Reza Shojaei

Striker - Gostaresh Foulad
26 Nov 2026
Thursday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 6 Transfers 1 Relations Events 60 Awards 9 Matches History

Marked for Reza Shojaei

16 Edition

The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Nov 2026

Saman Khodadad breaks a bone — 61 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 61 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

Mehdi Gholizadeh was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 30. 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.

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

Reza Shojaei, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 8.13

A mark of 8.13 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Gostaresh Foulad

Hossein Saki 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.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Words at Gostaresh Foulad training over how hard people work

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

The terraces16 Nov 2026

Gostaresh Foulad supporters have found a favourite in Reza Shojaei

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Reza Shojaei has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match14 Nov 2026

Gostaresh Foulad rescue it on 96 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 96. Rah Ahan had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Karim Moharrami stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Karim Moharrami and Gostaresh Foulad agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match14 Nov 2026

Honours even between Gostaresh Foulad and Rah Ahan

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

  • The dugout Mehdi Torabi knocks on the manager’s door
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Shahriar Ebrahimi
Back issues
14 Edition

The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match31 Oct 2026

Chastening afternoon for Gostaresh Foulad

A 1‑4 beating by Tractor was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A fracture rules Saman Khodadad out for 75 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Gostaresh Foulad will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Mehdi Torabi stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market2 Nov 2026

Amir Ghoddos puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Gostaresh Foulad, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Amir Karimi 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.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A month that belonged to Reza Shojaei

The young player of the month award goes to a 20-year-old at Gostaresh Foulad who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Gostaresh Foulad

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

Boardroom2 Nov 2026

Nobody left the Gostaresh Foulad dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Gostaresh Foulad keep their word to Kassoum Ouattara

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

13 Edition

The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad26 Oct 2026

83 days out for Saman Khodadad after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Gostaresh Foulad will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Karim Beiranvand takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Match24 Oct 2026

Nobody wants to play Gostaresh Foulad right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

A masterclass from Karim Beiranvand

Marked 10.00 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match24 Oct 2026

Gostaresh Foulad get the job done against Saipa

A 4‑3 win over Saipa, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Match24 Oct 2026

Karim Beiranvand among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Karim Beiranvand on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Gostaresh Foulad and Saipa.

Squad26 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Gostaresh Foulad

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

Squad26 Oct 2026

Karim Beiranvand is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.30 with 11 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

The terraces26 Oct 2026

One of their own: Ahmad Dejagah

He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

In brief

12 Edition

The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match17 Oct 2026

Reza Shojaei leads the rout of Naft Tehran

4‑0, and Reza Shojaei took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Gostaresh Foulad tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Saman Khodadad breaks a bone — 90 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 90 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Reza Shojaei, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 9.99

A mark of 9.99 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad19 Oct 2026

3 goals for Reza Shojaei

The match ball belongs to Reza Shojaei, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Ahmad Dejagah runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Gostaresh Foulad

Hossein Saki 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Masoud Gholizadeh is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Karim Beiranvand in the eights

A performance of 9.64 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

A satisfied Ali Azmoun

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 4‑0, Ali Azmoun could afford to be generous.

In brief

11 Edition

The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Oct 2026

97 days out for Saman Khodadad after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Gostaresh Foulad will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Karim Beiranvand takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

No sign of nerves from Reza Shojaei at 20 — 9.07

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Reza Shojaei did not need any: 9.07, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Match10 Oct 2026

At last: Gostaresh Foulad win one

11 matches without a win, and then this, against Esteghlal Khuzestan. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.

Squad12 Oct 2026

6 saves: Mehdi Torabi was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

Amir Karimi runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Hossein Saki 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 Gostaresh Foulad this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match10 Oct 2026

6 goals as Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal Khuzestan go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal Khuzestan, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Match10 Oct 2026

Gostaresh Foulad find a way past Esteghlal Khuzestan

Esteghlal Khuzestan made Gostaresh Foulad work for it, but the scoreboard read 4‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief

6 Edition

The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad7 Sep 2026

11 saves: Mehdi Torabi was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 11 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match2 Sep 2026

Gostaresh Foulad bow out of the cup

Persepolis go through and Gostaresh Foulad go home, 3‑4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Reza Shojaei, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 9.39

A mark of 9.39 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad7 Sep 2026

3 goals for Reza Shojaei

The match ball belongs to Reza Shojaei, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Market7 Sep 2026

Saman Khodadad has said yes to Saba

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Gostaresh Foulad have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Match5 Sep 2026

7 matches without a win for Gostaresh Foulad

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Gostaresh Foulad are no longer polite ones.

Market7 Sep 2026

Zob Ahan come back empty-handed

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

Market7 Sep 2026

Saeid Torabi puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Gostaresh Foulad, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Gostaresh Foulad close the window on a squad of their own making

11 in and 1 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

In brief