Melika Mohammadi | |
Birth Date: | 28 March 2000 |
Birth Place: | Shiraz, Iran |
Death Place: | Bam, Iran |
Height: | 1.71 m |
Position: | Right back, centre back |
College1: | Emory University |
Clubs1: | Bam Khatoon F.C. |
Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
Nationalteam1: | Iran U19 |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2021–2023 |
Nationalteam2: | Iran |
Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Melika Mohammadi (Persian: ملیکا محمدی, 28 March 2000 – 24 December 2023) was an Iranian footballer who played as a right back or centre back for the Iran women's national team. She played for Bam Khatoon F.C. in the Kowsar Women Football League.
Mohammadi attended Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland and played college soccer for Emory University.[1]
Mohammadi capped for Iran at senior level during the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification.
Melika Mohammadi was born in Shiraz on 28 March 2000.[2] She died in a road accident at the entrance of Bam city on the morning of 24 December 2023 at the age of 23. Two of her teammates, Behnaz Taherkhani and Zahra Khajavi, were injured in the same accident and were hospitalized. The accident occurred when the Bam Khatoon players were returning from training.[3] [4]