Morteza Pouraliganji

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Morteza Pouraliganji Biography

Iranian professional football player who is known for his work as a Centre back on both the Al-Arabi and Eupen club teams. He is also recognized for playing as number 88 on the Iran national team.

He started his youth career in 2005, originally playing for the Paykan Babol club. He later went on to play for Pas Tehran and Persepolis before making his senior career debut in 2010 as part of the Naft Tehran club.

He is known for having won the Qatar Crown Prince Cup, the Qatar Emir Cup, and the Sheikh Jassim Cup all in 2017 as part of the Al-Sadd club.

He was born and raised in the Pain Ganj Afruz village in Babol County in Iran. He shared a photo with both his brother and mother to his Instagram in in July of 2019.

He played alongside fellow professional player Xavi as part of the Al Sadd club within the Qatar Stars League.

Morteza Pouraliganji (Persian: مرتضی پورعلی‌گنجی ‎; born 19 April 1992), is an Iranian professional footballer who currently plays for Al-Arabi, In the Qatar Stars League and Iran national team. Pouraliganji represented Iran at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Pouraliganji represented Iran U-17 in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Pouraliganji started his senior career with Naft Tehran in 2010. He scored his first professional goal in 2011 in a 4–1 win against Paykan.

In 2012, he broke in to coach Ali Reza Mansourian’s squad and has been regular feature ever since. He named in Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.

After his performance in Asian Games in October 2014, Carlos Queiroz called Pouraliganji up for a training camp in Portugal. He played a friendly fixtures against Estroli and Benfica and was later called up for an international friendly against South Korea on 18 November 2014. He was called into Iran’s 2015 AFC Asian Cup squad on 30 December 2014, making his debut in a friendly match against Iraq on 4 January 2015 which Iran won 1–0.

Pouraliganji was selected to start in Iran’s opening match at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, a 2–0 win over Bahrain. His good performance in Iran’s second match against Qatar earned him a place in the AFC Best 11 of Round 2. In the quarter-final match against Iraq, Pouraliganji scored his first goal for Iran as they drew 3–3 at Canberra Stadium and were eventually defeated 7–6 on a penalty shootout.

He joined Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda on 25 February 2015 with a one–year contract. He made his first appearance for the club on 8 April 2015 in a match against Henan Jianye. On 4 June 2015 Morteza scored his first goal for Tianjin in a 2–2 draw against Guangzhou Evergrande. Morteza left the club at the end of the season after he decided not to renew his contract.

Pouralingaji decided to remain with Al Sadd for another season and he scored his first league goal of the 2016–17 season on 12 December 2016 in an 8–0 win against Umm Salal. He scored again in the following match day on 16 December 2016 in a 3–1 victory against Al-Sailiya SC.

On 8 January 2016 Pouraliganji rejected several offers from European and Chinese teams and accepted an offer from Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd. He stated playing with Xavi was one of the main reasons he accepted this offer. He signed a four-month contract on 20 January 2016 until the end of the season. He scored his first goal for his new club in February 2016 in a 3–1 victory against Al Arabi.

In May 2018 he was named in Iran’s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

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