title: Persepolis F.C. Academy
text: # Persepolis F.C. Academy
  
  Persepolis Football Club Academy are the youth team of Persepolis Football Club. They currently play in the AFC Vision Asia Youth Premier League, the highest level of youth football in Iran.
  
  ## The Academy
  
  ### Current squad
  
  Players in bold are National Player
  
  **U-21**
  
  | Position | Staff |
  | - | - |
  | Manager | Edmond Bezik |
  | Assistant managers | Behrouz Rahbarifar Saeed NaeemAbadi |
  | Goalkeeping coach | Behrouz Soltani |
  | Team manager | Yaqoub Fatemi Moghaddam |
  
  Last updated: 21 July 2015 Source: Varzesh3
  
  * Season: 2015–16 (Players born after 1995)
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | IRN | Reza Jahesh |
  | 2 | | IRN | Ali Taleshi |
  | 3 | DF | IRN | Amir Hossein Neshatjou |
  | 4 | | IRN | Mohammadreza Hashemi |
  | 5 | | IRN | Abolfazl Zomorodi |
  | 6 | DF | IRN | Yazdan Salmanian |
  | 7 | MF | IRN | Iman Sarbazi |
  | 8 | MF | IRN | Ehsan Sarbazi |
  | 9 | MF | IRN | Hamidreza Ghaderi |
  | 10 | MF | IRN | Navid Sodouri |
  | 11 | | IRN | Amin Rezaei |
  | 12 | DF | IRN | Mohsen Nasiri |
  | 13 | | IRN | Mehdi Asadzadeh |
  | 14 | | IRN | Keyhan Hosseini |
  | 15 | | IRN | Reza Khorshidi |
  | 16 | | IRN | Mohammad Moghanlou |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 17 | | IRN | Morteza Alizadeh |
  | 18 | | IRN | Pouya Esmaeili |
  | 19 | FW | IRN | Amir Roustaei |
  | 20 | | IRN | Davoud Saadati |
  | 21 | | IRN | Peyman Gohari |
  | 22 | | IRN | Saeid Ghafari |
  | 23 | MF | IRN | Nima Rahbarifard |
  | 24 | | IRN | Omidreza Abdollahi |
  | 27 | | IRN | Mehdi Tavakoli |
  | 29 | | IRN | Hossein Hosseini |
  | 30 | GK | IRN | Nader Safarzaei |
  | 33 | | IRN | Ali Al-Ghosi |
  | 40 | MF | IRN | Ebrahim Hassanzadeh |
  | 44 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Khosravi |
  | 99 | | IRN | Omidreza Abdollahi |
  
  **U-19**
  
  | Position | Staff |
  | - | - |
  | Manager | Majid Parvin |
  | Assistant managers | Amir Jahangiri Misagh Afraz |
  | Goalkeeping coach | Behrouz Soltani |
  | Team manager | Reza Riazati |
  
  Last updated: 21 July 2015 Source: Varzesh3
  
  * Season: 2016–17 (Players born after 1998)
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - |
  | — | IRN | Mehran Malvandi |
  | — | IRN | Arian Shaafi |
  | — | IRN | Alireza Alipour |
  | — | IRN | Amirhossein Jafari |
  | — | IRN | Milad Toulaei |
  | — | IRN | Ali Jafari |
  | — | IRN | Hamed Yousefi |
  | — | IRN | Mohammad Hossein Mirzaei |
  | — | IRN | Amir Hossein Salehi |
  | — | IRN | Reza Rezaei |
  | — | IRN | Amir Hossein Aminzadeh |
  | — | IRN | Hossein Shaabani |
  | No. | Nation | Player |
  | — | IRN | Mohammadreza Hatami |
  | — | IRN | Younes Izanlou |
  | — | IRN | Sina Khoshdel |
  | — | IRN | Soheyl Tehraninejad |
  | — | IRN | Amir Roustaei |
  | — | IRN | Taha Imani |
  | — | IRN | Hossein Abarghouei |
  | — | IRN | Sepehr Haghighat |
  | — | IRN | Ali Hashemian |
  | — | IRN | Saeid Ghaffari |
  | — | IRN | Mehdi Ghorbanpour |
  | — | IRN | Ali Fathollahzadeh |
  | — | IRN | Ali Alghosi |
  
  **U-16**
  
  | Position | Staff |
  | - | - |
  | Manager | Khalig Ibrahimov |
  | Assistant managers | Faramar Mohze |
  | Goalkeeping coach | Kati Naderi |
  | Team manager | Pafsiz Gahri |
  
