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My Take
Ali Gholizadeh is the kind of young talent I genuinely enjoy following. A product of Saipa's academy in Tehran, he broke into the first team at eighteen, paid his dues for five seasons, then stepped abroad to Charleroi and on to Lech Poznan. That measured climb from Iran into European football, one rung at a time, is far harder than the highlight reels suggest. As a winger he plays the most thrilling position on the pitch, all dribbles and direct threat, and he carries the weight of the Iran national team too. I admire players who shoulder both homeland expectation and the loneliness of life abroad.
Overview
Ali Gholizadeh Nojedeh (Persian: علی قلیزاده, romanized: 'Ali Qolizâde; born 10 March 1996) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań and the Iran national team. Gholizadeh is a product of the Saipa youth system and broke into the club's first team at 18. He went on to play for five seasons at Saipa before transferring to Belgian side Charleroi in 2018.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ali Gholizadeh
- Name (Japanese)
- アリ・ゴリザデ
- Reading
- あり・ごりざで
- Born
- March 10, 1996 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rat
- Origin
- Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.