Younes Delfi
 Delfi with Iran U23 at 2018 Asian Games | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohammad Younes Delfi | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Shush, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nirooye Zamini | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2016 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 39 | (7) |
| 2019–2022 | Charleroi | 6 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | → HNK Gorica (loan) | 26 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Foolad | 3 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Gol Gohar Sirjan | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | Nirooye Zamini | 14 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Iran U17 | 13 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Iran U23 | 13 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 November 2019 | |||
Younes Delfi (Persian: یونس دلفی; born 2 October 2000) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Nirooye Zamini. He is the youngest Iranian player to have played in Europe.[1]
International career
Delfi is a very technical player displaying his talent initially at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. He burst onto the scene by recording 2 goals and 1 assist in the group stages of the competition. He also showed phenomenal technical ability by also getting 2 penalties for the Iran U-17 national team in the 3 group matches.
| Year | Competition | Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | ||
| 2016 | AFC U-16 Championship[2] | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | Granatkin Memorial | 6 | 4 |
| FIFA U-17 World Cup[3] | 4 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 3 | 0 |
Career statistics
- As of 12 June 2022
| Club | Division | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Persian Gulf Pro League | 2016–17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 7 | |||
| 2018–19 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 39 | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | 43 | 7 | |||
| Charleroi | Belgian First Division A | 2018–19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| HNK Gorica (loan) | Croatian First Football League | 2020-21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | |
| 2021-22 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| Foolad | Persian Gulf Pro League | 2022-23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 73 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 78 | 11 | |||
Honours
National
- AFC U-16 Championship - Runner-up (1): 2016
References
- ^ Siekman, Tim (August 10, 2018). "PSV scouting for top Iranian talent: Younes Delfi". teammelli.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Younes Delfi". FFIRI.
- ^ "Fifa U-17 world cup statistics". FIFA. FIFA. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017.
External links
- Younes Delfi on Instagram
- Younes Delfi on Twitter
- Younes Delfi at Soccerway
- Younes Delfi on teammelli.com
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