Ali Karimi

Ali Nozar Karimi (Persian: علی کریمی‎; born 11 February 1994) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Kayserispor as a central midfielder.

Club Career

Sepahan

He joined Sepahan in the summer of 2012. From 2010 to 2012, he was a member of Sepahan under-19 football team. Karimi made his first league appearance in the 2013–14 season. He won the Persian Gulf Pro League with Sepahan in the 2014–15 season.

Dinamo Zagreb

2016–17

On 1 July 2016, Karimi joined Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on a five-year contract for a reported US$400,000 transfer fee. He is the first Iranian to play in Croatian Prva HNL. Karimi made his pre–season debut on 2 July 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute against Romanian club CS Pandurii Targu Jiu.

Karimi made his league debut on 13 August 2016, coming on as second-half substitute in a 2–1 victory against Inter Zapresic. He made his second appearance with the first team on 25 October 2016 in a 2–1 victory against Bjelovar in the Croatian Cup.

After only making one league appearance for Dinamo, in January 2017 Karimi joined Lokomotiva on a six-month loan deal.

Loan to Lokomotiva

Karimi joined Dinamo Zagreb's feeder club Lokomotiva in January 2017 on a 6-month loan. He finally got a chance to show off his power and control in the midfield as he started 6 games for Lokomotiva, set up multiple goals and scored his first goal in the Croatian league for the NK Lokomotiva on 26 April 2017 in a 1–0 league victory against Istra 1961.

Esteghlal

On 15 July 2018, Karimi joined Esteghlal signing a one-year contract with the club.

Qatar SC

On 1 November 2020, Karimi joined Qatar SC signing a one-year contract with the club.

Kayserispor

On July 2020, Karimi joined Kayseispor as a free agent.