Mohammad Reza Akhbari

Mohammad Reza Akhbari
	Akhbari with Tractor in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Reza Akhbari Shad
Date of birth	15 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Isfahan, Iran
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Gol Gohar
Number	1
Youth career
2005–2014	Saipa
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2019	Saipa
2015–2017	→ Tractor (loan)
2019–2023	Tractor
2023–	Gol Gohar
International career‡
2014–2016	Iran U23
2016	Iran
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2016

Mohammad Reza Akhbari (Persian: محمدرضا اخباری; born 15 February 1993) is an Iranian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Gol Gohar.

Club career

Saipa

Ahkbari started his career with Saipa at the youth level, one of the unknown young players presented to the Iranian football by coach Engin Firat. He debuted in the last fixture of the 2013–14 Iran Pro League against Saba Qom as a starter.^[1]

Club statistics

Club	Season	Division	League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Saipa	2013–14	Pro League	1	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	1	0
	2014–15	Pro League	13	0	2	0	–	–	0	0	15	0
	Total		14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
Tractor	2015–16	Persian Gulf Pro League	30	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	39	0
	2016–17	Persian Gulf Pro League	30	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
	Total		60	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	71	0
Saipa	2017–18	Persian Gulf Pro League	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	2018–19	Persian Gulf Pro League	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	Total		17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
Tractor	2018-19	Persian Gulf Pro League	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2019–20		1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2020–21		28	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	13	0
	2021-22		23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
	2022-23		27	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
	Total		84	0	6	0	7	0	1	0	98	0
Gol Gohar	2023-24	Persian Gulf Pro League	28	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
Career Totals			203	0	18	0	13	0	1	0	235	0

International career

Youth

Akhbari was invited to the Iran U23 preliminary camp by Nelo Vingada^[2] to preparation for Incheon 2014 and 2016 AFC U-22 Championship (Summer Olympic qualification). He was named in Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.^[3]

Senior

He was invited to Iranian national team for the first time on 12 March 2016 by Carlos Queiroz for two upcoming matches against India and Oman during 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. However, he did not play. He played his first match for the senior team on 8 June 2016 in a friendly with Kyrgyzstan, coming as a substitute of first choice Alireza Haghighi in the second half.