Morteza Pouraliganji

Morteza Pouraliganji (born April 19, 1992) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Naft Tehran in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Pouraliganji represented Iran at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

Naft Tehran
Pouraliganji started his senior career with Naft Tehran in 2010. He scored his first professional goal in 2011 in a 4–1 win against Paykan.

Club Career Statistics

 * Assists

U17
Pouraliganji represented Iran U-17 in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

U23
In 2012 he broke in to coach Ali Reza Mansourian's squad and has been regular feature ever since. He named in Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.

Senior
After his performance in Asian Games in October 2014, Carlos Queiroz called Pouraliganji up for a training camp in Portugal. He played a friendly fixtures against Estroli and Benfica and was later called up for an international friendly against South Korea on 18 November 2014. He was called into Iran's 2015 AFC Asian Cup squad on 30 December 2014, making his debut in a friendly match against Iraq on 4 January 2015 which Iran won 1–0.

Pouraliganji was selected to start in Iran's opening match at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, a 2–0 win over Bahrain. His good performance in Iran's second match against Qatar earned him a place in the AFC Best 11 of Round 2. In the quarter-final match against Iraq, Pouraliganji scored his first goal for Iran as they drew 3–3 at Canberra Stadium and were eventually defeated 7–6 on a penalty shootout.

International goals

 * Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.