Ali Karimi

Ali Karimi is the kind of footballer I love watching in memory. A playmaker out of Karaj who scored 38 goals in 127 games for Iran, he carried creativity through leagues in Iran, Germany, Qatar and the UAE, which tells me his vision traveled well across very different styles. What deepens my respect is the second act: turning to coaching and philanthropy after retirement. I am drawn to athletes who treat their fame as something to give back rather than merely enjoy. Karimi reads to me as a complete sportsman, gifted on the ball and conscious of the world beyond it.

Name (English)

Ali Karimi

Name (Japanese)

アリ・カリミ

Reading

あり・かりみ

Born

November 8, 1978 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

Origin

Karaj, Alborz Province, Iran

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / philanthropist / association football coach

• Official sitehttp://www.alikarimi8.ir/
• Xhttps://x.com/alikarimi_ak8
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Karimi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217384

Tags

• Alborz Province
• association football player
• philanthropist
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.