Reza Shekari

Reza Shekari
	Shekari with Rubin Kazan in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Reza Shekari Qezel Qayah
Date of birth	31 May 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Gol Gohar
Number	23
Youth career
–2015	Moghavemat Tehran
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2017	Zob Ahan
2017–2019	Rubin Kazan
2019–2021	Tractor
2021–	Gol Gohar
National team‡
2013–2014	Iran U17
2014–2017	Iran U20
2017–	Iran U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 May 2017

Reza Shekari Qezel Qayah (Persian: رضا شکاری قزلقيه; born May 31, 1998) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Iranian club Gol Gohar as a midfielder.

Club career

Zob Ahan

Shekari joined the Persian Gulf Pro League side Zob Ahan in summer 2015 when he signed a 3-year contract with this Isfahani side.^[1]^[2] He made his debut for Zob Ahan in 2nd fixtures of 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League against Sepahan while he substituted in for Mehdi Rajabzadeh.^[3] Shekari scored his first professional goal on 4 November 2015 in a 2–0 Hazfi Cup victory against Persepolis.

After a good season with Zob Ahan, Shekari joined Swiss club FC Basel on a one-week trial in May 2016.^[4]

Rubin Kazan

On 31 August 2017, he signed a contract with the Russian Premier League side FC Rubin Kazan, joining compatriot Sardar Azmoun at the club.^[5] Shekari was assigned to the U21 team. He made his Russian Premier League debut on 7 April 2018 in a game against FC Akhmat Grozny.^[6]

Tractor

On 9 July 2019, Iranian club Tractor confirmed that they officially signed Shekari.^{[citation needed]}

International career

U17

Shekari was part of Iran U17 during 2013 to 2014. He made 8 official appearances for Iran U17 and scored 5 times.^[7]

U20

He was invited to Iran U20 by Amir Hossein Peyrovani in 2014. He represented Iran in the AFC U19 Championships in which Iran reached the semi finals and qualified for the World Cup. Shekari scored three goals during the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

U23

In June 2015, he was invited to the Iran U23 training camp by Mohammad Khakpour.^[8]

Personal life

Reza was born in Tehran.^[9]

Career statistics

As of 1 June 2019

Club	Division	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Division	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zob Ahan	Persian Gulf Pro League	2015–16	11	0	1	1	1	0	13	1
	Persian Gulf Pro League	2016–17	7	0	1	1	0	0	8	1
	Total		18	0	2	2	1	0	21	2
Rubin Kazan	Russian Premier League	2017–18	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Russian Premier League	2018–19	3	0	1	0	—		4	0
	Total		5	0	1	0	—		6	0
Tractor	Persian Gulf Pro League	2019–20	15	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
Tractor	Total		15	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
Career total			38	0	4	2	1	0	43	2

International goals

Iran U23

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 July 2017	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	1–1	2–1	2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
2.	24 March 2019	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Yemen	1–0	3–0	2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
3.	12 January 2020	Tinsulanon Stadium, Songkhla, Thailand	South Korea	1–2	1–2	2020 AFC U-23 Championship

Honours

Zob Ahan

Hazfi Cup (1): 2015–16
Iranian Super Cup (1): 2016

Tractor

Hazfi Cup (1): 2019–20

References

^ "امضای قرارداد ذوب‌آهن با رضا شکاری". Mehr news agency.
^ "رضا شکاری هافبک تیم ملی فوتبال جوانان به ذوب آهن پیوست". Zob Ahan FC. Archived from the original on 2015-07-05.
^ "ZOB AHAN VS. SEPAHAN 0 - 1". Soccerway.
^ "90tv.ir - وبسایت رسمی برنامه ۹۰ - رضا شکاری جدیدترین لژیونر فوتبال ایران".
^ Состав «Рубина» пополнил полузащитник Реза Шекари (Reza Shekari joins Rubin) (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 31 August 2017.
^ "Rubin-Akhmat game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 April 2018.
^ "تیم ملی نوجوانان » رضا شکاری". FFIRI.
^ "دعوت ۴ بازیکن جدید به اردوی تیم ملی امید". 90tv.ir.
^ "برنامه نود؛ مصاحبه با رضا شکاری". Aparat from Varzesh3. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

External links

Reza Shekari at IranLeague.ir

[1] "امضای قرارداد ذوب‌آهن با رضا شکاری". Mehr news agency.

[2] "رضا شکاری هافبک تیم ملی فوتبال جوانان به ذوب آهن پیوست". Zob Ahan FC. Archived from the original on 2015-07-05.

[3] "ZOB AHAN VS. SEPAHAN 0 - 1". Soccerway.

[4] "90tv.ir - وبسایت رسمی برنامه ۹۰ - رضا شکاری جدیدترین لژیونر فوتبال ایران".

[5] Состав «Рубина» пополнил полузащитник Реза Шекари (Reza Shekari joins Rubin) (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 31 August 2017.

[6] "Rubin-Akhmat game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 April 2018.

[7] "تیم ملی نوجوانان » رضا شکاری". FFIRI.

[8] "دعوت ۴ بازیکن جدید به اردوی تیم ملی امید". 90tv.ir.

[9] "برنامه نود؛ مصاحبه با رضا شکاری". Aparat from Varzesh3. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

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