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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mojtaba Jabbari Kordgeshlagi | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Robat Karim, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Al Ahli (on loan from Sepahan) | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1999 | Rah Ahan | ||
| 1999–2002 | Esteghlal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | Aboomoslem | 55 | (7) |
| 2005–2013 | Esteghlal | 135 | (26) |
| 2013– | Sepahan | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Al Ahli (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Iran B | 6 | (2) |
| 2005– | Iran | 30 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:46, 15 December 2013 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:42, 15 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
Mojtaba Jabbari (Persian: مجتبی جباری, pronounced [moˈdʒtæbɒː ˈdʒæˈb-bɒːɾiː]; born 16 June 1983 in Robat Karim) is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Al Ahli in Qatar Stars League on loan fromSepahan as a midfielder.
Club career
Early years
Due to his father's career as an employee for Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (IRR), Jabbari began his club football playing for Rah Ahan. His coach at the club, Ahadi soon moved to Esteghlal youth team, and took Jabbari with him. To gain experience, he was loaned out to Aboomoslem. He was part of the team that went to final of the Hazfi Cup with Aboomoslem.
Esteghlal
There he was able to show his talents and after a solid season rejoined Esteghlal in the 2005–06 season. Jabbari was one of the most impressive players in the league that season and was considered by many to be the league MVP.[citation needed] He helped the team win the championship that season.
In 2006, he got injured and was not ready to play until the second half of 2006–07 season, in which he made a comeback in a 20 minute appearance vs. Saipa on January 27, 2007. He is back to the club's starting lineup for the 2007–08 season. He was a key player in Esteghlal's Hazfi Cup final victory Pegah scoring and assisting a goal in the 3–0 win on a day which he lost his father. He scored Esteghlal's first goal of the 2008–09 season in a 2-0 victory over former club Aboomoslem.
Jabbari was on trial with Grenoble Foot 38 of French Ligue 1 but was not signed as Grenoble Foot 38 ran into financial problems.[1] He had some problems with the club coach after the first AFC Champions League and was fined by the club. He started the 2009–10 season as usual with injury where he was out for most of the season and only featured in few matches but in 2010–11 season, he was able to become one of the regular players. He scored a goal in the Tehran derby on 16 September 2011 and was selected as best player of the match. He won the Hazfi Cup for the second time in this season. He also helped Esteghlal to win league title in 2012–13 season after four years.
Sepahan
After multiple rather harsh criticism he had made against the management of the club over the past few years, in early July 2013 after some unsuccessful preliminary negotiations to extend his contract the club's chairman decided not to move forward till he officially apologized for his remarks. At the same time, Jabbari claimed that he had been waiting for an apology from the club for about 2 weeks. Eventually no apology was exchanged and on 6 July 2013 he signed a one year contract with Sepahan. [2] After playing just five games for Sepahan, he was fired by Sepahan coach Zlatko Kranjčar and was banned from training.
Loan to Al Ahli
On 1 October 2013, Jabbari signed a one-year loan contract with Al Ahli of Qatar Stars League.
