Mohsen Mosalman

Mohsen Mosalman

Mosalman with Persepolis
Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-01-27) 27 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2006–2010	Zob Ahan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2015	Zob Ahan	68	(13)
2010–2012	→ Malavan (loan)	56	(3)
2013–2014	→ Persepolis (loan)	12	(2)
2015	→ Foolad (loan)	13	(0)
2015–2018	Persepolis	62	(1)
2018	Zob Ahan	12	(3)
2019–2020	Sepahan	7	(0)
2020–2021	Saipa	12	(3)
International career‡
2004–2005	Iran U15[1]
2007–2008	Iran U20	5	(0)
2010–2014	Iran U23	18	(0)
2011–2014	Iran	4[2]	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 September 2014

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.^[3] 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.

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.

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.

He joined Persepolis on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season on 18 November 2013.^[4][5] 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.

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.^[6]

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.

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.^[7]

In 2018, Mosalman joined Sepahan.^{[8][9][10][11]}

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.^[12]

In 2020, he joined to the Saipa F.C.^[13][14][15]

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.^[16]

On 3 October 2011, he was called up to the Iran national team by Carlos Queiroz.^[17] Two days later, he made his debut for Iran against Palestine.^[18]

As of 30 June 2021

Club	Season	League			Hazfi Cup		Asia		Other		Total
		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
	2008–09		19	1	3	0	–	–	–	–	22	1
	2009–10		25	2	4	0	6	0	–	–	35	2
	2012–13		32	4	3	0	–	–	–	–	35	4
	2013–14		12	1	1	0	–	–	–	–	13	1
	2014–15		11	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	11	2
	2018–19		12	3	1	0	0	0	–	–	13	3
	Total		137	18	14	0	6	0	–	–	157	18
Malavan (loan)	2010–11	Persian Gulf Pro League	25	1	4	0	–	–	–	–	29	1
	2011–12		31	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	32	2
	Total		56	3	5	0	–	–	–	–	61	3
Persepolis	2013–14  (loan)	Persian Gulf Pro League	12	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	13	2
	2015–16		23	1	3	0	–	–	–	–	26	1
	2016–17		27	2	1	0	8	1	–	–	36	3
	2017–18		21	0	1	0	5	0	1	1	28	1
	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
	Total		13	0	0	0	5	0	–	–	18	0
Sepahan	2018–19	Iran Pro League	5	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	5	0
	2019–20		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Saipa	2020–21	Iran Pro League	13	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	13	1
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		8
12–13	Zob Ahan	3
13–14		2
	Persepolis	2
14–15	Zob Ahan	2
15–16	Persepolis	4
16–17		9
17–18		10
18–19	Zob Ahan	0
20–21	Saipa	1

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

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

• Persian Gulf Pro League Top Assists: 2017–18^[19]

• Persian League Profile Archived 17 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Mohsen Mosalman on Instagram
• Mohsen Mosalman at Soccerway
• Mohsen Mosalman – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Mohsen Mosalman at ESPN FC
• Mohsen Mosalman at FOXSPORTS
• Mohsen Mosalman at FFIRI
• Mohsen Mosalman at EuroSport