Mehdi Taremi
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Taremi with Iran at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 July 1992 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bushehr, Iran | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Inter Milan | |||||||||||||
| Number | 99 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Bargh Bushehr | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Iranjavan | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Shahin Bushehr | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Iranjavan | 22 | (12) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Persepolis | 87 | (45) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Gharafa | 30 | (13) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Rio Ave | 30 | (18) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Porto | 122 | (64) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Inter Milan | 26 | (3) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Iran U20 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Iran U23 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2015– | Iran | 94 | (55) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:25, 23 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2025 | ||||||||||||||
Mehdi Taremi (Persian: مهدی طارمی, IPA: [mæhˈdiː tʰɒːɹeˈmiː]; born 18 July 1992) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Iran national team.
A late bloomer, he began his career at Shahin Bushehr and Iranjavan, and then played for Persepolis between 2014 and 2018; he was Persian Gulf Pro League top scorer on two occasions (2015–16 and 2016–17). He played for Qatari side Al-Gharafa between 2018 and 2019, before joining Rio Ave in Portugal, with whom he was Primeira Liga joint-top scorer in 2019–20. In 2020, he moved to fellow Portuguese side FC Porto and won the domestic double in 2021–22. He went on to continue this success in the 2022–23 season by finishing as the top goal scorer in the league and winning a domestic cup double of Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.
Taremi made his first senior appearance in 2015, and represented Iran at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022, and the AFC Asian Cup in 2019 and 2023.