Birth Date: July 24 1 1976
Birth Place: Tehran
Birth Nation: Iran
Height: 173cm
Weight: 74kg
Nationality: Iranian
Position: Midfielder/Forward
Mehdi Mahdavikia won 'Asian Football Confederation Player
of the Month' for February 2003. His contract with Hamburg ends in 2004
Mehdi Mahdavikia Rumours and Transfers
22 07 2007
South Korea beat Iran 4-2 on penalties to reached the Asian Cup semi-finals after a gruelling goalless draw.
Kim Jung-woo scored the winning spot-kick to send the inexperienced Koreans through to meet Iraq at the Bukit Jalil Stadium Wednesday.
Iran's Mehdi Mahdavikia and Rassoul Khatibi missed their spot-kicks, whilst Kim Do-heon failed for the Koreans.
Iran used substitute goalie Vahid Taliblou for the shoot-out, replacing Hassan Roudbarian in the 119th minute.
However, Pim Verbeek's players had the cooler heads in the shoot-out, sending their more than 4,000 vocal Korean supporters into ecstasy.
The win avenged Korea's 4-3 quarter-final loss at the hands of Iran at the 2004 Asian Cup in China.
10 06 2007
Iranian international midfielder Mehdi Mahdavikia has agreed a 3 year deal with Eintracht Frankfurt after spending 8 years with Bundesliga rivals Hamburg.
Eintracht said Saturday that the 29 year old Iranian captain has agreed to join them on a free transfer from Hamburg. Mahdavikia is the 3rd Asian player to sign up with Eintracht after Naohiro Takahara and Junichi Inamoto of Japan.
Mahdavikia arrived in Germany in 1999 to play for VfL Bochum, however left for Hamburg after Bochum were relegated from the top flight.
Mahdavikia, AFC Player of the Year in 2003, has scored 29 goals in 223 Bundesliga games.
