Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (Persian: اللهیار صیادمنش, born 29 June 2001) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hull City and the Iran national team.[2][3]
![]() Sayyadmanesh with Esteghlal in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Amol, Iran | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hull City | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2015 | Arash Amol | ||
2015–2017 | Padideh Sari | ||
2017–2018 | Saipa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Esteghlal | 15 | (2) |
2019–2022 | Fenerbahçe | 2 | (0) |
2019 | → İstanbulspor (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 35 | (12) |
2022 | → Hull City (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2022– | Hull City | 4 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016–2017 | Iran U17 | 12 | (9) |
2018– | Iran U23 | 7 | (2) |
2019– | Iran | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:49, 16 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2022 |
In 2018, he was named by The Guardian as one of the 60 best young talents in world football.[4]
Sayyadmanesh started to play club football when he was 8. He began his career at Arash Amol, where he was top goalscorer in Iran's under-10 league. After 4 years, he joined Padideh Sari, where he spent two years. He later spent a year in Saipa's youth academy.
On 12 June 2018, Sayyadmanesh signed a five-year contract with Esteghlal.[5][6] He was assigned the number 16 shirt, previously worn by Mehdi Ghaedi, who decided to change his number.[7]
On 3 May 2019, Sayyadmanesh signed a five-year contract with Turkish club Fenerbahçe in a $850,000 transfer.[8][9][10] He was loaned to TFF 1. League club İstanbulspor on 2 September 2019 on a season-long loan.[11] Sayyadmanesh left Fenerbahçe on 9 July 2022 to join English Club Hull City.
On 6 October 2020, Sayyadmanesh was loaned to Ukrainian club Zorya Luhansk on a year-and-a-half long deal, with an option to buy him for €3.5 million.[12] On 25 October 2020, Sayyadmanesh scored on his league debut for Zorya in a 4–0 win against Rukh Lviv.[13] On 3 December 2020, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win against English Premier League club Leicester City in the group stage of the Europa League.[14] Sayyadmanesh was selected to be among the UPL's best eleven players of the 2020–21 season.[15]
On 31 January 2022, Sayyadmanesh was loaned to English club Hull City on a half-year deal until the end of the 2021–22 season.[16] He made his debut on 5 February 2022 in the home match against Preston North End when he came on as an 84th-minute substitute for Richie Smallwood.[17] On 15 April 2022, Sayyadmanesh scored on his league debut for Hull City in a 2–1 win against Cardiff City.[18]
On 9 July 2022, Sayyadmanesh signed permanently for the English Club Hull City from Turkish side Fenerbahçe with transfer fee €4.5 million.[19] He signed a four year contract with an option of a further year.[20]
Sayyadmanesh was a member of Iran U-17 football team who qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup quarter-final in India.[citation needed]
He made his Iran national football team debut on 6 June 2019, in a friendly against Syria, as an 80th-minute substitute for Karim Ansarifard. Nine minutes after coming on, he scored the last goal of the game in a 5–0 victory.[21] The goal broke Saeid Ezatolahi's record of the youngest goalscorer in Iran national team's history by almost two years.[22]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Esteghlal | 2018–19 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | – | 18 | 2 |
Total | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 2 | ||
Fenerbahçe | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
İstanbulspor (loan) | 2019–20 | TFF First League | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 1 |
Total | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | – | – | 26 | 6 |
2021–22 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 4] | 2 | – | – | 24 | 9 | ||
Total | 35 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | – | – | 50 | 15 | ||
Hull City (loan) | 2021–22 | EFL Championship | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1 |
Hull City | 2022–23 | EFL Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
Career total | 75 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 19 | ||
Iran | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2019 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 3 | 0 |
2022 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 7 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 6 June 2019 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran | ![]() | 5–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
Zorya Luhansk
Iran U16
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Hull City A.F.C. – current squad | |
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