# List of Persepolis F.C. players

Persepolis Football Club is a professional association football club based in Tehran, Iran.
Persepolis was founded in 1963 by Ali Abdo and has been in the first division of Iranian football since 1968. The club has played at its home ground, Azadi Stadium, since 1973. They contest the Tehran Derby against rival team Esteghlal, a match that is closely followed by Iranian football fans and considered to be one of the popular clubs in Asia,. According to the Asian Football Confederation, Persepolis is the most popular football club in Asia. At the AFC Champions League, 11 of the top 20 matches by attendance were played by Persepolis. Persepolis has also broken the record of 100,000 attendees in four matches at the AFC Champions League. Persepolis has won a record fifteen Iranian league titles, as well as seven Hazfi Cups, five Super Cups and the 1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. Many notable players have played for the club, including former Bundesliga players Ali Karimi, Ali Daei, Vahid Hashemian and Mehdi Mahdavikia. Ali Parvin, who spent 18 years with the club from 1970 to 1988, is widely regarded as the club's greatest player.
The list includes notable footballers who have played for Persepolis. Generally, this means players that have played at least 100 league matches for the club.

## Key

* The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
* Appearances as a substitute are also included.
* Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 27 February 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Positions key :
| GK | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper |
| FB | Full-back | DF | Defender |
| HB | Half-back | MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward | Forward | Forward |

### Nationality

    Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.

### Position

    Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.

### Club career

    Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

### Total appearances and Total goals

    Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Iran championship Tournament, Iran Local League, Takht Jamshid Cup, Qods League, Azadegan League, Iran Pro League, Tehran Football League, Hazfi Cup, Tehran Hazfi Cup, AFC Champions League, Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and Iranian Super Cup.

