Mohammad Soltani Mehr
# Mohammad Soltani Mehr

Mohammad Soltani Mehr (Persian: محمد سلطانی‌ مهر, is an Iranian professional football player who currently plays for Iranian football club Zob Ahan in the Persian Gulf Pro League and the Iran national under-20 football team. He has been mentioned by The Guardian among 60 of the best young talents in world football.

## Club career

### Saipa

He started his career with Pas Tehran academy. Later he joined Damash Tehran and Saipa academies. In summer 2015 he was promoted to Saipa first team by Majid Jalali. He made his debut for Saipa on 12 February 2016 against Sepahan as a substitute for Milad Meydavoudi, being only 17 years and 8 days old.

## Club career statistics

    As of 30 May 2022.

| Club | Division | Season | League | League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Asia | Asia | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Division | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Saipa | Pro League | 2015–16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 |
| Saipa | Pro League | 2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 |
| Saipa | Pro League | 2017–18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 |
| Saipa | Pro League | 2018–19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Saipa | Pro League | 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Shahin Bushehr | Pro League | 2019–20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| Zob Ahan | Pro League | 2020–21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 |
| Zob Ahan | Pro League | 2021–22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| Career totals | Career totals | Career totals | 55 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 0 |

## International career

### U17

He was part of Iran U–17 in 2014 AFC U-16 Championship.

### U20

In 2016 he played in the AFC U-19 Championship held in Bahrain. Furthermore, he was invited to the Iran U–20 squad for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in South Corea from 20 May until 11 June 2017. He played in all 3 matches of the group stage against Costa Rica, Zambia, and Portugal.

