Maziar Zare


Maziar Zare Eshghdoost is a retired Iranian football player and current coach. He was a right-footed Defensive Midfielder.
He is dubbed as The New Ghayeghran after the late Sirous Ghayeghran, Malavan's legend and also wore the coveted number 9 shirt.

Club career

He Played 4 seasons for Malavan and moved to Persepolis in the summer of 2008 and played in AFC Champions League for the team and was the regular player for the team which he took the penalties. After a disappointing season in UAE he returned to Persepolis in 2010 and won the Hazfi Cup in the first season. He was one of the regular players of the team during the second season but was mostly substituted towards the end of the season when Mustafa Denizli was the coach. In June 2012, he moved back to Malavan along with former teammate Pejman Nouri.

Club career statistics

SeasonTeamAssists
05–06Malavan2
06–07Malavan0
07–08Malavan4
08–09Persepolis0
10–11Persepolis0
11–12Persepolis0
12–13Malavan1
13–14Malavan4
14–15Malavan0

International career

Maziar Zare was a member of Iran national under-23 football team in the 2006 Asian Games, where he scored a 30-yard strike for Iran. He was called up to the senior squad in June 2007 for the West Asian Football Federation Championship 2007. He made his debut for Iran in a match vs Iraq. He played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification for Team Melli.
He also was invited in June 2011 by Carlos Queiroz to participate in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 January 2009Azadi Stadium, Tehran3–13–1Friendly
29 January 2009Azadi Stadium, Tehran4–06–02011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
323 March 2009Kuwait National Stadium, Kuwait City1–01–0Friendly

Managerial statistics

Honours

;Persepolis