List of foreign players of Esteghlal F.C.

List of non Iranian players of Esteghlal F.C. are footballers that played for the Iranian club, Esteghlal F.C. As of 4 February 2024, 54 footballers from 25 countries played for Esteghlal F.C.

Server Djeparov and Mame Thiam, two of non Iranian footballers of Esteghlal F.C.

History

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Pierre Karlów was the first non Iranian player joining the club in 1946. Karlów was one of the Polish war refugee who stayed in Iran after the end of World War II.

  • Bold players are/were National players.
  • The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
  • Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 14 February 2021. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Iran championship Tournament, Iran Local League, Takht Jamshid Cup, Qods League, Azadegan League, Iran Pro League, Tehran Football League, Hazfi Cup, Tehran Hazfi Cup, AFC Champions League, Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and Iranian Super Cup.

List

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As of 1 June 2024
# Name Nat Pos App Goal from Career to
1 Pierre Karlów[1]  
 
GK ? 0 ? 1945–56 ?
2 Rufat Quliyev[1]   MF 24 4   Shafa Baku 2000–02   Sanat Naft
3 Roger Fabrizio[1]   FW 14 2 ? 2003–04 ?
4 Rafael Gomes[1]   DF 2 0   Vasco da Gama 2003–04   Bragantino
5 Đorđe Topalović[1]   GK 22 0   Zemun 2004–05   Oghab Tehran
6 Akvsenti Gilauri[1]   DF 44 2   Sioni Bolnisi 2004–07   Pegah Gilan
7 Vladimir Akhalaia[1]   FW 0 0   FC Dinamo Tbilisi 2004   FC Dinamo Tbilisi
8 Joílson da Silva[1]   FW 12 3   Zob Ahan 2006–07   Chonburi
9 Léonard Kweuke[1]   FW 9 0   Cintra Yaoundé 2006–07   Steel Azin
10 Srđan Urošević[1]   MF 9 1   Zemun 2007   Hamarkameratene
11 Januário[1]   MF 78 8   Foolad
  Sepahan
2008–10
2012
  Sepahan
Retired
12 Rinaldo Cruzado[1]   MF 21 2   Sporting Cristal 2009–10   Juan Aurich
13 Felipe Alves de Souza[1]   MF 25 0   Malavan 2010–11   Zob Ahan
14 Anderson Ricardo dos Santos[1]   FW 7 0   FC Seoul 2010   Botafogo-SP
15 André Luiz[1]   DF 19 0   Paraná 2010–11   J. Malucelli
16 Hawar Mulla Mohammed[1]   MF 17 4   Persepolis 2011   Zob Ahan
17 Waleed Ali[1]   MF 2 1   Kuwait SC 2011   Kuwait SC
18 Jlloyd Samuel[1]   DF 92 10   Bolton Wanderers 2012–14   Paykan
19 Goran Jerković[1]  
 
FW 26 9   Tauras Tauragė 2011–12   Buriram United
20 Karrar Jassim[1]   MF 35 2   Tractor
  Al-Talaba
2011
2014–15
  Ajman Club
  Naft Al-Wasat
21 Jacques Elong Elong[1]   MF 6 0   DAC Dunajská Streda 2012   Naft Maysan
22 Rodrigo Tosi[1]   FW 9 2   Tractor 2012   DPMM FC
23 Liam Reddy[2]   GK 0 0   Sydney FC 2012   Sydney United
24 Vicente Arze   MF 11 3   Charleroi 2012–13   Hoverla Uzhhorod
25 Goran Lovre[3]   MF 3 0   Partizan 2013   SSV Ulm 1846
26 Boubacar Kébé   FW 7 3   Damash Gilan 2013–14   Al-Hilal
27 Antônio Carvalho   FW 12 1   Boavista 2014   XV de Piracicaba
28 Alberto da Silva   GK 0 0   Bangu 2014   Cabofriense
29 Hrayr Mkoyan   DF 76 0   Shirak 2014–17   Shirak
30 Rivaldo Barbosa   MF 3 0   Figueirense 2014   Clube de Regatas Brasil
31 Hendrik Helmke   MF 0 0   FF Jaro 2015   Al Ahly
32 Pero Pejić   FW 14 5   Kukësi 2015–16   Kukësi
33 Adil Chihi   MF 6 0   Fulham 2016   FSV Frankfurt
34 Róbson   DF 36 0   Bahia (loan) 2016–17   Boavista (loan return)
35 Leandro Padovani   DF 41 2   Sepahan 2016–18 Injured and could not continue playing
36 Server Djeparov   MF 40 6   Lokomotiv Tashkent 2017–18   Zhetysu
37 Mame Baba Thiam   FW 13 12   Juventus 2018   Ajman Club
38 Bojan Najdenov   MF 5 0   Smouha 2018   KF Laçi
39 Markus Neumayr   MF 10 0   Kasımpaşa 2018   Aarau
40 Humam Tariq   MF 18 1   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2018–19   Ismaily
41 Alhaji Gero   FW 10 1   Östersunds 2018   Östersunds
42 Esmaël Gonçalves   FW 18 3   Pakhtakor 2019   Matsumoto Yamaga
43 Ayanda Patosi   MF 19 4   Cape Town City (loan) 2019   Cape Town City (loan return)
44 Godwin Mensha   FW 18 1   Persepolis 2019   Ajman Club
45 Cheick Diabaté   FW 47 27   Osmanlıspor 2019–2021   Al-Gharafa
46 Hrvoje Milić   DF 48 3   Crotone 2019–2021 Unattached
47 Nikolay Bodurov   DF 3 0   CSKA Sofia 2020   Pirin Blagoevgrad
48 Rudy Gestede   FW 25 3   Panetolikos 2021–2022 Retired
49 Arthur Yamga   FW 73 23   Vejle 2021–Present
50 Azizbek Amonov   MF 13 0   Lokomotiv Tashkent 2022–2023   Nasaf
51 Raphael Silva   DF 53 0   Al Faisaly
Unattached
2022–2023
2024–Present
Unattached
52 Muntadher Mohammed   MF 0 0   Al-Naft SC 2023–Present
53 Gustavo Blanco Leschuk   FW 25 6   Eibar 2023–Present
54 Jaloliddin Masharipov   MF 15 2   Panetolikos 2024–Present

Footnotes

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References

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  3. ^ "گوران لاوره به استقلال پيوست". www.tabnak.ir. Retrieved 2021-02-15.