Ali Ghorbani
Ghorbani with Esteghlal in 2017
Personal information
Full name Ali Ghorbani
Date of birth (1990-09-18) 18 September 1990
Place of birth Savadkouh, Iran
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Foolad
Number 9
Youth career
2002–2004 Shohada-ye Zirab
2004–2006 Gheyrat Zirab
2006–2009 Parvin Ghaemshahr
2009–2011 Nassaji
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Nassaji 18 (3)
2011–2012 Gahar 23 (7)
2012–2013 Mes Sarcheshmeh 17 (3)
2013–2016 Naft Tehran 61 (16)
2016–2018 Esteghlal 55 (13)
2018–2019 Spartak Trnava 9 (2)
2019–2020 Sepahan 37 (4)
2020–2022 Sumgayit 42 (14)
2022– Foolad 12 (1)
International career‡
2020–2023 Azerbaijan 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2020

Ali Ghorbani (Azerbaijani: Əli Qurbani, Persian: علی قربانی; born 18 September 1990) is a professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Foolad in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Born in Iran, he plays for the Azerbaijan national team.

Club career

Ghorbani started his professional career with Nassaji. Later he joined Gahar and reunited with his former coach Davoud Mahabadi, helping them secure promotion to Iran Pro League with scoring 7 times in Azadegan League. After a successful season in Gahar, he joined Mes Sarcheshmeh. In July 2013, he joined Naft Tehran on a two-year contract.[2]

Esteghlal

Ghorbani joined Sepidrood in summer 2016.[3] He was coached by Alireza Mansourian at Naft Tehran and when Mansorian went to Esteghlal, Ghorbani was one of his new players.

Spartak Trnava

On 3 September 2018, Ghorbani joined Slovakian side Spartak Trnava on a two-year contract.[4]

Sepahan

In the summer of 2019, he joined Iranian Club Sepahan. After getting knocked out by former team Esteghlal on 10 August 2020, he and a few other club members were sacked by the club.

Sumgayit FK

On 14 August 2020, he signed a one year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League club Sumgayit FK.[5][6]

International career

Ali Ghorbani was born in the Mazandaran province of Iran and originally is a mazani from Kerdabad village in Savadkouh. On 2 October 2020, Ghorbani was called up Azerbaijan by Gianni De Biasi.[7]

He made his official debut for Azerbaijan on 10 October 2020, against Montenegro in a UEFA Nations League match.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 September 2019.[1]
Club Division Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nassaji Division 1 2010–11 18300––183
Gahar 2011–12 23731––268
Mes Sarcheshmeh 2012–13 17310––183
Naft Tehran Pro League 2013–14 24611––257
2014–15 1753131237
2015–16 2051010225
Total 611652417019
Esteghlal Pro League 2016–17 2863181398
2017–18 27752814010
Total 5513831627918
Spartak Trnava Fortuna liga 2018–19 923151174
Sepahan Pro League 2018–19 15200––152
2019–20 1822120223
Career total 2164822827426560
  • Assist Goals
SeasonTeamAssists
2016–17Esteghlal4
2017–186
2018–19Spartak Trnava5

International

Azerbaijan
YearAppsGoals
202020
Total20

Statistics accurate as of match played 10 October 2020

Honours

Esteghlal

Spartak Trnava

References

  1. 1 2 "A. Ghorbani".
  2. ↑ "فارس خبر می‌دهد فوتبالیست سوادکوهی به نفت تهران پیوست". farsnews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  3. ↑ "علی قربانی پنجمین خرید خیبر خرم آباد شد - ایسنا". www.isna.ir. 9 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "FC Spartak Trnava - Spartak získal ofenzívne duo a vystužil stred poľa" (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  5. ↑ ""Sumqayıt" FK Əli Qurbanini heyətinə cəlb edib". www.sfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sumgayit FK. 14 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "علی قربانی هم‌بازی پیمان بابایی در لیگ آذربایجان".
  7. ↑ "Millinin iki oyun üçün heyəti" (in Azerbaijani). AFFA. 2 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Montenegro-Azerbaijan | UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com.
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