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Ali Ghorbani
	Ghorbani with Esteghlal in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Ali Ghorbani
Date of birth	18 September 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Savadkouh, Iran
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Gol Gohar
Number	9
Youth career
2002–2004	Shohada-ye Zirab
2004–2006	Gheyrat Zirab
2006–2009	Parvin Ghaemshahr
2009–2011	Nassaji
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2011	Nassaji
2011–2012	Gahar Zagros
2012–2013	Mes Sarcheshmeh
2013–2016	Naft Tehran
2016–2018	Esteghlal
2018–2019	Spartak Trnava
2019–2020	Sepahan
2020–2022	Sumgayit
2022–2023	Foolad
2024	Paykan
2024–	Gol Gohar
International career‡
2020–2023	Azerbaijan
	*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 Gol Gohar 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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
Club	Division	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nassaji	Division 1	2010–11	18	3	0	0	–	–	18	3
Gahar		2011–12	23	7	3	1	–	–	26	8
Mes Sarcheshmeh		2012–13	17	3	1	0	–	–	18	3
Naft Tehran	Pro League	2013–14	24	6	1	1	–	–	25	7
		2014–15	17	5	3	1	3	1	23	7
		2015–16	20	5	1	0	1	0	22	5
	Total		61	16	5	2	4	1	70	19
Esteghlal	Pro League	2016–17	28	6	3	1	8	1	39	8
	Pro League	2017–18	27	7	5	2	8	1	40	10
	Total		55	13	8	3	16	2	79	18
Spartak Trnava	Fortuna liga	2018–19	9	2	3	1	5	1	17	4
Sepahan	Pro League	2018–19	15	2	0	0	–	–	15	2
	Pro League	2019–20	22	2	3	1	2	0	27	3
	Total		37	4	3	1	2	0	42	6
Sumgayit	Azerbaijani Premier League	2020-21	19	9	5	1	1	0	25	10
	Azerbaijani Premier League	2021-22	23	5	2	0	2	0	27	5
	Total		42	14	7	1	3	0	52	15
Foolad	Persian Gulf Pro League	2022-23	11	1	0	0	0	0	11	1
Paykan	Persian Gulf Pro League	2023-24	6	2	0	0	0	0	6	2
Career total			279	65	30	9	30	4	339	78