Ali Eslami

Left Midfielder - Esteghlal Ahvaz
14 Oct 2026
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Marked for Ali Eslami

4 Edition

The Esteghlal Ahvaz Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match22 Aug 2026

No end in sight to Esteghlal Ahvaz's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Esteghlal Ahvaz has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Walter Montoya in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Esteghlal Ahvaz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A move Alireza Sadipour would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Alireza Sadipour is living that version at Esteghlal Ahvaz, and it tends to show in the first month.

Squad24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Mehdi Besak

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Alireza Sadipour signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alireza Sadipour and Esteghlal Ahvaz agree another 3 years.

Match22 Aug 2026

Honours even between Esteghlal Ahvaz and Saba

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Esteghlal Ahvaz Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Esteghlal Ahvaz

Walter Montoya was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Amir Shahim

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Esteghlal Ahvaz pick somebody else ahead of Mehdi Besak

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

In brief

1 Edition

The Zob Ahan Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad3 Aug 2026

Parsa Jafari keeps Zob Ahan in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Rahman Jafari signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Rahman Jafari and Zob Ahan agree another 4 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Ehsan Pahlevan in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zob Ahan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom3 Aug 2026

Graduation day at Zob Ahan

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Zob Ahan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Shayan Mosleh is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market3 Aug 2026

Eyes on Ali Eslami again

The phone has started ringing about Ali Eslami again, and this time the name on the line is Esteghlal Ahvaz. Zob Ahan are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market3 Aug 2026

Zob Ahan promote Saman Gholizadeh from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Saman Gholizadeh has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market3 Aug 2026

Masoud Hosseini steps up from the Zob Ahan academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Masoud Hosseini has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market3 Aug 2026

One of our own: Ramin Rezaeian joins the Zob Ahan first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ramin Rezaeian is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief