IranCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki is an Iranian football coach and former professional player. During his professional football career, he has played as a playmaker in the Iran Pro League, UAE Pro League, Qatar Stars League and Bundesliga. Karimi has scored 38 goals in 127 matches for the Iran national team. In 2004, he was recognized as the best scorer of the AFC Asian Cup and received the Asian Footballer of the Year award in the same year. He announced his retirement at the end of the 2013–14 season and, on 11 April 2014, played the final game of his 18-year career. — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
9 appearances in recorded line-ups · 2001–2022The archive holds 9 team sheets naming Ali Karimi in Iran's starting line-up, from 2001-11-10 to 2022-11-21.
9 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
15 goals across 9 scoring matches · 3 tournaments · 2000–2011| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-07-23 |  Maldives | W4–0(h) | 67' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Tehran |
| 2009-06-10 |  United Arab Emirates | W1–0(h) | 53' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Tehran |
| 2004-08-06 |  Bahrain | W4–2(n) | 52' | AFC Asian Cup | Beijing |
| 2004-07-31 |  South Korea | W4–3(n) | 10' 20' 77'hat-trick | AFC Asian Cup | Jinan |
| 2004-07-24 |  Oman | D2–2(n) | 61' | AFC Asian Cup | Chongqing |
| 2003-10-27 |  North Korea | W3–1(a) | 47' 79' | AFC Asian Cup qualification | Pyongyang |
| 2001-10-12 |  Iraq | W2–1(h) | 71' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Tehran |
| 2001-09-07 | Iraq | W2–1(a) | 30' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Baghdad |
| 2000-11-24 |  Guam | W19–0(h) | 19' 55' 58' 86'hat-trick | FIFA World Cup qualification | Tabriz |
Honours
16 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours16 | ||||
| Bundesliga | ×1 | 2005–06 | Bayern Munich | |
| Asian Club Championship | ×2 | 1999–2000, 2000–01 | Persepolis | |
| DFB-Pokal | ×2 | 2005–06, 2010–11 | Bayern Munich ·1, Schalke 04 ·1 | |
| Hazfi Cup | ×2 | 1998–99, 2013–14 | Persepolis ·1, Tractor Sazi ·1 | |
| Iranian Football League | ×2 | 1998–99, 1999–2000 | Persepolis | |
| UAE Cup | ×2 | 2001–02, 2003–04 | Al-Ahli | |
| West Asian Football Federation Championship | ×2 | 2000, 2004 | Iran | |
| OFC Cup Challenge | ×1 | 2003 | Iran | |
| Asian Cup | ×1 | 2004 | Iran | |
| Asian Games Gold Medal | ×1 | 1998 | Iran | |
| Individual honours17 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 2 | ||||
| Asian Cup top scorer | 2004 | |||
| UAE Pro League top scorer | 2003–04 | |||
| Player of the year · 2 | ||||
| Asian Footballer of the Year | 2004 | |||
| UAE Pro League best player | 2003–04 | |||
| Teams of the season · 1 | ||||
| Asian Cup All-Star Team | 2004 | |||
| Monthly awards · 3 | ||||
| AFC Asian Player of the Month | ×3 | 2000, 2001, 2003 | ||
| More honours · 9 | ||||
| iran Pro League top scoring midfielder | ×2 | 2009–10, 2011–12 | ||
| AFC Asian Cup Fans' All-time Best XI | 2018 | |||
| OFC Cup Challenge MVP | 2003 | |||
| Best foreign player in UAE Pro League history (based on a poll run by Al Bayan newspaper in 2020) | ||||
| Marca Fans' Top Iranian footballer of all time | 2019 | |||
| Top scoring midfielder of Persepolis F.C. in AFC Champions League (ten goals) | ||||
| UAE Pro League best foreign player | 2002–03 | |||
| West Asian Football Federation Championship MVP | 2000 | |||