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List of highest payments of Iranian football

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2019)

Player	From	To	Fee	Year	Ref
Alireza Jahanbakhsh	Alkmaar	Brighton & Hove Albion	£17m	2018	[1][2]
Sardar Azmoun	Rubin Kazan	Zenit Saint Petersburg	€12m	2019	[3]
Ashkan Dejagah	Fulham	Al-Arabi	€6.3m	2014	[4]
Kaveh Rezaei	Charleroi	Brugge	€5m	2018	[5]
Ali Karimi	Bayern Munich	Qatar	€4–5m	2007	[6]
Saman Ghoddos	Östersunds	Amiens	€3.8m	2018	[7]
Ali Daei	Bayern Munich	Hertha	DM5.3–7m	1999	[8][9]
Ashkan Dejagah	Wolfsburg	Fulham	€2.5m	2012	[10]
Ali Daei	Arminia Bielefeld	Bayern Munich	€2.25m	1998	[11][12][13]
Vahid Hashemian	Bochum	Bayern Munich	€2m	2004	[14]
Alireza Jahanbakhsh	NEC	Alkmaar	€2m	2015	[15]
Vahid Hashemian	Bayern Munich	Hannover	€1.5m	2005	[14]
Ehsan Hajsafi	Panionios	Olympiacos	€0.6m	2017	[16]
Vahid Hashemian	Hamburg	Bochum	DM0.75m	2001	[8]
Karim Ansarifard	Panionios	Olympiacos	€0.4m	2017	[17]

Highest transfer payments received by Iranian clubs[edit]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2019)

Player	From	To	Fee	Year	Ref
Mehdi Mahdavikia	Persepolis	Hamburg	DM4.5m	2001	[18][19]
Mehdi Mahdavikia	Persepolis	Hamburg	DM2.5m	1999	[8][20][21]
Karim Bagheri	Persepolis	Charlton Athletic	£0.4m/$1.6m	2000	[22][23]
Alireza Haghighi	Persepolis	Rubin Kazan	€0.95m	2012	[24]
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh	Esteghlal	Fenerbahçe	€0.85m	2019	[25]
Alireza Beiranvand	Persepolis	Royal Antwerp	€0.63m	2020	[26]
Majid Hosseini	Esteghlal	Trabzonspor	€0.4m	2018	[27]
Ali Karimi	Sepahan	Dinamo Zagreb	$0.4m	2016	[28]
Andranik Teymourian	Aboumoslem	Bolton Wanderers	£0.255m	2006	[29]
Younes Delfi	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Charleroi	€0.3m	2019	[30]
Ali Gholizadeh	Saipa	Charleroi	€0.3m	2018	[31]
Omid Noorafkan	Esteghlal	Charleroi	€0.25m	2018	[32]
Rahman Rezaei	Zob Ahan	Perugia	€0.15m	2001	[33]
Rasoul Khatibi	Pas	Hamburg	DM0.15m	1999	[34]

Highest transfer payments paid by Iranian clubs[edit]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2019)

Player	From	To	Fee	Year	Ref
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	Ajman	Persepolis	$0.85m	2013	[35]
Javad Nekounam	Osasuna	Esteghlal	€0.7m	2012	[36]
Ehsan Hajsafi	Olympiacos	Tractorsazi	€0.5m	2018	[37]

Largest contracts signed involving Iranian players[edit]

This is a list of highest salaried Iranian football players, whether they were transferred, signed as free agent or extended their contracts. It does not include undisclosed contracts. This list also does not necessarily reflect actual money collected by the players, since some contracts are eventually terminated due to different reasons. The contract figures referenced below are presented at face value and do not reflect potential pre or post-tax treatments.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2020)

Player	Club	Length of contract	Contract value	Average per year	Ref
Mehdi Mahdavikia	Hamburg	3 years (2004–2007)	€6.6–6.9m	€2.2–2.3m	[38][39]
Ali Karimi	Al-Sailiya	2 years (2008–2010)[a]	€4.7m	€2.35m	[40]
Mehdi Mahdavikia	Eintracht Frankfurt	3 years (2007–2010)[a]	€4.5m	€1.5m	[41]
Vahid Hashemian	Bayern Munich	3 years (2004–2007)[a]	€4.5m	€1.5m	[42]
Ali Karimi	Al-Qatar	2 years (2007–2009)[a]	£3.2m	£1.6m	[43]
Mehdi Taremi	Al-Gharafa	1½ years (2018–2019)	$2.5m	$1.66m	[citation needed]
Mehrdad Minavand	Sturm Graz	3 years (1998–2001)	$2.0m	$0.66m	[44]
Farhad Majidi	Al-Nasr	2 years (2006–2008)[a]	$2.0m	$1.0m	[45]
Vahid Hashemian	Bochum	3 years (2002–2005)[a]	€1.8m	€0.6m	[42][46]
Karim Ansarifard	Olympiacos	3½ years (2017–2020)[a]	€1.75m	€0.5m	[47]
Arash Borhani	Al-Nasr	1 year (2006–2007)	$1.6m	—	[45]
Mehdi Taremi	Rio Ave	2 years (2019–2021)	€1.4m	€0.7m
Vahid Amiri	Trabzonspor	2 years (2018–2020)[a]	€1.4m	€0.7m	[48]
Ehsan Hajsafi	Olympiacos	3½ years (2017–2021)[a]	€1.4m	€0.4m	[16]
Mehrzad Madanchi	Al-Nasr	1 year (2008–2009)	$1.5m	—	[citation needed]
Ali Karimi	Al-Ahli	2 years (2001–2003)	$1.3m	$0.65m	[49]
Andranik Teymourian	Umm Salal	1 year (2015–2016)[a]	$1.2m	—	[50]
Mehrzad Madanchi	Al-Ahli	1 year (2009–2010)	€1.0m	—	[51]
Javad Nekounam	Al-Wahda	½ year (2006)	$1.0m	—	[52]
Ali Samereh	Ajman	1 year (2008–2009)	$1.0m	—	[53]
Masoud Shojaei	Al-Gharafa	1 year (2015–2016)	$1.0m	—	[54]
Ali Karimi	Schalke	½ year (2011)	€0.72m	—	[55]
Rahman Rezaei	Al-Ahli	1 year (2009–2010)	$0.7m	—	[56]
Khodadad Azizi	Köln	3 years (1997–2000)[a]	DM1.6m	DM0.53m	[57]
Hamed Kavianpour	Al-Wasl	1 year (2002–2003)	$0.5m	—	[58]

Largest buyout clauses set for Iranian players[edit]

This is a list of largest reported buyout clauses set for Iranian players whether they were triggered or not:

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2020)

Player	Club	Duration	Clause	Ref
Masoud Shojaei	Osasuna	2008–2010	€6.0m	[59]
Sardar Azmoun	Rubin Kazan	2013–2016	€6.0m[a]	[60]
Javad Nekounam	Osasuna	2006–2010	€5.0m	[61]
Masoud Shojaei	Osasuna	2010–2011	€3.0m	[59]
Javad Nekounam	Osasuna	2010–2012	€2.5m[b]	[62]
Vahid Hashemian	Bochum	2002–2004	€2.0m[a]	[42]
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	Ajman	2013	$0.85m[a]	[35]
Karim Ansarifard	Panionios	2015–2017	€0.4m[a]	[63]

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