## List of players

Notable players with at least 3 seasons (6 half-seasons) and players who have played at least 100 appearances in the club are listed according to the date of their first-team official debut for the club.
| Name | Position | Persepolis career |
| Aziz Asli | Goalkeeper | 1968–71 |
| Hadi Tavoosi | Goalkeeper | 1968–69, 1970–74 |
| Hamid Shirzadegan | Forward | 1968–74 |
| Ebrahim Ashtiani | Defender | 1968–69, 1970–76 |
| Büyük Vatankhah | Defender | 1968–69, 1970–74 |
| Nazem Ganjapour | Forward | 1968–69, 1970–72 |
| Jafar Kashani | Defender | 1968–69, 1970–75 |
| Hossein Kalani | Forward | 1968–69, 1970–75 |
| Fereydoun Moeini | Midfielder | 1968–69, 1970–76 |
| Asghar Adibi | Midfielder | 1968–80 |
| Reza Vatankhah | Defender | 1968–69, 1970–80 |
| Mahmoud Khordbin | Forward | 1969–80 |
| Homayoun Behzadi | Forward | 1968–69, 1970–75 |
| Mehrab Shahrokhi | Defender | 1970–75 |
| Ali Parvin | Midfielder | 1970–88 |
| Safar Iranpak | Forward | 1970–80 |
| Esmaeil Haj Rahimipour | Midfielder | 1970–78 |
| Iraj Soleimani | Forward | 1971–75 |
| Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | Midfielder | 1971–78 |
| Bahram Mavaddat | Goalkeeper | 1973–76 |
| Mohammad Dastjerdi | Midfielder | 1973–78 |
| Javad Allahverdi | Defender | 1974–81 |
| Yaghoub Fatemi Moghaddam | Defender | 1974–79 |
| Alireza Azizi | Midfielder | 1975–79 |
| Bijan Zolfagharnasab | Defender | 1975–79 |
| Mohammad Dadkan | Defender | 1975–83 |
| Mohammad Reza Zadmehr | Forward | 1975–90 |
| Mohammad Mayeli Kohan | Midfielder | 1976–90 |
| Vazgen Safarian | Goalkeeper | 1977–81 |
| Mohammad Panjali | Defender | 1977–87, 1989–94 |
| Hamid Derakhshan | Midfielder | 1977–87, 1992–94 |
| Majid Sabzi | Midfielder | 1979–85 |
| Abbas Kargar | Midfielder | 1979–88 |
| Kazem Seyedalikhani | Defender | 1979–89 |
| Zia Arabshahi | Midfielder | 1979–90 |
| Vahid Ghelich | Goalkeeper | 1980–92 |
| Nasser Nouraei | Forward | 1981–84 |
| Nasser Mohammadkhani | Forward | 1981–86, 1989–94 |
| Behrouz Soltani | Goalkeeper | 1981–89 |
| Gholamreza Fathabadi | Forward | 1981–86 |
| Fariborz Moradi | Defender | 1981–92 |
| Morteza Fonounizadeh | Defender | 1985–92 |
| Farshad Pious | Forward | 1985–88, 1989–97 |
| Reza Abedian | Forward | 1985–90 |
| Rahim Yousefi | Midfielder | 1986–92 |
| Saeid Naeimabadi | Defender | 1987–93 |
| Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard | Midfielder | 1987–92 |
| Nader Mohammadkhani | Defender | 1987–88, 1990–91, 1998–2000 |
| Karim Bavi | Forward | 1987–91, 1992–93 |
| Mohsen Ashouri | Midfielder | 1987–92, 1993–97 |
| Morteza Kermani Moghaddam | Midfielder | 1987–89, 1991, 1995–96 |
| Hossein Abdi | Midfielder | 1987–2000 |
| Jamshid Shahmohammadi | Forward | 1987–88, 1993–95 |
| Mojtaba Moharrami | Defender | 1988–97 |
| Hassan Shirmohammadi | Midfielder | 1989–92, 1994–95 |
| Mohammad Khakpour | Defender | 1990–95 |
| Hamid Estili | Midfielder | 1992–94, 1998–2004 |
| Behzad Dadashzadeh | Midfielder | 1992–96 |
| Reza Shahroudi | Defender | 1992–97, 1998–99, 2000–03 |
| Afshin Peyrovani | Defender | 1993–96, 1997–2004 |
| Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh | Goalkeeper | 1994–2001 |
| Majid Namjoo-Motlagh | Midfielder | 1994–97 |
| Ali Daei | Forward | 1994–96, 2003–04 |
