Aref Gholami

Aref Gholami
Gholami in May 2022
Personal information
Full name Aref Gholami
Date of birth (1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Gorgan, Iran
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Center back / Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tractor
Number 4
Youth career
2010–2016 Sepahan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Sepahan 32 (0)
2018 Zob Ahan 7 (0)
2018–2019 Foolad 8 (0)
2019–2023 Esteghlal 75 (2)
2024 Velež Mostar 7 (0)
2024– Tractor 2 (0)
International career‡
2015–2017 Iran U20 7 (0)
2018–2021 Iran U23 4 (0)
2022– Iran 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2022

Aref Gholami (Persian: عارف غلامی; born 19 April 1997) is an Iranian footballer who plays as a center back for Velež Mostar in the Premier League BH.[1][2][3][4]

Club career

He made his first Persian Gulf Pro League debut on 1 December 2016 against Gostaresh Foolad.[5]

International career

On the 4th of October 2020, Dragan Skočić called him up to the national team for friendlies against Uzbekistan and Mali. He made his debut for iran on 24 March 2022 against Korea Republic.

Personal life

His older brother Ali Gholami is also a footballer.

career statistics

Club career

As of 24 May 2024
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2016–17 Sepahan Pro League 15 0 2 0 — — 17 0
2017–18 17 0 0 0 — — 17 0
2018–19 Zob Ahan 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Foolad 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
2019–20 Esteghlal 21 1 5 0 3 0 — 29 1
2020–21 20 0 3 0 5 0 — 28 0
2021–22 12 0 1 0 — — 13 0
2022–23 22 1 3 0 — 1 0 26 1
2023–24 Velež Mostar Premier League Bosnia 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Career total 129 2 14 0 8 0 1 0 152 2

International

As of match played 24 March 2022[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iran 2022 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Esteghlal

References

  1. ^ "انتخاب غیرمنتظره و عجیب مدافع استقلالی؛ عارف غلامی در لیگ بوسنی!" (in Persian). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ "عارف غلامی به لیگ بوسنی پیوست" (in Persian). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Aref Gholami profile in ffiri.ir". Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ^ FIFA.com
  5. ^ "Gostaresh Foolad - Sepahan match report". Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. ^ Aref Gholami at National-Football-Teams.com


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