 Zahra Ghanbari playing for Bam Khatoon FC in the AFC Women's Club Championship | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zahra Ghanbari | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Kangavar, Kermanshah, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Bam Khatoon FC | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Bam Khatoon FC | |||
| 2020– | Vechan Kurdistan | ||
| International career | |||
| 2008 | Iran U19 | 1+ | (2) |
| 2007– | Iran | 17+ | (16) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2019 | |||
Zahra Ghanbari (Persian: زهرا قنبری; born 4 March 1992) is an Iranian footballer who plays as a forward for Kowsar Women Football League club Bam Khatoon FC and the Iran national team.
Club career
Ghanbari has played in Iraq for the Northern Gas team in Kirkuk.
While with Bam Khatoon, Ghanbari was reportedly suspended by the Iranian federation and forced to apologize for "improper hijab" during a goal celebration at the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League. After being forced to apologize, she was allowed to return to the team.
International career
With 16 international goals for Iran, Ghanbari is her national team's all-time top goalscorer.
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4 October 2011 | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE |  Lebanon |
8–1 | 8–1 | 2011 WAFF Women's Championship |
| 2. | 5 April 2017 | Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi, Vietnam |  Singapore |
1–0 | 6–0 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 3. | 9 April 2017 |  Vietnam |
1–0 | 1–6 | ||
| 4. | 11 April 2017 |  Syria |
1–0 | 12–0 | ||
| 5. | 5–0 | |||||
| 6. | 9–0 | |||||
| 7. | 11–0 | |||||
| 8. | 8 November 2018 | Institute of Physical Education Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand | Lebanon |
2–0 | 8–0 | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 9. | 4–0 | |||||
| 10. | 6–0 | |||||
| 11. | 25 November 2018 | Milliy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |  Afghanistan |
1–0 | 6–0 | 2018 CAFA Women's Championship |
| 12. | 3–0 | |||||
| 13. | 6 April 2019 | Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar |  Palestine |
7–0 | 9–0 | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 14. | 8–0 | |||||
| 15. | 9 April 2019 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  Chinese Taipei |
1–4 | 1–4 | |
| 16. | 15 November 2022 | Ararat Stadium, Tehran, Iran |  Belarus |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
References
- "ZAHRA GHANBARI". AFC. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "زهرا قنبری" (in Persian). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- "Zahra Ghanbari". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ https://iranwire.com/en/women/135648-iranian-footballer-suspended-and-forced-to-apologize-for-headscarf-mishap/
- @afcasiancup (26 December 2021). "1️⃣3️⃣ x ⚽️ Zahra Ghanbari is 🇮🇷 Team Melli Baanovaan's highest goal-scorer 🔥" – via Instagram.
External links
- Zahra Ghanbari at Soccerway
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Iranian women's footballers
- Iran women's international footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- People from Kermanshah province
- Iranian expatriate women's footballers
- Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq
- Expatriate women's footballers in Iraq
- 21st-century Iranian sportswomen
- Iranian women's football biography stubs