Ali Ansarian

Ali Ansarian (Persian: علی انصاریان; 5 July 1977 – 3 February 2021)^[4] was an Iranian professional footballer, actor and presenter. His uncle, Hossein, is a famous Shia cleric.^[5]

Ali Ansarian
Ansarian in 2017
Born	(1977-07-05)5 July 1977 Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
Died	3 February 2021(2021-02-03) (aged 43) Tehran, Iran
Occupations	Footballer actor producer presenter
Years active	2010–2021
Association football career Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Position(s) Defender Youth career 1990–1992 Payam Tehran 1992–1993 Bank Sepah 1993–1996 Bank Melli Tehran 1996 Fajr Sepah Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1996–1998 Fajr Sepasi 20 (2) 1998–2003 Persepolis 88 (10) 2003–2004 Saipa 6 (0) 2004–2006 Persepolis 48 (11) 2006–2007 Esteghlal 23 (4) 2007–2008 Steel Azin 20 (2) 2008–2009[1] Esteghlal Ahvaz[2] 14 (0) 2009–2010 Gostaresh Foolad[3] 13 (0) 2010–2011 Shahrdari Tabriz 18 (0) 2011–2012 Shahin Bushehr 10 (0) Total 260 (29) International career 1998–2007 Iran 6 (0) * Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

After playing for Persepolis F.C. for several seasons, in July 2006 Ansarian joined the club's fierce rival, Esteghlal F.C. On 22 July 2007, he signed with Azadegan League Steel Azin F.C. for reportedly $150,000. After one season playing in a lower league, he returned to Iran Pro League.

International career

Ansarian had a few short call-ups to the national team. He made his debut for Iran in October 1998 against Kuwait.^[6][7]

Death

After struggling almost two weeks with COVID-19 and suffering from medical side effects and organ failures, Ansarian died at Farhikhtegan Hospital in Tehran on 3 February 2021, at age 43.^[8][9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Persepolis	1998–99	Azadegan	9	1	4	0	0	0	13	1
	1999–00		17	0	2	0	4	0	23	0
	2000–01		19	1	1	0	9	1	29	2
	2001–02	Pro League	22	3	3	2	-	-	25	5
	2002–03		21	5			3	0	24	5
	Total		88	10	10	2	16	1	114	13
Saipa	2003–04	Pro League	6	0			-	-
Persepolis	2004–05	Pro League	22	2			-	-
	2005–06		26	9			-	-
	Total		48	11					48	11
Esteghlal	2006–07	Pro League	23	4			-	-
Steel Azin	2007–08	Division 1	20	2			-	-
Esteghlal Ahvaz	2008–09	Pro League	14	0			-	-
Gostaresh	2009–10	Division 1	12	0			-	-
	2010–11		1	0	0	0	-	-	1	0
	Total		13	0					13	0
Shahrdari Tabriz	2010–11	Pro League	18	0	0	0	-	-	18	0
Shahin	2011–12	Pro League	10	0	2	0	-	-	12	0
Career total			240	27	12	2	16	1	268	30

Honours

Persepolis

• Iranian Football League (3): 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02
• Hazfi Cup (1): 1998–99

Shahin Bushehr

• Hazfi Cup: runner-up 2012

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director
2021	Urgent Cut off	Maryam Bahrololumi
2020	Kulbard	Milad Mansouri	2020	BPM Band	Farnaz Amini
Red Rose	Morteza AtashZamzam
Bank Zadeha	Javad Ardakani
After the Incident	Pouria Heidary Oureh
2019	Emad and Tuba Romanticism	Kaveh Sabbaghzadeh
2018	Wives Club	Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh
	Azhdar	Reza Sobhani
	The Lock	Ali Javan
2017	Captain Amir	Saeed Chari
	My City	Seyyed Ali Niakan
	Just sound remains
	BandAid
	Returnee
	Love and Adultery	Mohammad Abdizadeh
2016	Good feeling of life	Farnaz Amini
	Two Days to Stay	Ammar Khatti
2015	Judgement of Shot	Rahim Behboudifar
	Second
	The Beginning of an End	Arash Taghva Shoar
2014	The Gift	Amir Ahmad Ansari
	Skein	Shahram Shah Hosseini
	Burning	‌Behrang Tofighi
2006	Reward of Silence	Maziyar Miri

Television

Year	Title	Director
2020	Intrusive	Bahador Asadi
	87 meters	Kianoush Ayyari
2017	Convicts	Hossein Ghena'at
2015	Kimia	Javad Afshar
	Friendly Cuisine	Farid Nickjoo
2012	Rental House	Shahed Ahmadlou
2007	Char Khooneh	Soroush Sehhat
2004	The buds of dawn
2003	The Dots	Mehran Modiri
2002	Under the City's Skin	Mehran Ghafourian

Home-video series

Year	Film	Director
2015	Aspirin	Farhad Najafi
2019	Iranian Dinner	Mehran Ghafourian
2021	Hamrefigh	Shahab Hosseini

TV programs

• Zabiwaka (2016) AIO Internet TV^[10]
• Varzeshgah (2017) Channel Five
• Mench Competition (2009) Channel Five
• Panorama Internet Program (2020)

Award

• V.i.Z. Film Fest (2021): Best Actor, win, for his role in Koolbarf ^[11]