Hadi Tabatabaei

Hadi Tabatabaei (, born on April 13, 1973, in Rasht) is a retired Iranian football goalkeeper.

Following Tabatabaei's retirement in 2006 he became a fully qualified coach and holds an Asian Football Confederation 'A' level coaching licence.

International career Tabatabaei debuted for Iran versus the Maldives on June 11, 1997,

Tabatabaei was a member for Iran national football team between 1997 and 2000, but after the injury right before the Asian Cup 2000 he was never called up for national team again. His most memorable games for the national team was a friendly match versus Denmark on October 10, 1999, in Copenhagen. Following that performance Iranian newspapers dubbed him the Lion of Copenhagen.