Alireza Jahanbakhsh

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Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Personal information
Full name:	Alireza Jahabankhash
Date of birth:	8 October 1993 (1993-10-08)
Place of birth:	Jirandeh, Iran
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position:	Winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Heerenveen
Number:	TBA
Youth clubs
2005–2007 2007–2008 2008–2010	Payam Alborz Qazvin Persian Qazvin SC Damash
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2010–2011 2011–2013 2013–2015 2015–2018 2018–2021 2021–2024 2024–	Damash Karaj SC Damash NEC AZ Brighton & Hove Albion Feyenoord Heerenveen	012 00(0) 042 0(10) 055 0(17) 085 0(34) 050 00(2) 071 00(9) 00 00(0)
National team
2010–2013 2013–2015 2013–	Iran U20 Iran U21 Iran	088 0(17)

Alireza Jahanbakhsh Jirendeh (born 11 August 1993) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a right winger and attacking midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen and captains the Iran national team.

In 2014 Jahanbakhsh was voted the second greatest young talent of the 2013–14 Eredivisie season. In the 2017–18 Eredivisie season, Jahanbakhsh scored 21 league goals, making him the first Asian player to become top scorer in a major European league.

Internationally, Jahanbakhsh represented Iran at the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2022, and the AFC Asian Cup in 2015, 2019 and 2023. He also played for the nation at both the under-20 and under-21 levels.

Club career

NEC Nijmegen

2013-2014

Jahanbakhsh reached a verbal agreement with NEC Nijmegen on 26 May 2013. He joined the club on 1 July 2013 officially. He made his debut against the club RKC Waalwijk in the Eredivisie.

Jahanbakhsh made two important goals for his club in the latest minutes of the match against Ajax to save NEC Nijmegen for automatic relegation. However the club relegated in the playoffs round.

He was voted as the runner-up greatest talent of the Eredivisie in the season 2013-2014.

2014-2015

This season Jahanbakhsh stayed at the club after relegating with NEC Nijmegen. He became a permanent spot in the team and has been very important in a lot matches with his goals so far. He helped the club by winning the first period title in the Eerste Divisie.

International career

Jahanbakhsh was called up first for the national team of Iran on 5 October 2013. He made his debut against Thailand and scored his first goal against this country in his second match. He was also called up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He played his first match on the World Cup against Nigeria after coming as a substitute.

Honours

Club

NEC

• Eerste Divisie: 2014–15

AZ

• KNVB Cup runner-up: 2016–17, 2017–18

Feyenoord

• Eredivisie: 2022–23
• KNVB Cup: 2023–24
• UEFA Europa Conference League runner-up: 2021–22

Iran U20

• AFF U-19 Youth Championship: 2012

Iran

• CAFA Nations Cup: 2023
• Jordan International Tournament: 2023

Individual

• AFF U-19 Youth Championship Top goalscorer: 2012
• AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2023
• Eerste Divisie First Period Player of the Season: 2014–15
• Eerste Divisie Best Player of the Season (Gouden Stier): 2014–15
• Eredivisie top scorer: 2017–18 (21 goals)
• Premier League Goal of the Month: January 2020
• Feyenoord Goal of Season: 2021–22

Iran – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Ahmadi 2. Heydari 3. Hajsafi 4. Hosseini 5. Sadeghi 6. Nekounam (c) 7. Shojaei 8. R. Haghighi 9. Jahanbakhsh 10. Ansarifard 11. Haddadifar 12. A. Haghighi 13. Mahini 14. Teymourian 15. Montazeri 16. Ghoochannejhad 17. Alenemeh 18. Rahmani 19. Beikzadeh 20. Beitashour 21. Dejagah 22. Davari 23. Pouladi Manager:   Carlos Queiroz

Iran – 2015 AFC Asian Cup

1. Haghighi 2. Heydari 3. Hajsafi 4. Hosseini 5. Sadeghi 6. Nekounam (c) 7. Shojaei 8. Pouraliganji 9. Ebrahimi 10. Ansarifard 11. Ghafouri 12. Forouzan 13. Amiri 14. Teymourian 15. Rezaeian 16. Ghoochannejhad 17. Rafiei 18. Jahanbakhsh 19. Khanzadeh 20. Azmoun 21. Dejagah 22. Beiranvand 23. Pooladi Manager:   Carlos Queiroz

Iran – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Beiranvand 2. Torabi 3. Hajsafi 4. Cheshmi 5. Mohammadi 6. Ezatolahi 7. Shojaei (c) 8. Pouraliganji 9. Ebrahimi 10. Ansarifard 11. Amiri 12. Mazaheri 13. Khanzadeh 14. Ghoddos 15. Montazeri 16. Ghoochannejhad 17. Taremi 18. Jahanbakhsh 19. Hosseini 20. Azmoun 21. Dejagah 22. Abedzadeh 23. Rezaeian Manager:   Carlos Queiroz

Iran – 2019 AFC Asian Cup

1. Beiranvand 2. Ghafouri 3. Hajsafi 4. Cheshmi 5. Mohammadi 6. Nourollahi 7. Shojaei (c) 8. Pouraliganji 9. Ebrahimi 10. Ansarifard 11. Amiri 12. Abedzadeh 13. Kanaanizadegan 14. Ghoddos 15. Montazeri 16. Torabi 17. Taremi 18. Jahanbakhsh 19. Hosseini 20. Azmoun 21. Dejagah 22. Niazmand 23. Rezaeian Manager:   Carlos Queiroz

Iran – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Beiranvand 2. Moharrami 3. Hajsafi (c) 4. Khalilzadeh 5. Mohammadi 6. Ezatolahi 7. Jahanbakhsh 8. Pouraliganji 9. Taremi 10. Ansarifard 11. Amiri 12. Niazmand 13. Kanaanizadegan 14. Ghoddos 15. Cheshmi 16. Torabi 17. Gholizadeh 18. Karimi 19. M. Hosseini 20. Azmoun 21. Nourollahi 22. Abedzadeh 23. Rezaeian 24. H. Hosseini 25. Jalali Manager:   Carlos Queiroz

Iran – 2023 AFC Asian Cup –

1. Beiranvand 2. Moharrami 3. Hajsafi (c) 4. Khalilzadeh 5. Mohammadi 6. Ezatolahi 7. Jahanbakhsh 8. Ebrahimi 9. Taremi 10. Ansarifard 11. Asadi 12. Niazmand 13. Kanaanizadegan 14. Ghoddos 15. Cheshmi 16. Torabi 17. Gholizadeh 18. Ghayedi 19. M. Hosseini 20. Azmoun 21. Mohebi 22. H. Hosseini 23. Rezaeian 24. Yousefi 25. Fallah 26. Moghanlou Manager:   Amir Ghalenoei