Allahyar Sayyadmanesh
Sayyadmanesh with Esteghlal in 2018 AFC Champions League
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Amol, Iran
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Westerlo
Number 90
Youth career
2011–2015 Arash Amol
2015–2017 Padideh Sari
2017–2018 Saipa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Esteghlal 15 (2)
2019–2022 Fenerbahçe 2 (0)
2019 → İstanbulspor (loan) 7 (0)
2020–2021 → Zorya Luhansk (loan) 35 (12)
2022 → Hull City (loan) 12 (1)
2022–2024 Hull City 25 (2)
2024– Westerlo 10 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Iran U17 12 (9)
2018– Iran U23 9 (4)
2019– Iran 8 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Runner-up 2016 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:28, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:36, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (Persian: اللهیار صیادمنش; born 29 June 2001) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Westerlo and the Iran national team.[2][3]

In 2018, he was named by The Guardian as one of the 60 best young talents in world football.[4]

Club career

Early years

Sayyadmanesh started to play club football when he was 8. He began his career at Arash Amol, where he was top goalscorer in Iran's under-10 league. After four years, he joined Padideh Sari, where he spent two years. He later spent a year in Saipa's youth academy.

Esteghlal

Sayyadmanesh playing for Esteghlal in 2018

On 12 June 2018, Sayyadmanesh signed a five-year contract with Esteghlal.[5][6] He was assigned the number 16 shirt, previously worn by Mehdi Ghaedi, who decided to change his number.[7]

Fenerbahçe

On 3 May 2019, Sayyadmanesh signed a five-year contract with Turkish club Fenerbahçe in a $850,000 transfer.[8][9][10] He was loaned to TFF 1. League club İstanbulspor on 2 September 2019 on a season-long loan.[11] Sayyadmanesh left Fenerbahçe on 9 July 2022 to join English Club Hull City.

Zorya Luhansk

On 6 October 2020, Sayyadmanesh was loaned to Ukrainian club Zorya Luhansk on a year-and-a-half long deal, with an option to buy him for €3.5 million.[12] On 25 October 2020, he scored on his league debut for Zorya in a 4–0 win against Rukh Lviv.[13] On 3 December 2020, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win against English Premier League club Leicester City in the group stage of the Europa League.[14] Sayyadmanesh was selected to be among the UPL's best eleven players of the 2020–21 season.[15]

Hull City

On 31 January 2022, Sayyadmanesh was loaned to English club Hull City on a half-year deal until the end of the 2021–22 season.[16] He made his debut on 5 February 2022 in the home match against Preston North End when he came on as an 84th-minute substitute for Richie Smallwood.[17] On 15 April 2022, Sayyadmanesh scored on his league debut for Hull City in a 2–1 win against Cardiff City.[18]

On 9 July 2022, Sayyadmanesh signed permanently for the English club Hull City from Turkish side Fenerbahçe with transfer fee €4.5 million.[19] He signed a four-year contract with an option of a further year.[20]

Westerlo

On 31 January 2024, Sayyadmanesh signed for Belgian Pro League club Westerlo on a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee.[21]

International career

Sayyadmanesh with the Iran under-23 national team in 2019

Sayyadmanesh was a member of the Iran U17 national team which qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup quarter-final in India.[citation needed]

He made his senior national team debut on 6 June 2019, in a friendly against Syria, as an 80th-minute substitute for Karim Ansarifard. Nine minutes after coming on, he scored the last goal of the game in a 5–0 victory.[22] The goal broke Saeid Ezatolahi's record of the youngest goalscorer in Iran national team's history by almost two years.[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 April 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Esteghlal 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League 15 2 2 0 1[b] 0 – 18 2
Fenerbahçe 2019–20 Süper Lig 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
İstanbulspor (loan) 2019–20 TFF First League 7 0 4 1 – 11 1
Zorya Luhansk (loan) 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 19 5 3 0 4[c] 1 26 6
2021–22 16 7 0 0 8[d] 2 24 9
Total 35 12 3 0 12 3 – 50 15
Hull City (loan) 2021–22 EFL Championship 12 1 0 0 – – 12 1
Hull City 2022–23 EFL Championship 19 2 0 0 1 0 20 2
2023–24 EFL Championship 6 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
Total 37 3 2 0 – 1 0 40 3
Westerlo 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 10 0 0 0 0 0 – 10 0
Career total 106 17 12 1 13 3 1 0 132 21
  1. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of 21 March 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iran 2019 1 1
2021 3 0
2022 3 0
2024 1 0
Total 8 1
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sayyadmanesh goal.
List of international goals scored by Allahyar Sayyadmanesh[24]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 June 2019 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran  Syria 5–0 5–0 Friendly

Honours

Zorya Luhansk

Iran U16

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Allahyar Sayyadmanesh". Hull City A.F.C. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Allahyar Sayyadmanesh at Soccerway
  3. ^ Article title[dead link]
  4. ^ Christenson, Marcus. "Next Generation 2018: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Allahyar Sayyadmanesh Joins Iran's Esteghlal on Five-Year Contract". Tasnim News Agency. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  6. ^ "صیادمنش به استقلال پیوست" [Sayyadmanesh joined Esteghlal]. Esteghlal. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  7. ^ "پیراهن انصاری را پس می‌گیرند؟". Iran Varzeshi. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  8. ^ Sayyadmanesh Officially Joins Fenerbahce / Tasnim News Agency
  9. ^ "Sayyadmanesh Joined to Fenerbahçe". Gazete Damga. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Sayyadmanesh Joined to Team". Fenerbahçe Sports Club. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Son dakika transfer | Fenerbahçe Allahyar Sayyadmanesh'i İstanbulspor'a kiraladı". Hurriyet (in Turkish). 2 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Официальный сайт ФК "Заря" – Луганск". zarya-lugansk.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Sayyadmanesh scores for Zorya on debut". Persian Football. 26 October 2020.
  14. ^ "City Beaten By Late Zorya Strike In Ukraine". LCFC.com. 3 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Allahyar Sayyadmanesh, Ukrayna'da sezonun 11'inde". 5 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Bilgilendirme" [Press Statement] (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Hull City 0–1 Preston North End". BBC Sport. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Hull City 2–1 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  19. ^ ACUN ILICALI CANLI YAYINDA! | GÜNDEM ÖZEL, retrieved 11 July 2022
  20. ^ "Sayyadmanesh signs permanently". Hull City A.F.C. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Allahyar joins Westerlo permanently". www.wearehullcity.co.uk. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Iran v Syria game report". ESPN. 6 June 2019.
  23. ^ لژیونرِ استقلال جوان‌ترین گلزن تاریخ تیم ملی شد
  24. ^ "Allahyar Sayyadmanesh". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  25. ^ "Final match report". globalsportsarchive.com. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  26. ^ "Sayyadmanesh wins Player and Goal of the Month for April". Hull City A.F.C. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

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