Alireza Jahanbakhsh

Alireza Jahanbakhsh is one of those players who quietly earns your respect the more you watch him. Growing up in Qazvin, Iran and making his way to the top tiers of European football — through the Dutch Eredivisie, the English Premier League with Brighton, and eventually leading the Iranian national team as captain — that's a journey that demands real quality and resilience. He's a winger who combines pace with genuine technical ability, and there's something thrilling about watching him take on defenders with that burst of acceleration. The fact that he was voted second-best young talent in the 2013–14 Eredivisie season shows the early promise was very real. As a captain for Iran, he carries the weight of a nation's football hopes, and from what I've seen, he carries it pretty well.

Name (English)

Alireza Jahanbakhsh

Name (Japanese)

アリーレザー・ジャハーンバフシュ

Reading

ありーれざー・じゃはーんばふしゅ

Born

August 11, 1993 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rooster

Origin

Qazvin, Qazvin Province, Iran

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%95%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5

Tags

• Qazvin Province
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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