Ali Karimi

**Mohammad Ali Karimi** ( ; born 8 November 1978) is an Iranian football coach and former professional footballer.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Persepolis|1998–99|rowspan="3"|Azadegan League|13|3|0|0|—|—|13|3|||
|1999–00|10|3|0|0|—|5|1|15|4||||||
|2000–01|19|5|2|0|—|8|4|29|9||||||
|rowspan="5"|Al-Ahli|2001–02|rowspan="4"|UAE League||14|||—|—|||||
|2002–03||5|||—|2|0||||||||
|2003–04||15|||—|—|||||||||
|2004–05||11|||—|6|2||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Bayern Munich|2005–06|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga|20|2|2|0|1|0|3|1|26|3|
|2006–07|13|1|0|0|1|0|2|0|16|1|||||
|Qatar SC|2007–08|Qatari League|26|5|2|0|2|1|—|30|6||||
|Persepolis|2008–09|Pro League|21|5|1|0|—|6|2|28|7||||
|rowspan="3"|Steel Azin|2009–10|rowspan="2"|Pro League|28|14|3|1|—|—|31|15|||
|2010–11|12|0|0|0|—|—|12|0|||||||
|Schalke 04|2010–11|Bundesliga|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|||
|rowspan="3"|Persepolis|2011–12|rowspan="2"|Pro League|28|12|2|0|—|7|3|37|15||
|2012–13|12|1|3|0|—|—|15|1|||||||
|Tractor Sazi|2013–14|Pro League|26|5|4|0|—|5|0|34|5||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Iran|1998|9|1|
|2000|21|9|||
|2001|19|6|||
|2002|7|4|||
|2003|7|4|||
|2004|17|7|||
|2005|8|0|||
|2006|9|4|||
|2007|6|0|||
|2008|5|0|||
|2009|3|1|||
|2010|1|0|||
|2011|6|1|||
|2012|9|1|||

- _Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karimi goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|19 December 1998|Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand||1–0|2–0|1998 Asian Games||||||||
|2|9 April 2000|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran||2–0|3–0|2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification||||||||
|3|24 May 2000|King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan||1–0|3–0|2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship||||||||
|4|3–0|||||||||||||
|5|28 May 2000|King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan||1–0|1–0|2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship||||||||
|6|31 May 2000|King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan||1–0|1–0|2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship||||||||
|7|24 November 2000|Takhti Stadium, Tabriz, Iran||3–0|19–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|8|11–0|||||||||||||
|9|12–0|||||||||||||
|10|19–0|||||||||||||
|11|10 August 2001|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran||2–0|4–0|2001 LG Cup Final||||||||
|12|15 August 2001|Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia||1–0|4–3|Friendly||||||||
|13|2–0|||||||||||||
|14|4–3|||||||||||||
|15|7 September 2001|Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq||1–1|2–1|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|16|12 October 2001|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran||2–1|2–1|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|17|6 February 2002|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran||1–1|2–3|Friendly||||||||
|18|2–3|||||||||||||
|19|11 August 2002|Takhti Stadium, Tabriz, Iran||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|20|3 September 2002|Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria||2–0|2–0|2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship||||||||
|21|12 October 2003|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran||1–0|3–0|AFC/OFC Cup Challenge||||||||
|22|2–0|||||||||||||
|23|27 October 2003|Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea||1–0|3–1|2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification||||||||
|24|2–1|||||||||||||
|25|21 June 2004|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran||6–1|7–1|2004 West Asian Football Federation Championship||||||||
|26|25 June 2004|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran||1–1|4–1|2004 West Asian Football Federation Championship||||||||
|27|24 July 2004|Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China||1–2|2–2|2004 AFC Asian Cup||||||||
|28|31 July 2004|Shandong Provincial Stadium, Shandong, China||1–0|4–3|2004 AFC Asian Cup||||||||
|29|2–1|||||||||||||
|30|4–3|||||||||||||
|31|6 August 2004|Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China||2–1|4–2|2004 AFC Asian Cup||||||||
|32|30 January 2006|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran||1–0|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|33|28 May 2006|Gradski Vrt Stadium, Osijek, Croatia||1–0|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|34|11 October 2006|Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei||1–0|2–0|2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification||||||||
|35|2–0|||||||||||||
|36|10 June 2009|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran||1–0|1–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|37|23 July 2011|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran||3–0|4–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|38|23 February 2012|Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates||1–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=8|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Naft Tehran|align="left"|7 September 2017|align="left"|2 October 2017||||
|rowspan="2"|Sepidrood Rasht|align="left"|1 January 2018|align="left"|1 July 2018|||
|align="left"|25 August 2018|align="left"|_Present_|||||

