Mehrdad Oladi

Mehrdad Oladi (Persian: مهرداد اولادی‎, May 25, 1985 – April 19, 2016) was an Iranian footballer who most recently played for Persepolis, Esteghlal, Naft Tehran, Malavan in the Iran Pro League. He usually played in the striker position.

Mehrdad Oladi
Oladi while playing for Esteghlal, 4 December 2013
Personal information
Full name Mehrdad Oladi Ghadikolaei
Date of birth (1985-05-25)25 May 1985
Place of birth Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran
Date of death 19 April 2016(2016-04-19) (aged 30)
Place of death Tehran, Iran
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2001–2003 Persepolis Ghaemshahr
2003–2006 Persepolis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Persepolis 48 (9)
2006 → Al-Shabab (loan) 11 (0)
2006–2007 Al-Shabab 11 (3)
2006–2007 → Persepolis (loan) 9 (3)
2008–2009 Al-Shabab 18 (7)
2009–2011 Malavan 32 (16)
2011–2012 Persepolis 18 (1)
2012–2013 Malavan 24 (3)
2013 Naft Tehran 10 (2)
2013–2014 Esteghlal 19 (2)
2014 Malavan 8 (1)
2016 Malavan 4 (0)
National team‡
2004 Iran U20 3 (4)
2005–2007 Iran U23 15 (2)
2005 Iran B 6 (6)
2009–2014 Iran 13 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2013

Club career

Start with Persepolis

Mehrdad Oladi started his career at IPL giants Persepolis before moving to Dubai outfit Al-Shabab for one season. In August 2006, he returned to Persepolis on a loan deal but moved back to Al-Shabab in March 2007 where he still had one year left of his two-year deal to serve.

He scored the winning goal in 61st match of Tehran derby on 3 November 2006 against Esteghlal, rivals of Persepolis. There had been interest shown by many Turkish and other European teams towards Oladi and his Iranian compatriot Mehrzad Madanchi.

Loan return to Persepolis

In September 2007, Oladi cancelled his contract with Al-Shabab and urgently went to the United States to deal with a family matter.

He returned to the United Arab Emirates in February 2008 and signed a six-month contract with Al-Shabab. In August 2012, Oladi was on trial with La Liga side, Xerez CD but move was cancelled.[1]

He joined Malavan in the summer of 2009. Alongside Pejman Nouri, they had two great seasons with Malavan, reaching the final of the Hazfi Cup. He was the top scorer for Malavan with 15 goals in the 2010–11 season. In four games played in the Hazfi Cup, he scored five times.

Second return to Persepolis
Oladi with Persepolis in December 2011

He played two seasons for Malavan and moved to Persepolis in the summer of 2011 and was used as a winger and striker. He returned to Malavan after one season at Persepolis in 2012. On 6 July 2013, he signed with Naft Tehran with a contract running until 2015.

Esteghlal

He joined Esteghlal on 11 November 2013, with a one and half year contract.[2][3]

Malavan

Oladi was released by Esteghlal in June 2014 and signed a contract with Malavan.

Club career statistics
As of 8 August 2014
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2003–04PersepolisPro League 50–
2004–05 228–
2005–06 161–
United Arab Emirates League President's Cup Asia Total
2005–06Al-ShababUAE League 0–
2006–07 113–113
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2006–07PersepolisPro League 9310–103
United Arab Emirates League President's Cup Asia Total
2008–09Al-ShababUAE League 1874150278
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2009–10MalavanPro League 7212–84
2010–11 251466–3120
2011–12Persepolis 1711000181
2012–13Malavan 24300–243
2013–14Naft Tehran 10200–102
Esteghlal 1924120253
2014–15Malavan 1000–10
Total Iran 1273315100014242
United Arab Emirates 1050
Career total 4350
  • Assist Goals
SeasonTeamAssists
10-11Malavan5
11–12Persepolis0

International career

Oladi was a member of Iran national under-20 football team, and participated in the 2004 AFC Youth Championship held in Malaysia. He scored 4 goals in the match against Indonesia, helping them win 6-2, but wasn't enough for Iran to advance to the second round. He was a part of the Iran national under-23 football team that participated at the 2006 Asian Games. He also participated with Iran B national football team in the 2005 Islamic Games in Saudi Arabia, where he won third place with his team, and became the top scorer in the tournament with 6 goals (4 of them in the 9-0 win against Tajikistan).

International goals
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
124 September 2010Amman International Stadium, Amman Bahrain3–03–02010 WAFF

Death

On 19 April 2016, Oladi died in Tehran's Tajrish Hospital at the age of 30 after suffering from cardiac complications.[4][5]

Honours

Club
Al Shabab
Malavan

National
Iran U23

References
  1. http://www.iransportspress.com/news/170/ARTICLE/9081/2009-08-22.html Archived August 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. اولادی رسماً به استقلال پیوست
  3. Iran's Malavan striker dies of cardiac arrest
  4. "Young Footballer Mehrdad Oladi Dies". Financial Tribune. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  5. "Iranian footballer Mehrdad Oladi dies of cardiac arrest". Tehran Times. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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