  Last updated: 21 July 2015 Source: Varzesh3
  
  * Season: 2021–22 (Players born after 2004/05)
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | FW | IRN | Alifieza Khalghi |
  | 4 | DF | IRN | Siavash Noudri |
  | 5 | MF | IRN | Amir Shahbi |
  | 6 | MF | IRN | Parham Zazi |
  | 7 | FW | IRN | Ali Khoda |
  | 8 | DF | IRN | Youzef Heidar |
  | 9 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Shori |
  | 10 | MF | IRN | Reza Kanshou |
  | 12 | DF | IRN | Farshid Kanaani |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 13 | FW | IRN | Amir Hossein Maud |
  | 14 | DF | IRN | Amir Botlakh |
  | 15 | GK | IRN | Omid Iyad |
  | 16 | FW | IRN | Khalig Khalmushfig |
  | 17 | GK | IRN | Amir Hoszaei |
  | 18 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Mamirzadeh |
  | 19 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Rahman |
  | 20 | MF | IRN | Ali Emdu |
  | 22 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Emam |
  | 23 | MF | IRN | Ahoura Havezi |
  | 30 | DF | IRN | Feysolriza Ganmohammad |
  | 40 | FW | IRN | Amir Moha |
  
  **U-14**
  
  | Position | Staff |
  | - | - |
  | Manager | Morteza Fonounizadeh |
  | Assistant managers | Najmedin Bakhshi |
  | Goalkeeping coach | Nader Bagheri |
  | Team manager | Parviz Jafari |
  
  Last updated: 21 July 2015 Source: Varzesh3
  
  * Season: 2015–16 (Players born after 2002)
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - |
  | — | IRN | Alireza Khodaei |
  | — | IRN | Hamidreza Nanakli |
  | — | IRN | Alireza Khaleghi |
  | — | IRN | Mehdi Mehri |
  | — | IRN | Amir Mohammad Kharkesh |
  | — | IRN | Alireza Molaei |
  | — | IRN | Yousef Heydari |
  | — | IRN | Soheil Sahraei |
  | — | IRN | Mohammad Hossein Tavvakoli |
  | — | IRN | Hossein Yousefli |
  | — | IRN | Amir Hossein Haji Agha |
  | — | IRN | Mohammad Jaberi |
  | No. | Nation | Player |
  | — | IRN | Arshia Eftekhari |
  | — | IRN | Mehdi Mardani |
  | — | IRN | Mohammad Khoshhal |
  | — | IRN | Amir Parsa Hassanpour |
  | — | IRN | Mohammadreza Saeidi |
  | — | IRN | Ehsan Mohammadi |
  | — | IRN | Kousha Lashgari |
  | — | IRN | Ali Abdi |
  | — | IRN | Mohammad Abdi |
  | — | IRN | Aria Taheri |
  | — | IRN | Ali Molaei |
  
  ## Former players
  
  ### Significant Academy Products
  
  **Goalkeeper**
  
  * Alireza Haghighi
  * Amir Abedzadeh
  * Mehrdad Tahmasbi
  * Morteza Ghadimipour
  * Mehrdad Hosseini
  * Nader Safarzaei
  * Abolfazl Darvishvand
  
  **Defender**
  
  * Morteza Pouraliganji
  * Hadi Mohammadi
  * Milad Mohammadi
  * Navid Khosh Hava
  * Mohammad Nosrati
  * Hamed Noormohammadi
  * Mohammad Sattari
  * Morteza Asadi
  * Amir Abbas Ayenechi
  * Reza Abedian
  * Hadi Aghili
  * Ahmad Ahi
  * Hossein Kanaani
  * Saeid Ghadami
  * Ali Astani
  * Mobin Mirdoraghi
  * Shahin Abbasian
  * Ehsan Hosseini
  
  **Midfielder**
  
  * Mohammad Parvin
  * Amir Hossein Amiri
  * Amir Hossein Feshangchi
  * Mohammad Mehdi Elhaei
  * Khosro Heydari
  * Siamak Nemati
  * Siavash Hagh Nazari
  * Amir Mohammad Madani
  * Ebrahim Asadi
  * Hossein Abdi
  * Ebrahim Sadeghi
  * Milad Nouri
  * Hamed Khosravi
  * Milad Kamandani
  * Mohammad Rahmati
  * Navid Sabouri
  * Hadi Mahdavikia
  * Hamed Kavianpour
  * Rouhollah Seifollahi
  * Afshin Esmaeilzadeh
  * Farshad Ahmadzadeh
  * Reza Shekari
  * Farshad Ghasemi
  * Jacques Elong Elong
  * Amir Hossein Tahuni
  * Hamidreza Taherkhani
  * Saeid Hosseinpour
  
  **Forward**
  
  * Hadi Norouzi
  * Mehrdad Mohammadi
  * Mehrdad Oladi
  * Mohsen Bayatinia
  * Morteza Aghakhan
  * Mehrdad Bayrami
  * Sajjad Ashouri
  * Shahab Zahedi
  * Shahriar Moghanlou
  * Ehsan Khorsandi
  * Saeed Hallafi
  * Faraz Emamali
  * Ali Fatemi
  * Mohammad Amin Asadi
  * Ahmad Baharvand
  
  ### Other Players promoted to first team
  
  * Javad Razzaghi
  * Ardalan Ashtiani
  * Meghdad Ghobakhlou
  * Ziaeddin Niknafs
  * Amirhossein Ipakchi
  * Mehran Farziat
  * Mohsen Eliasi
  * Masoud Dastani
  