| Behrouz Rahbarifar | Defender | 1994–2003, 2004–06 |
| Alireza Emamifar | Midfielder | 1994–2000, 2003–05 |
| Nima Nakisa | Goalkeeper | 1994–96, 1997–99 |
| Reza Torabian | Midfielder | 1995–97, 1998–99 |
| Naeim Saadavi | Defender | 1995–99 |
| Yahya Golmohammadi | Defender | 1995–99, 2002–05 |
| Esmaeil Halali | Midfielder | 1995–2002 |
| Mehrdad Minavand | Midfielder | 1995–98, 2002–04 |
| Mehdi Mahdavikia | Midfielder | 1995–99, 2012–13 |
| Karim Bagheri | Midfielder | 1996–97, 2002–10 |
| Edmond Bezik | Forward | 1996–2001 |
| Mehdi Hasheminasab | Defender | 1997–2000 |
| Hamed Kavianpour | Midfielder | 1997–2002, 2003–06 |
| Davoud Fanaei | Goalkeeper | 1998–2003, 2004–06 |
| Ali Ansarian | Defender | 1998–2003, 2004–06 |
| Ali Karimi | Midfielder | 1998–2001, 2008–09, 2011–13 |
| Payan Rafat | Forward | 1999–2001, 2002–03 |
| Mohammad Barzegar | Defender | 1999–2004 |
| Ebrahim Asadi | Midfielder | 1999–2003, 2004–07 |
| Hassan Khanmohammadi | Defender | 2000–2005 |
| Reza Jabbari | Midfielder | 2000–2005 |
| Sohrab Entezari | Forward | 2001–06 |
| Pejman Jamshidi | Midfielder | 2001–05 |
| Javad Kazemian | Forward | 2003–06, 2011–13 |
| Sheys Rezaei | Defender | 2003–08, 2009–12 |
| Mehrdad Oladi | Forward | 2003–06, 2007, 2011–12 |
| Pejman Nouri | Midfielder | 2005–09 |
| Mehrzad Madanchi | Forward | 2005–07, 2012–13 |
| Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht | Forward | 2006–09 |
| Hossein Badamaki | Midfielder | 2006–12 |
| Alireza Haghighi | Goalkeeper | 2006–12, 2013 |
| Sepehr Heydari | Defender | 2007–11 |
| Mohsen Khalili | Forward | 2007–10 |
| Hamidreza Aliasgari | Midfielder | 2007–12, 2013–15 |
| Maziar Zare | Midfielder | 2008–09, 2010–12 |
| Alireza Mohammad | Defender | 2008–12 |
| Hadi Norouzi $^1$ | Forward | 2008–13, 2014–15 |
| Mohammad Nouri | Midfielder | 2010–15 |
| Gholamreza Rezaei | Forward | 2010–13 |
| Alireza Nourmohammadi | Defender | 2010–16 |
| Hossein Kanaanizadegan | Defender | 2012–14, 2019–21, 2023–present |
| Mohsen Bengar | Defender | 2012–16 |
| Jalal Hosseini | Defender | 2012–14, 2016–22 |
| Hossein Mahini | Defender | 2012–14, 2016–19 |
| Farshad Ahmadzadeh | Midfielder | 2012–13, 2015–18, 2019, 2024–present |
| Omid Alishah | Midfielder | 2013–16, 2018–present |
| Mohsen Mosalman | Midfielder | 2013–14, 2015–18 |
| Mehdi Taremi | Forward | 2014–18 |
| Ahmad Nourollahi | Midfielder | 2014–16, 2017–21 |
| Ali Alipour | Forward | 2015–20, 2024–present |
| Kamal Kamyabinia | Midfielder | 2015–23 |
| Mohammad Ansari | Defender | 2015–21 |
| Vahid Amiri | Midfielder | 2016–18, 2019–present |
| Alireza Beiranvand | Goalkeeper | 2016–20, 2022–24 |
| Soroush Rafiei | Midfielder | 2017, 2019, 2022–present |
| Shoja' Khalilzadeh | Defender | 2017–20 |
| Siamak Nemati | Midfielder | 2017–23 |
| Bashar Resan | Midfielder | 2017–20 |
| Mehdi Torabi | Midfielder | 2019–20, 2021–24 |
| Mehdi Abdi | Forward | 2019–23 |
| Issa Alekasir | Forward | 2020–23, 2024–present |
| Milad Sarlak | Midfielder | 2020–23, 2024–present |
| Giorgi Gvelesiani | Defender | 2022–present |
$^1$ He died of heart attack in sleep at the age of 30. He was captain of Persepolis at the time. the club decided to retire the squad number 24 forever in memory of him.