## Honours

**Persepolis**
- Iranian Football League: 1998–99, 1999–2000
- Hazfi Cup: 1998–99
- Asian Club Championship: third place 1999–2000, third place 2000–01

**Al-Ahli**
- UAE Cup: 2001–02, 2003–04

**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 2005–06
- DFB-Pokal: 2005–06

**Schalke 04**
- DFB-Pokal: 2010–11

**Tractor Sazi**
- Hazfi Cup: 2013–14

**Iran**
- Asian Games Gold Medal: 1998
- West Asian Football Federation Championship: 2000, 2004
- AFC/OFC Cup Challenge: 2003
- Asian Cup: third place 2004

**Individual**
- Asian Footballer of the Year: 2004; runner-up: 2012
- West Asian Football Federation Championship MVP: 2000
- UAE Pro League best foreign player: 2002–03
- UAE Pro League best player: 2003–04
- UAE Pro League top scorer: 2003–04
- Best foreign player in UAE Pro League's history (based on a poll run by Al Bayan newspaper in 2020)
- Asian Cup top scorer: 2004
- Asian Cup All-Star Team: 2004
- AFC/OFC Cup Challenge MVP: 2003
- AFC Asian Player of the Month: 2000 (June), 2001 (October), 2003 (October)
- iran Pro League top scoring midfielder: 2009–10 (14 goals), 2011–12 (12 goals)
- Top scoring midfielder of Persepolis F.C. in AFC Champions League (ten goals)
- One of the top 2 players of Iran's football history chosen by FIFA (Iran national football team's introduction Video for 2018 FIFA World Cup)
- AFC Asian Cup Fans' All-time Best XI: 2018
- Marca Fans' Top Iranian footballer of all time: 2019

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ali Karimi
- **image**: Ali Karimi in Mashhad.jpg
- **caption**: Ali Karimi 2015
- **fullname**: Mohammad Ali Karimi
- **birth place**: Karaj, Pahlavi Iran, Imperial State of Iran
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **position**: Attacking midfielder, forward (association football), forward
- **youthyears1**: 1990–1991
- **youthclubs1**: Naft Tehran F.C., Naft Tehran
- **youthyears2**: 1991–1994
- **youthclubs2**: Saipa F.C., Saipa
- **youthyears3**: 1994–1996
- **youthclubs3**: Fath Tehran F.C., Fath Tehran
- **years1**: 1996–1998
- **clubs1**: Fath Tehran F.C., Fath Tehran
- **years2**: 1998–2001
- **clubs2**: Persepolis F.C., Persepolis
- **caps2**: 42
- **goals2**: 11
- **years3**: 2001–2005
- **clubs3**: Al-Ahli (Dubai), Al-Ahli
- **caps3**: 69
- **goals3**: 45
- **years4**: 2005–2007
- **clubs4**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps4**: 33
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2007–2008
- **clubs5**: Qatar Sports Club, Qatar SC
- **caps5**: 26
- **goals5**: 5
- **years6**: 2008–2009
- **clubs6**: Persepolis F.C., Persepolis
- **caps6**: 21
- **goals6**: 5
- **years7**: 2009–2011
- **clubs7**: Steel Azin F.C., Steel Azin
- **caps7**: 40
- **goals7**: 14
- **years8**: 2011
- **clubs8**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04
- **caps8**: 1
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2011–2013
- **clubs9**: Persepolis F.C., Persepolis
- **caps9**: 40
- **goals9**: 13
- **years10**: 2013–2014
- **clubs10**: Tractor Sazi F.C., Tractor Sazi
- **caps10**: 26
- **goals10**: 5
- **totalcaps**: 298
- **totalgoals**: 101
- **nationalyears1**: 1999
- **nationalteam1**: Iran national under-23 football team, Iran U23
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 1998–2012
- **nationalteam2**: Iran national football team, Iran
- **nationalcaps2**: 127
- **nationalgoals2**: 38
- **manageryears1**: 2014
- **managerclubs1**: Iran national football team, Iran (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2017
- **managerclubs2**: Naft Tehran F.C., Naft Tehran
- **manageryears3**: 2018
- **managerclubs3**: Sepidrood Rasht S.C., Sepidrood
- **manageryears4**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs4**: Sepidrood Rasht S.C., Sepidrood