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	Forward
Club information
Current club	Feyenoord
Number	7
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–	Damash Karaj SC Damash NEC AZ Brighton & Hove Albion Feyenoord	012 00(0) 042 0(10) 055 0(17) 085 0(34) 050 00(2) 033 00(4)
National team
2013–	Iran	063 00(13)

Alireza Jahanbakhsh Jirandeh (born 11 August 1993) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a winger and attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Feyenoord and the Iranian national team. He represented Iran at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2015 AFC Asian Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Jahanbakhsh also represented Iran at the U20 and U23 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.

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