Mehdi Torabi

Torabi playing for Saipa against Persepolis in 2018

He started his career with Saipa from youth levels. He was promoted to the first team by Mojtaba Taghavi in summer 2012. He made his Persian Gulf Cup debut for Saipa in the 2013–14 season against Mes Kerman as a substitute. His subsequent performances were deemed worthy of a Team Melli call up.

On 1 July 2018, Torabi signed a three-year deal with Persepolis. He was sent on back on loan to Saipa for the first half of the season until Persepolis had served their transfer ban. On 16 December 2018, Torabi officially joined Persepolis' squad and was assigned the number 9.[2]

Torabi scored his first goal for Persepolis in a 3–2 victory over Saipa on 13 April 2019.[3]

He was invited to Iran U23 preliminary camp by Nelo Vingada.[4] He was included in the squad for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship by coach Mohammad Khakpour and he scored his first goal of the tournament in the last group match against China from a 30-yard free kick.

He made his debut against Uzbekistan on a friendly on 11 June 2015 where he scored the lone goal of the match. On 3 September 2015, Torabi came off the bench to score in a 6–0 victory against Guam. In May 2018 he was named in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[5]

Torabi has been known to be a supporter of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, having worn a shirt in support of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and wanting to offer him a football as a gift during the Mahsa Amini protests.[6][7][8] In 2019, Torabi lifted his shirt up with a message of support to the government during the 2019–2020 Iranian protests as well. The literal translation of his message was "The only path to salvation of country is to follow orders of ali khakizahi ".[9]

As of 24 October 2023

Statistics accurate as of match played 12 September 2023.[10]

As of match played 10 November 2022. Iran score listed first, score column indicates score after each Torabi goal.[11]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 June 2015	Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	1	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2.	3 September 2015	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	3	Guam	6–0	6–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	13 October 2015		5	Japan	1–0	1–1	Friendly
4.	7 June 2016		10	Kyrgyzstan	3–0	6–0
5.	11 September 2018	Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	18	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–0
6.	16 October 2018	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	19	Bolivia	2–1	2–1
7.	10 November 2022	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	36	Nicaragua	1–0	1–0

Persepolis

• Persian Gulf Pro League (4): 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23
• Hazfi Cup (2): 2018–19, 2022–23
• Iranian Super Cup (2): 2019, 2020

• Iranian Young Player of the Year: 2016
• Persian Gulf Pro League Team of the Year: 2015–16
• Navad Player of the Month: April 2018, May 2018