Soroush Rafiei

Soroush Rafiei (Persian: سروش رفیعی) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Persian Gulf Pro League club Sepahan and the Iran national team.

Soroush Rafiei
Personal information
Full name Soroush Rafiei Telgary
Date of birth (1990-03-24) 24 March 1990
Place of birth Tal-e Gar, Shiraz, Iran
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sepahan
Number 73
Youth career
2005–2009 Fajr Sepasi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Fajr Sepasi 40 (10)
2011–2017 Foolad 92 (14)
2015–2017 → Tractor (loan) 51 (5)
2017 Persepolis 21 (4)
2017–2018 Al-Khor 19 (5)
2018–2019 Persepolis 20 (1)
2018 → Foolad (loan) 14 (0)
2019–2020 Shahr Khodro 15 (0)
2020– Sepahan 50 (6)
National team‡
2014– Iran 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 January 2015

Club career

He started his career with Fajr Sepasi and helped them to promote to the 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup. Later he joined Foolad.

Foolad

Rafiei, 28, was a member of Foolad football team from 2011 to 2017 and helped the Ahvaz-based football team win Iran Professional League (IPL) title in 2014.

Tractor

In the summer of 2015 Rafiei signed a two–year contract with Tractor to spend his conscription period at the club.

Persepolis

On 9 January 2017, Rafiei signed a 6-month contract with Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis. He was given the number 7, which had previously been retired in honor of club legend Ali Parvin. He scored a goal against Esteghlal in 84th Tehran Derby. Rafiee returned to Persepolis for 2018–19 but due to fifa ban, he loaned to Foolad till winter.

Al-Khor

Before start of 2017–18 season, Rafiee joined the Qatari Al-Khor football team for one year, and wore number 7 in the team. At the end of the season, Al-Khor picked up an alternate player for Rafiei and did not renew his contract with the club.

Career statistics

Club
As of 11 February 2020
Club Division Season League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fajr Sepasi Pro League 2009–10 20500––205
Division 1 2010–11 20500––205
Total 401000004010
Foolad Pro League 2011–12 19111––202
2012–13 16100––161
2013–14 2932180394
2014–15 1571010177
2018–19 6 0 0 0 – – 6 0
Total 851242909814
Tractor Pro League 2015–16 2542070344
2016–17 14130––171
Total 3955070515
Persepolis Pro League 2016–17 1430071214
Al-Khor Qatar Stars League 2017–18 19500––195
Persepolis Pro League 2018–19 1213050201
Shahr Khodro 2019–20 1001000110
Sepahan 1120061172
2020–21 27 2 0 0 – – 27 2
2021–22 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Career total 2554013234230244

International career
Rafiei and Andranik Teymourian in Iran national football team training

He was called up to the Iran national football team in October 2014 by Carlos Queiroz. He made his debut in a match against South Korea on 18 November 2014. He was called into Iran's 2015 AFC Asian Cup squad on 30 December 2014 by Carlos Queiroz.[1] In May 2018 he was named in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia[2] but did not make the final 23.[3]

Honours
Foolad
Persepolis

Individual

References
  1. "Queiroz Names Team Melli Squad". afcasiancup.com. 30 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".
  3. "Carlos Queiroz Names Provisional Iran Squad for FIFA World Cup 2018". IFPNews.com.
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