Mehdi Rajabzadeh

Mehdi Rajabzadeh (; born 21 June 1978) is an Iranian football manager and former player who manages Pars Jonoubi Jam in Azadegan League. A midfielder, he is the second-top scorer in the history of the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Club career Rajabzadeh started his career at Fajr Sepasi where he impressed enough to be transferred to Zob Ahan in 2003. During the 2006–07 season Rajabzadeh became the top goalscorer by scoring 17 goals. He is one of the top all time IPL goalscorers.

Rajabzadeh is the second-top scorer in the history of this competition after Gholamreza Enayati, scoring 116 goals with the shirts of Fajr Sepasi Shiraz, Zobahan Isfahan and Mes Kerman in the Premier League.

International career Rajabzadeh made his debut for Iran against Qatar in February 2004. In October 2006, he joined Team Melli in an LG cup tournament held in Jordan. He scored his first goal for Iran on October 4, 2006 in a match against Iraq.

As of February 2008, he had 17 caps and 4 goals for Iran.

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International

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 4 October 2006 Amman International Stadium, Amman 1–0 2–0 Friendly 2 12 January 2007 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 1–0 2–0 Friendly 3 20 June 2007 Amman International Stadium, Amman 2–0 2–0 WAFF 2007 4 22 June 2007 Amman International Stadium, Amman 1–0 1–0 WAFF 2007

Honours Fajr Sepasi Hazfi Cup: 2000–01; runner-up 2001–02, 2002–03

Zob Ahan AFC Champions League runner-up: 2010 Iran Pro League runner-up: 2004–05 Hazfi Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16 Iranian Super Cup: 2016

Iran WAFF Championship: 2007 LG Cup: 2006

Individual Iran Pro League top goalscorer: 2006–07 (17 goals) Top scorer in Iran Pro League (116 goals)