Omid Alishah


Omid Alishah is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis and the Iran national team.
He signed a two-year contract with Persepolis on 11 June 2013 and made his debut on 16 August 2013. On 23 November 2014, Alishah scored the winning goal in the Tehran derby against rival Esteghlal in the 78th minute. has also played for Nassaji Mazandaran, Naft Tehran, Rah Ahan and Tractor. Also, He was the 2015–16 PGPL Top Goal Assistant.

Club career

Nassaji

Alishah started his career at Nassaji while he was 17. He debuted for the club on January 7, 2010 against Shirin Faraz when he was chosen as a starter by the coach Nader Dastneshan.

Naft Tehran

In 2010–11 season, Alishah joined newly promoted IPL team Naft Tehran. During his time at Naft, he failed to make any appearances for the first team. He was also a part of Naft Tehran U-21 and won the 2010–11 Tehran U–21 League.

Rah Ahan

After a season at Naft, Alishah was signed up by Ali Daei for Rah Ahan. Ali Daei moved him up the field and into a more attacking position using Alishah as a right winger/second striker instead of right back where he had been used by his previous managers. Alishah with his blistering pace quickly managed to find his way into the starting line-up scoring 5 goals in his first nine games. He had a less successful second half of a season mainly due to a Cruciate ligament injury in a match against Damash Gilan in March 2012. He had been far from the team till December 2012.

Persepolis

He signed a two-year contract with Persepolis on 11 June 2013. He made his debut on 16 August 2013 in a match against Malavan, in which he scored the winning goal. He scored his second goal on 6 April 2014 in a 2–2 draw against his former team, Rah Ahan. On 23 November 2014, Alishah scored the winning goal in the Tehran derby against rival Esteghlal in the 78th minute. He was sent off after receiving his second yellow card seconds after his goal.
In 2015, before the 2015–16 season, Alishah was designated as the Persepolis' third captain.
In the winter of 2017, Alishah signed a two–year contract with Tractor to spend his conscription period at the club. Alishah returned to Persepolis Besore 2018-19 Pro League.

International career

U–17

Alishah represented Iran U-17 in the 3 of the 4 games the team played at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

U–20

He also made the squad for the unsuccessful 2010 AFC U-19 Championship, surprisingly his involvement was highly limited under the guidance of his former U17 manager, Ali Doustimehr.

U-22

He was invited to Iran U-22 by the coach Alireza Mansourian. He made his debut against Qatar U-22 and scored his first goal at the match.

Senior

He made his debut against Guam on 3 September 2015 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

Statistics

Club career statistics

SeasonTeamAssists
11–12Rah Ahan3
12–13Rah Ahan0
13–14Persepolis1
14–15Persepolis4
15–16Persepolis10

International goals

Under-20

Under-22

Honours

;Persepolis