Younes Delfi

Younes Delfi
	Delfi with Iran U23 at 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Younes Delfi
Date of birth	October 2, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Shush, Iran
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward, Winger
Team information
Current team	Gol Gohar Sirjan
Number	70
Youth career
2010–2016	Esteghlal Khuzestan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2019	Esteghlal Khuzestan
2019–2022	Charleroi
2020–2022	→ HNK Gorica (loan)
2022–2023	Foolad
2023–	Gol Gohar Sirjan
International career‡
2016–2017	Iran U17
2018–	Iran U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 April 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2017

Younes Delfi (Persian: یونس دلفی; born 2 October 2000) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Gol Gohar Sirjan. He is the youngest Iranian player to have played in Europe.^[1]

International career

Delfi is a very technical player displaying his talent initially at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. He burst onto the scene by recording 2 goals and 1 assist in the group stages of the competition. He also showed phenomenal technical ability by also getting 2 penalties for the Iran U-17 national team in the 3 group matches.

Year	Competition	Performance
Year	Competition	Apps	Goals
2016	AFC U-16 Championship^[2]	3	0
2017	Granatkin Memorial	6	4
2017	FIFA U-17 World Cup^[3]	4	2
2018	Asian Games	3	0

Career statistics

As of 12 June 2022

Club	Division	Season	League		Cup		Other		Total
Club	Division	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Persian Gulf Pro League	2016–17	6	0	0	0	—		6	0
		2017–18	24	7	2	0	—		26	7
		2018–19	9	0	2	0	—		11	0
	Total		39	7	4	0	—		43	7
Charleroi	Belgian First Division A	2018–19	5	1	0	0	—		5	1
Charleroi	Belgian First Division A	2019–20	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
HNK Gorica (loan)	Croatian First Football League	2020-21	5	2	0	0	—		5	2
HNK Gorica (loan)	Croatian First Football League	2021-22	21	1	1	0	—		22	1
Foolad	Persian Gulf Pro League	2022-23	3	0	0	0	-	-	3	0
Career total			73	4	1	0	—		78	11

Honours

National

Iran U17

AFC U-16 Championship - Runner-up (1): 2016

References

^ Siekman, Tim (August 10, 2018). "PSV scouting for top Iranian talent: Younes Delfi". teammelli.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Younes Delfi". FFIRI.
^ "Fifa U-17 world cup statistics". FIFA. FIFA. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017.

External links

[1] Siekman, Tim (August 10, 2018). "PSV scouting for top Iranian talent: Younes Delfi". teammelli.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "Younes Delfi". FFIRI.

[FIFA-Delfi-3] "Fifa U-17 world cup statistics". FIFA. FIFA. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017.

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