Mehdi Hajsafi

Striker - Rah Ahan
7 Nov 2026
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Marked for Mehdi Hajsafi

13 Edition

The Rah Ahan Herald

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad26 Oct 2026

Ahmad Moharrami breaks a bone — 100 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 100 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match24 Oct 2026

A bad afternoon for Rah Ahan against Esteghlal

2‑3 to Esteghlal, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad26 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Rah Ahan

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vahid Vafaei was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Farjad Fayaz 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 Rah Ahan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Defences have started doubling up on Shahriar Yazdani

10 goals and a season average of 7.29 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Ninety minutes of Shahriar Yazdani at his very best

Marked 8.43. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Rah Ahan.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 2‑3 defeat, delivered by Karim Vafaei to a room that had heard them before.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Shahriar Pouraliganji

“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.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

The chances came and went for Mehdi Hajsafi

8 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.

In brief

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12 Edition

The Rah Ahan Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad19 Oct 2026

Ahmad Moharrami breaks a bone — 107 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 107 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

A brace, and Shahriar Gholizadeh takes the afternoon — 9.05

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Shahriar Gholizadeh provided it, and the 9.05 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Words at Rah Ahan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vahid Vafaei 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Rah Ahan

Farjad Fayaz and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match17 Oct 2026

Rah Ahan see off Esteghlal Ahvaz

Three points for Rah Ahan, 2‑0 the final word against Esteghlal Ahvaz in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Pejman Karimi runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Karim Vafaei, on a 2‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Mehdi Hajsafi could have had three

10 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.

Market19 Oct 2026

The Pejman Karimi talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Rah Ahan know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

9 Edition

The Rah Ahan Herald

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Shahriar Yazdani scores twice — 8.53

Two goals and a mark of 8.53 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Pejman Karimi was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at Rah Ahan

Sardar Dejagah and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match26 Sep 2026

Rah Ahan see off Naft Tehran

Three points for Rah Ahan, 3‑1 the final word against Naft Tehran in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Vahid Vafaei falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Shahriar Yazdani is carrying Rah Ahan

9 goals and a season average of 7.24. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Mohammad Hajsafi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mohammad Hajsafi, and the manager let it.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Karim Vafaei has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Karim Vafaei on a 3‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Rah Ahan keep their word to Vahid Moharrami

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

In brief

2 Edition

The Rah Ahan Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Esteghlal come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Rah Ahan did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Rah Ahan make their move for Abolfazl Zamani

$1.3M on the table at Esteghlal. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

No deal for Milad Cheshmi at that price

Rah Ahan offered $950.0K; Padideh said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Gabriel Cabral turns down Rah Ahan

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Famalicao keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Shahriar Yazdani signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Shahriar Yazdani and Rah Ahan agree another 5 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Rah Ahan

Saeid Shojaei 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.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Saeid Shojaei beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match8 Aug 2026

Rah Ahan rescue it on 92 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 92. Foolad had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Amir Azmoun

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Amir Azmoun, and the manager let it.

In brief