Bakhtiar Rahmani

Bakhtiar Rahmani (بختیار رحمانی; born September 23, 1989) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Tractor Sazi in the Iran Pro League. Rahmani was born in Sarpol-e Zahab, and is of Kurdish descent.

Club career

Foolad

Rahmani has played his entire career for Foolad. After the release of Jalal Kameli-Mofrad in the summer of 2012, he was chosen as the club captain by head coach Hossein Faraki, when he was just twenty years old and led the club to the fourth place. He renewed his contract with Foolad for another three years on 30 April 2013, keeping him at the club until 2016. Rahmani helped the club to win its second championship in the 2013–14 season, in which he scored five goals and assisted seven times in 28 matches.

International career

Rahmani was first called up for Iran national under-15 football team in 2004. He is played for Iran national football team in all ranks. He was called up and played for Iran national under-23 football team by Alireza Mansourian in 2011. He was also captain of under-23 team. On 14 May 2013, Rahmani was called up for Iran national football team by coach Carlos Queiroz. He made his debut against Oman in a friendly match on 22 May 2013. On 1 June 2014, he was named in Iran's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by Carlos Queiroz. However, he did not played for Team Melli in the tournament, which he was unused substitute in three matches.