Mehdi Sharifi (, born 16 August 1992) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Fajr Sepasi in the Persian Gulf Pro League as a forward.
Before going to Sepahan, he was playing for Zob Ahan and he went to rivals Sepahan at age 15.
From 2009 to 2012 he was a member of the Sepahan under-21 football team and became the top goal scorer in the Iran under-21 football league in the 2011âÂÂ12 season.
He was promoted to the Sepahan first team squad in the summer of 2012. He played in a couple of internal and international friendly matches for Sepahan and scored a couple of goals, like his goal against FK Sarajevo.
He made his debut for Sepahan in a match against Rah Ahan on 5 September 2013 and scored his first goal for Sepahan in the Iran Pro League in a 2âÂÂ1 win over Tractor. His debut in the AFC Champions League coincided with him scoring the only goal for Sepahan in their 3âÂÂ1 loss against Al-Sadd. Sharifi scored twice in Sepahan's 4âÂÂ0 win over Al-Sadd in the AFC Champions League.
Sharifi extended his contract with Sepahan until 2019 after agreeing on a new contract. He played pre-season friendlies against Arsenal Tula, Gloria BuzÃÂu and Fenerbahçe in which he scored three goals. He played his first official game for Sepahan in their 2âÂÂ0 win over Paykan in the first week of the league. At the next match, Sharifi assisted twice to help Sepahan for their second consecutive 2âÂÂ0 win, this time against Gostaresh. He scored his first goal of the season in a 3âÂÂ1 win over Esteghlal on 14 August 2014. On 15 May 2015 Sharifi's two goals in Sepahan's 2âÂÂ0 win against Saipa won the club the league title for the 2014âÂÂ15 season.
In the first match of the 2015âÂÂ16 season against Esteghlal Khuzestan Sharifi scored en route to a Sepahan victory. After his good performances with Sepahan, Sharifi drew interest from Austrian champions SK Rapid Wien. Sharifi joined Tractor on loan for a twoâÂÂyear period to complete his conscription.
Sharifi joined Persepolis in June 2018 with a twoâÂÂyear contract.
From 2012 to 2013, he was a member of the Iran national under-20 football team, in which he scored one goal in seven matches. On April 12, 2014, he was called up to the Iran national football team by Carlos Queiroz for their South Africa camp. He was later selected in Iran's 30-man provisional squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He made his debut in a friendly match against Belarus on 18 May 2014. However, a month later Sharifi was not included in Iran's squad for the World Cup. He was named in the Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.