Ali Reza Nikbakht-Vahedi - International Appearances


The outstanding Iranian player obtained 72 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 30- 6-1980
Country:  Iran
Caps:	72	(W42-D18-L12 – GF146-GA55 – %70.83)
Goals:	14
Age First Cap:	 20 yr 147 d   24-11-2000 vs. Guam 19-0
Age Last Cap:	 27 yr 350 d   14- 6-2008 vs. Syria 2-0
National Team Career: 7 yr 203 d



Cap	Goals	Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition
 1  1   1   24-11-00	Tabriz		Guam           19-0	World Cup Qualifier
 2	1   28-11-00	Tabriz		Tajikistan	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 3  1   2   19- 1-01	Tehran		China		4-0	Civilization Cup
 4	2   24- 4-01	Cairo		South Korea	0-1	LG Cup
 5	2   26- 4-01	Cairo		Canada		0-1	LG Cup
 6	2   22- 7-01	Bihac		Bosnia-Herzeg.	2-2	
 7  1   3    1- 8-01	Doha		Qatar		1-2	
 8	3    8- 8-01	Tehran		Oman		5-2	LG Cup
 9	3   10- 8-01	Tehran		Bosnia-Herzeg.	4-0	LG Cup
10  1   4   15- 8-01	Bratislava	Slovakia	4-3	
11	4   24- 8-01	Tehran		Saudi Arabia	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
12	4    1- 9-01	Bangkok		Thailand	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
13	4    7- 9-01	Baghdad		Iraq		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
14	4   14- 9-01	Tehran		Bahrain		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
15	4   28- 9-01	Jeddah		Saudi Arabia	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
16  1   5    5-10-01	Tehran		Thailand	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
17	5   12-10-01	Tehran		Iraq		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
18	5   19-10-01	Manama		Bahrain		1-3	World Cup Qualifier
19	5   10-11-01	Dublin		Ireland 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
20	5   15-11-01	Tehran		Ireland 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
21	5    1- 3-02	Casablanca	Venezuela	1-0	LG Cup
22	5   30- 5-02	Safat		Kuwait		3-1	
23	5   10- 8-02	Tabriz		Azerbaijan	1-1	
24	5   21- 8-02	Kyiv		Ukraine		1-0	
25	5   30- 8-02	Damascus	Jordan		0-1	WAFF Tournament
26  1   6    3- 9-02	Damascus	Lebanon		2-0	WAFF Tournament
27	6    5- 9-02	Damascus	Iraq   		0-0 [1]	WAFF Tournament
28  1   7    7- 9-02	Damascus	Syria  		2-2 [2]	WAFF Tournament
29	7   19- 9-02	Tabriz		Paraguay  	1-1 [3]	LG Cup
30	7    4- 2-03	Hong Kong	Uruguay 	1-1 [4]	Carlsberg Cup
31  1   8    5- 9-03	Tehran		Jordan		4-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
32	8   26- 9-03	Amman		Jordan		2-3	Asian Cup Qualifier
33	8   12-10-03	Tehran		New Zealand	3-0	AFC-OFC Cup
34	8   12-11-03	Tehran		North Korea 	3-0 [5]	Asian Cup Qualifier
35  1   9   19-11-03	Beirut		Lebanon		3-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
36	9   28-11-03	Tehran		Lebanon		1-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
37	9    2-12-03	Kuwait City	Kuwait		1-3	
38  1  10   18- 2-04	Tehran		Qatar		3-1	World Cup Qualifier
39     10   31- 3-04	Vientiane	Laos		7-0	World Cup Qualifier
40     10    9- 6-04	Tehran		Jordan		0-1	World Cup Qualifier
41     10   17- 6-04	Tehran		Lebanon		4-0	WAFF Tournament
42  1  11   21- 6-04	Tehran		Syria		7-1	WAFF Tournament
43     11   23- 6-04	Tehran		Iraq		2-1	WAFF Tournament
44     11   25- 6-04	Tehran		Syria		4-1	WAFF Tournament
45  1  12    8- 9-04	Amman		Jordan		2-0	World Cup Qualifier
46     12    9-10-04	Tehran		Germany		0-2	
47     12   13-10-04	Doha		Qatar		3-2	World Cup Qualifier
48     12   18-12-04	Tehran		Panama		1-0	
49     12   25- 3-05	Tehran		Japan		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
50     12   30- 3-05	Pyongyang	North Korea	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
51     12    3- 6-05	Tehran		North Korea	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
52     12   17- 8-05	Yokohama	Japan		1-2	World Cup Qualifier
53     12   24- 8-05	Tehran		Libya		4-0	
54     12    8- 8-06	Tehran		UA Emirates	1-0	
55     12   16- 8-06	Tehran		Syria		1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
56     12    2- 9-06	Seoul		South Korea	1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
57     12    6- 9-06	Aleppo		Syria		2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
58     12    4-10-06	Amman		Iraq		2-0	LG Cup
59     12    6-10-06	Amman		Jordan		0-0	LG Cup
60     12   15-11-06	Tehran		South Korea	2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
61     12   12- 1-07	Abu Dhabi	UA Emirates	2-0	
62     12    7- 2-07	Tehran		Belarus		2-2	
63  1  13   24- 3-07	Doha		Qatar		1-0	
64     13   10- 1-08	Doha		Qatar		0-0	
65     13   30- 1-08	Tehran		Costa Rica	0-0	
66     13    6- 2-08	Tehran		Syria		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
67     13   21- 3-08    Manama          Bahrain         0-1
68  1  14   26- 3-08    Kuwait City     Kuwait          2-2	World Cup Qualifier
69     14   25- 5-08    Tehran          Zambia          3-2
70     14    1- 6-08    Tehran          UA Emirates     0-0	World Cup Qualifier
71     14    7- 6-08    Al-Ain          UA Emirates     1-0	World Cup Qualifier
72     14   14- 6-08    Damascus        Syria           2-0	World Cup Qualifier

[1] Iran lost 5-6 on penalty kicks.
[2] Iran won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[3] Iran won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[4] Iran lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[5] match abandoned at 1-0 in 61' and awarded 3-0 to Iran


Remarks: The following matches in which Nikbakht-Vahedi played are not
         full “A” and not included here:
    3- 3-02	Casablanca	Algeria Olympic		0-0	LG Cup
   17- 8-02	Tabriz		Morocco Olympic		1-1	LG Cup
    1- 2-03	Hong Kong	Denmark League XI	1-0	Carlsberg Cup
   30- 5-03	Abuja		Cameroon U-23		1-2	LG Cup




Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    72    42   18   12  146-  55     102      70.83


     		     Matches	Goals
Friendlies		18	 3
World Cup Qualifier	26	 5
Other Tournaments	10	 1
Asian Cup Qualifier	 9	 2
WAFF Tournament	 	 8  	 3
AFC-OFC Cup 		 1  	 0

Total			72	14



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