		Midfielder	2007-2009	5
		Forward	1999-2001	5
		Midfielder	2011-2012	5
		Defender	2008-2011	5
		Side midfielder	2012	4
		Striker	2013–2015	16
		Midfielder	2000–2002	4
		Midfielder	2001–2002,2003-2004	4
		Midfielder	2011–2012,2013–present	3
		Midfielder	2012–2013	3
		Center midfielder	2008–2010	3
		Forward	2000–2001	3	Retired
		Forward	1998-1999	3	Retired
		Striker	2006-2007	3
		Midfielder	2009–2010	2
		Forward	2013	2
		Defender	2001–2003	2	Retired
		Defender	2011–2022	2
		Forward	2003–2004	2
		Forward	1998-1999	2
		Midfielder	2005–2007	2	Retired
		Midfielder	2012–2013	2
		Striker	2007-2009	2	Retired
		Defender	1998–1999,2001-2003	3
		Left back,Midfielder	2008–2010,2012–present	3
		Defender	2004–2007	2
		Forward	2012-2013	1
		Forward	1998-1999	1	Retired
		Defensive midfielder	2012-2013	1
		Forward	2003	1	Retired
		Forward	2013–2014	1
		Midfielder	2011	1
		Defender	2012–2013	1
		?	1999-2000	1	Retired
		Midfielder,Left back	2007–2009	1
		Defensive midfielder	2007-2008	1
		Forward	2007-2008	1
		Midfielder	2007–2008	1
		Midfielder	2004–2006	1
		Forward	2006–2007	1	Retired
		Defender	2003–2008	1	Retired
		Midfielder	2003–2004	1	Retired
		Striker	2009–2012	1
		Defender	1999-2000	1	Retired
		Defender	1999-2002	1	Retired
		Defender	2000-2001	1	Retired
		Right back	2011-2013	1
		Left back	2011-2012	1
		Midfielder	1998-2000	1	Retired
		?	1998-1999	1	Retired
		Defender	1998-1999	1	Retired

Notes and References

1. Web site: رکوردداران بازی در استقلال چه کسانی هستند- اخبار خواندنی - اخبار رسانه ها تسنیم Tasnim. 2021-02-14. خبرگزاری تسنیم Tasnim. fa.