# Mohsen Mosalman

Mohsen Mosalman (Persian: محسن مسلمان; born 27 January 1991) is a former Iranian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
He was also a member of the Iran national football team and was the captain of the U-23 team. A play-making midfielder, he is known for his passing and dribbling skills on the ball. He also holds the record for being the youngest scorer in the Iran Pro League.

## Club career
### Zob Ahan

He made his debut in the 2007–08 season in a match against Bargh Shiraz, in which he scored his first goal. This makes him the youngest player in Iran's Premier Football League when he was only 16 years old and his immense goalscoring capability. He scored another goal, against Persepolis in Azadi Stadium and became the youngest player that have scored to Persepolis.
He was one of the most promising young players in the season and continued his good performances in 2008–09 season for Zob Ahan. In 2009–10 season, he was not a starting line up player.

### Loan to Malavan

In 2010–11 season, he was loaned to Malavan to end his conscription career. He was one of the starting players for Malavan in the season with his assists.
After spend two years at Malavan as loan, he returned to Zob Ahan at the end of the 2011–12 season.

### Loan to Persepolis

He joined Persepolis on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season on 18 November 2013. He made his debut in a match against Tractor Sazi which Persepolis defeated 0–1. Two weeks later, he scored his first goal for Persepolis in a 6–0 away victory over Mes Kerman.

### Loan to Foolad

After the end of the loan contract and his return from Persepolis to Zobahan, he was loaned to another team again. Mosalman left for Foolad on loan.

### Persepolis

In the summer of 2015 Persepolis paid a fee of €80,000 euros to Zob Ahan and signed Mosalman on a 2–year contract. Mosalman scored his first Persepolis goal in the Tehran derby in a historic 4–2 victory against Esteghlal. He scored his first Asian goal on 21 February 2017 in a 1–1 draw against Saudi club Al Hilal in a group stage match.

### Return to Zob Ahan

He rejected bids from Persepolis and Sepahan in favor of Zob Ahan stay. He joined ZOBAHAN F.C on june 7th / 2018 again after leaving Perspolis.

### Sepahan

In 2018, Mosalman joined Sepahan.
But he could not shine in the Isfahani team as he did during his time in Persepolis, and left Sepahan after a not so good performance.

### Saipa

In 2020, he joined to the Saipa F.C.

## International career
### Under-22

He was called up by Ali Reza Mansourian to participate in the team's training camp in Italy. He captained the Iran national under-23 football team. He was named in the Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.

### Senior

On 3 October 2011, he was called up to the Iran national team by Carlos Queiroz. Two days later, he made his debut for Iran against Palestine.

## Statistics
### Club career statistics

    As of 30 June 2021
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Asia | Asia | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Zob Ahan | 2007–08 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 5 |
| Zob Ahan | 2008–09 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 22 | 1 |
| Zob Ahan | 2009–10 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 2 |
| Zob Ahan | 2012–13 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 35 | 4 |
| Zob Ahan | 2013–14 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 1 |
| Zob Ahan | 2014–15 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 2 |
| Zob Ahan | 2018–19 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 3 |
| Zob Ahan | Total | Total | 137 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 157 | 18 |
| Malavan (loan) | 2010–11 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 1 |
| Malavan (loan) | 2011–12 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 2 |
| Malavan (loan) | Total | Total | 56 | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 61 | 3 |
| Persepolis | 2013–14 (loan) | Persian Gulf Pro League | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 2 |
| Persepolis | 2015–16 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 1 |
| Persepolis | 2016–17 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 3 |
| Persepolis | 2017–18 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Persepolis | Total | Total | 83 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 7 |
| Foolad (loan) | 2014–15 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 |
| Foolad (loan) | Total | Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 |
| Sepahan | 2018–19 | Iran Pro League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Sepahan | 2019–20 | Iran Pro League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Saipa | 2020–21 | Iran Pro League | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 309 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 359 | 29 |
* Assist Goals
| Season | Team | Assists |
| 09–10 | Zob Ahan | 1 |
| 10–11 | Malavan | 2 |
| 11–12 | Malavan | 8 |
| 12–13 | Zob Ahan | 3 |
| 13–14 | Zob Ahan | 2 |
| 13–14 | Persepolis | 2 |
| 14–15 | Zob Ahan | 2 |
| 15–16 | Persepolis | 4 |
| 16–17 | Persepolis | 9 |
| 17–18 | Persepolis | 10 |
| 18–19 | Zob Ahan | 0 |
| 20–21 | Saipa | 1 |

### International goals

    Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 22 May 2013 | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman | Oman | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly |

## Honours
### Zob Ahan

* Persian Gulf Pro League Runner-up (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
* Hazfi Cup (1): 2008–09
* AFC Champions League Runner-up (1): 2010

### Persepolis

* Persian Gulf Pro League (2): 2016–17, 2017–18; Runner-up (2): 2013–14, 2015–16
* Iranian Super Cup (1): 2017
* AFC Champions League Runner-up (1): 2018

### Sephan

* Persian Gulf Pro League Runner-up (1): 2018–19

### Individual

* Persian Gulf Pro League Top Assists: 2017–18