## List of foreign players

* Bold players are/were National players.
    As of 8 February 2025
| # | Name | Pos | App | Goal | from | Career | to |
| 1 | Billy McClure | MF | 5 | 1 | Liverpool | 1977 | Mount Wellington |
| 2 | Alan Whittle | MF | 34 | 16 | Leyton Orient | 1977–78 | Leyton Orient |
| 3 | Issa Traoré | MF | 20 | 3 | FC Pyunik | 2003–04 | PAS Tehran |
| 4 | Saša Ilić | GK | 31 | 0 | Dynamo Saint Petersburg | 2003–04 | Esteghlal Ahvaz |
| 5 | Christopher Wreh | FW | 0 | 0 | St Mirren | 2003 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 6 | Sambo Choji | FW | 12 | 1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2004–05 | SKN St. Pölten |
| 7 | Ilče Pereski | DF | 13 | 0 | Karaorman | 2004–05 | NK Rovinj |
| 8 | Jane Nikolovski | GK | 0 | 0 | Napredok | 2005 | Slaven Belupo |
| 9 | Carlos Rivera | DF | 0 | 0 | Independiente Medellín | 2005–06 | San Francisco |
| 10 | José Anthony Torres | DF | 1 | 0 | Marathón | 2005 | Victoria |
| 11 | Raphael Edereho | FW | 6 | 1 | Kuopion Palloseura | 2005–06 | Shakhter Karagandy |
| 12 | Jacques Elong Elong | MF | 38 | 0 | Mount Cameroon | 2005–08 | Sepahan |
| 13 | Robert Caha | DF | 31 | 0 | CSKA Sofia | 2005–07 | Shahin Bushehr |
| 14 | Luay Salah | FW | 8 | 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2006–07 | Arbil SC |
| 15 | Zyad Chaabo | FW | 9 | 3 | Al-Jaish | 2007 | Al-Karamah |
| 16 | Tarek Jabban | DF | 5 | 0 | Al-Jaish | 2007 | Al-Jaish |
| 17 | Jorge Gaona | MF | 2 | 0 | Cerro Porteño | 2008 | Retired |
| 18 | Mate Dragičević | FW | 12 | 3 | Perth Glory | 2008 | DAC Dunajská Streda |
| 19 | Ibrahima Touré | FW | 31 | 13 | Paykan | 2008–09 | Sepahan |
| 20 | Ivan Petrović | MF | 33 | 1 | Aboomoslem | 2008–09 | Shahin Bushehr |
| 21 | Franck Atsou | MF | 10 | 0 | Aboomoslem | 2008–09 | Esteghlal Ahvaz |
| 22 | Paulo Roberto do Carmo | FW | 8 | 1 | Rio Preto | 2008 | Kowsar Lorestan |
| 23 | Shpejtim Arifi | FW | 39 | 9 | Payam Khorasan | 2009–11 | Tractor Sazi Tabriz |
| 24 | Tiago Alves Fraga | MF | 48 | 4 | Mixto | 2009–11 | PAS Hamedan |
| 25 | Wésley Brasilia | FW | 14 | 2 | Brasiliense | 2009–10 | Daejeon Citizen |
| 26 | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | FW | 23 | 6 | Anorthosis | 2009–10 | Arbil SC |
| 27 | Hervé Oussalé $^1$ | FW | 0 | 0 | R.A.E.C. Mons | 2010 | MC Alger |
| 28 | Sékou Berthé | DF | 6 | 1 | Plymouth | 2010–11 | Retired |
| 29 | Mamadou Tall | DF | 10 | 0 | U.D. Leiria | 2011–12 | Santos |
| 30 | Éamon Zayed | FW | 21 | 12 | Derry City | 2011–13 | Aluminium Hormozgan |
| 31 | Asmir Avdukić $^2$ | GK | 7 | 0 | Borac Banja Luka (loan) | 2012 | Borac Banja Luka (loan return) |
| 32 | Roberto Sousa$^3$ | MF | 3 | 0 | Marítimo | 2012 | Leixões |
| 33 | Nilson Corrêa | GK | 73 | 0 | Vitória Guimarães | 2012–15 | Moreirense |
| 34 | Kwon Jun$^4$ | MF | 0 | 0 | PSM Makassar | 2013 | Persepam Madura United |
| 35 | Marko Perović | MF | 16 | 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 2013 | OFK Beograd |
| 36 | Vlatko Grozdanoski | MF | 11 | 2 | Liaoning Whowin | 2013 | FK Vardar |
| 37 | Marko Šćepanović | MF | 1 | 0 | Mladost Podgorica | 2013–14 | Mladost Podgorica |
| 38 | Michael Umaña | DF | 51 | 0 | Deportivo Saprissa | 2014–16 | Municipal Liberia |
| 39 | Tadeu | FW | 5 | 1 | Náutico | 2015 | Boa Esporte |
| 40 | Fernando Gabriel | MF | 13 | 0 | Khazar Lankaran | 2015 | Al-Faisaly |
| 41 | Luka Marić | DF | 21 | 0 | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 2015–16 | Dinamo București |
| 42 | Jerry Bengtson | FW | 21 | 7 | New England Revolution | 2015–16 | Zob Ahan |
| 43 | Alexander Lobanov | GK | 8 | 0 | Pakhtakor | 2016 | Pakhtakor |
| 44 | Anthony Golec | DF | 0 | 0 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2016 | Bucheon |
| 45 | Oleksiy Polyanskyi | DF | 4 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2016–17 | Retired |
| 46 | Volodymyr Pryyomov | FW | 11 | 1 | Metalist Kharkiv | 2016–17 | Oleksandriya |
| 47 | Božidar Radošević | GK | 45 | 0 | Debreceni | 2016–22 | NK Varaždin |
| 48 | Godwin Mensha | FW | 63 | 14 | Paykan | 2017–19 | Esteghlal |
| 49 | Bashar Resan | MF | 104 | 5 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2017–20 | Qatar SC |
| 50 | Mario Budimir | FW | 18 | 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2019 | Lokomotiva |
| 51 | Júnior Brandão | FW | 6 | 0 | Ludogorets Razgrad (loan) | 2019 | Ludogorets Razgrad (loan return) |
| 52 | Christian Osaguona | FW | 10 | 1 | Jeju United | 2020 | Al-Shorta |
| 53 | Anthony Stokes | FW | 3 | 0 | Adana Demirspor | 2020 | Livingston |
| 54 | Vahdat Hanonov | DF | 42 | 1 | Istiklol | 2021–24 | Sepahan |
| 55 | Manuchehr Safarov | DF | 5 | 0 | Istiklol | 2021–22 | Lokomotiv Tashkent |
| 56 | Sherzod Temirov | FW | 12 | 1 | Pakhtakor | 2022 | Paykan |
| 57 | Giorgi Gvelesiani | DF | 89 | 20 | Sepahan | 2022–present | |
| 58 | Jürgen Locadia | FW | 9 | 6 | VfL Bochum | 2022 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions |
| 59 | Cheick Diabaté | FW | 9 | 3 | Al-Gharafa | 2022–23 | Retired |
| 60 | Leandro Pereira | FW | 11 | 1 | Gamba Osaka | 2023 | Tochigi |
| 61 | Nabil Bahoui | FW | 11 | 1 | Qatar SC | 2023–24 | |
| 62 | Abdelkarim Hassan | DF | 15 | 0 | Al-Jahra | 2024 | Al-Wakrah |
| 63 | Oston Urunov | MF | 32 | 10 | Navbahor | 2024–present | |
| 64 | Ayoub El Amloud | DF | 17 | 1 | Wydad | 2024–present | |
| 65 | Alexis Guendouz | GK | 24 | 0 | CR Belouizdad | 2024–present | |
| 66 | Lucas João | FW | 15 | 1 | Umm Salal | 2024 | |
| 67 | Serdar Dursun | FW | 2 | 1 | Alanyaspor | 2025–present | |
* $^1$ He is dignasosed with Hepatitis B and had to leave Persepolis.
* $^2$ He only played 7 games in 2012 AFC Champions League.
* $^3$ Roberto Sousa & The Club reached agreement to terminate the contract because long term injury.
* $^4$ Kwon injured his ankle ligament, went to Korea for Treatment But released from club.