PLDC - Tehran, The Iran Premier League is more than any time faced with old and aging players in its twelfth season.


In this season of premier league, 10 players of over 35 years are playing and it is interesting that most of them are considered to be effective and determinant beads in their own teams.

Out of these ten players 4 are Goalkeepers, one is Defender, 3 are Midfielder, and 2 are Forward players.

Nilson Correa and Mahdavikia in Persepolis, Tahmasebi in Paykan, and Enayati in Mes Kerman are of the effective players in their own teams in the first second-season. Farhad Majidi, 37 is to solve the problem of scoring a goal for Esteghlal in the second half-season.

Two of the old players in the twelfth league until December 31 are:

1-     Hamlet Mkhitaryan (Gahar): 39 years and 37 days
2-     Sohrab BakhtiariZadeh (Saba): 38 years and 37 days    
3-     Mehdi Sabeti (TraktorSazi): 37 years and 334 days
4-     Nilson Correa (Persepolis): 37 years and 6 days
5-     Mohammadreza Tahmasebi (Peykan): 36 years and 287 days
6-     Farshid Karimi (Rah Ahan): 36 years and 236 days
7-     Farhad Majidi (Esteghlal): 36 years and 208 days
8-     GholamReza Enayati (Mes): 36 years and 97 days
9-     Mehdi Mahdavikia (Persepolis): 35 years and 97 days
10-   Mohammad Mohammadi (Rah Ahan): 35 years and 102 days


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