Bakhtiar Rahmani

Bakhtiar Rahmani
	Rahmani with Iran in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Bakhtiar Rahmani
Date of birth	23 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dalkurd
Number	11
Youth career
2005–2007	Foolad
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2016	Foolad
2015–2016	→ Tractor (loan)
2016–2017	Esteghlal
2017	Foolad
2017–2018	Paykan
2018	Zob Ahan
2018–2019	Sepahan
2019	Al-Shamal
2019–2020	Sanat Naft Abadan
2020–2021	Sabail
2021–	Dalkurd
2021	→ Duhok (loan)
International career‡
2004–2006	Iran U15
2006–2009	Iran U17
2009–2010	Iran U20
2011–2013	Iran U23
2013–2014	Iran
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 July 2016

Bakhtiar Rahmani (Persian: بختیار رحمانی; born 23 September 1991) is an Iranian Kurdish footballer who plays for Swedish club Dalkurd.

Early life

Rahmani was born in Sarpol-e Zahab.

Club career

Foolad

Rahmani has played his entire career for Foolad.^[1] After the release of Jalal Kameli-Mofrad in the summer of 2012, he was chosen as the club captain by head coach Hossein Faraki, when he was just twenty years old and led the club to the fourth place. He renewed his contract with Foolad for another three years on 30 April 2013, keeping him at the club until 2016. Rahmani helped the club to win its second championship in the 2013–14 season, in which he scored five goals and assisted seven times in 28 matches.

Tractor

In the summer of 2015 Rahmani signed a two–year contract with Tractor to spend his conscription period at the club.

Esteghlal

On 3 June 2016, he joined Esteghlal on a two-year contract.^[2]

Zob Ahan

On 12 December 2017, he joined Zob Ahan.^[3]

International career

Rahmani was first called up for the Iran national under-15 football team in 2004. He has played for the Iran national football team in all ranks. He was called up and played for the Iran national under-23 football team by Alireza Mansourian in 2011. He was also captain of the under-23 team. On 14 May 2013, Rahmani was called up for the Iran national football team by coach Carlos Queiroz. He made his debut against Oman in a friendly match on 22 May 2013.^[4] On 1 June 2014, he was named in Iran's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by Queiroz.^[5] However, he did not play for Team Melli in the tournament, as he was an unused substitute in three matches.

Statistics

Club career statistics

Last updated: 9 September 2019

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Iran			League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
2007–08	Foolad	Azadegan League	19	3	2	0	—		21	3
2008–09		Persian Gulf Pro League	16	1	2	0	—		18	1
2009–10			24	3	1	0	—		25	3
2010–11			30	4	2	0	—		32	4
2011–12			30	4	2	0	—		32	4
2012–13			30	5	1	0	—		31	5
2013–14			28	5	2	0	7	2	37	7
2014–15			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015–16	Tractor		28	5	3	0	7	3	38	8
2016–17	Esteghlal		13	0	3	1	0	0	16	1
2016–17	Foolad		13	2	0	0	—		13	2
2017–18	Paykan		12	1	1	0	—		13	1
2017–18	Zob Ahan		13	1	0	0	9	0	22	1
2018–19	Sepahan		11	0	2	0	—		13	0
2019–20	Al-Shamal	Qatari Second Division	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
2019–20	Sanat Naft Abadan	Persian Gulf Pro League	8	0	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			275	34	21	1	23	5	319	40

Rahmani captaining Foolad in a match against Paykan, 22 February 2013

Assist goals

Season	Team	Assists
07–08	Foolad	4
08–09		1
09–10		15
10–11		13
11–12		9
12–13		12
13–14		8
14–15		0
15–16	Tractor	4
16–17	Esteghlal	1
16–17	Foolad	1
17–18	Paykan	0
17–18	Zob Ahan	2
18–19	Sepahan	0

International goals

Under-20

International U-20 goals
1	8 December 2009	Tehran, Iran	Pakistan	3–0	Win	2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
2	8 December 2009	Tehran, Iran	Pakistan	3–0	Win	2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
3	8 December 2009	Tehran, Iran	Pakistan	3–0	Win	2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
4	12 December 2009	Tehran, Iran	Uzbekistan	1–1	Draw	2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification