Ashkan Dejagah

Ashkan Dejagah
Dejagah training with Iran in 2018
Personal information
Full name Seyed Ashkan Dejagah[1]
Date of birth (1986-07-05) 5 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Youth career
0000–1999 Reinickendorfer Füchse
1999–2000 Tennis Borussia Berlin
2000–2004 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Hertha BSC II 72 (23)
2004–2007 Hertha BSC 26 (1)
2007–2012 VfL Wolfsburg 132 (18)
2012–2014 Fulham 43 (5)
2014–2017 Al Arabi 45 (8)
2017 VfL Wolfsburg 0 (0)
2017 VfL Wolfsburg II 2 (0)
2018 Nottingham Forest 1 (0)
2018–2021 Tractor 62 (10)
2021–2022 Al Shahania 14 (7)
2022–2023 Foolad 20 (1)
National team
2002–2003 Germany U17 10 (4)
2003–2004 Germany U18 4 (2)
2004 Germany U19 11 (3)
2004–2005 Germany U20 5 (2)
2005–2009 Germany U21 20 (4)
2012–2019 Iran 59 (11)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2009 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2023

Seyed Ashkan Dejagah (Persian: سید اشكان دژآگه, born 5 July 1986), known as Ashkan Dejagah, is an Iranian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[3][4][5]

He played for the Iranian national team from 2012 to 2019. He was part of the Iran squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played on 1 March 2021[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hertha BSC II 2003–04 Oberliga 16 2 — — — 16 2
2004–05 Regionalliga Nord 22 6 1 0 — — 23 6
2005–06 23 12 — — — 23 12
2006–07 11 3 — — — 11 3
Total 72 23 1 0 — — 73 23
Hertha BSC 2004–05 Bundesliga 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
2005–06 3 0 0 0 3[a] 0 — 6 0
2006–07 22 1 2 0 1[b] 0 — 25 1
Total 26 1 3 0 4 0 — 33 1
VfL Wolfsburg 2007–08 Bundesliga 31 8 5 1 — — 36 9
2008–09 27 3 4 1 7[a] 0 — 38 4
2009–10 24 1 1 0 8[c] 0 — 33 1
2010–11 23 3 0 0 — — 23 3
2011–12 26 3 1 0 — — 27 3
2012–13 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 132 18 11 2 15 0 — 158 20
Fulham 2012–13 Premier League 21 0 3 0 — 0 0 24 0
2013–14 22 5 2 1 — 1[d] 0 25 6
Total 43 5 5 1 — 1 0 49 6
Al-Arabi 2014–15 Qatar Stars League 24 5 0 0 — — 24 5
2015–16 21 3 0 0 — — 21 3
Total 45 8 0 0 — — 45 8
VfL Wolfsburg 2016–17 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — 2[e] 0 2 0
VfL Wolfsburg II 2016–17 Regionalliga Nord 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Nottingham Forest 2017–18 Championship 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Tractor 2018–19 Iran Pro League 24 6 1 0 — — 25 6
2019–20 24 2 5 3 — — 29 5
2020–21 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
Total 59 10 6 3 — 0 0 65 13
Career total 380 65 25 6 19 0 3 0 427 71
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Football League Cup
  5. ↑ Appearances in Bundesliga Relegation play-offs

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 10 September 2019.[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iran 2012 5 2
2013 5 2
2014 8 0
2015 13 2
2016 7 1
2017 6 1
2018 8 1
2019 7 2
Total 59 11
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dejagah goal.
Dejagah on Iranian international duty against Turkmenistan in 2015; he scored his sixth Iran goal in this match.
List of international goals scored by Ashkan Dejagah[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 February 2012 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran  Qatar 1–0 2–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 2–1
3 15 November 2013 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  Thailand 1–0 3–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4 19 November 2013 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon  Lebanon 2–0 4–1 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5 3 September 2015 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran  Guam 1–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 12 November 2015 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran  Turkmenistan 3–1 3–1  2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 10 November 2016 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia  Papua New Guinea 1–0 8–1 Friendly
8 9 November 2017 Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria  Panama 1–0 2–1 Friendly
9 28 May 2018 Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 1–2 1–2 Friendly
10 7 January 2019 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Yemen 2–0 5–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup
11 20 January 2019 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi] United Arab Emirates  Oman 2–0 2–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Honours

Dejagah celebrating with Mahir Sağlık and Zvjezdan Misimović after scoring a goal in the match against VfL Bochum, 24 August 2008

VfL Wolfsburg

Tractor

Germany U21

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/09/2012 and 30/09/2012" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "رسمی؛ بازگشت ستاره جذاب به لیگ برتر".
  4. ↑ "Ashkan Dejagah – Player Profile". premierskills.britishcouncil.org. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "German Jews Offended: Iranian-Born German Soccer Player Refuses to Play Israel". spiegel.de. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "A. Dejagah". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ashkan Dejagah » Club matches". World Football. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  9. ↑ Ashkan Dejagah at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ↑ Cite error: The named reference BundesligaChampions was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  11. ↑ Cite error: The named reference eurou21 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  12. ↑ "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.