Mehdi Taremi

He played his first match for Persepolis in 1–0 win over Saipa, replaced Omid Alishah in 77th minute.

He also scored his first goal of the season in week 4 against Saba Qom.

Taremi made his debut in 1–1 draw with Naft Tehran, coming as a substitute for Reza Norouzi in 90th minute.

Mehdi Taremi (born 18 July 1992) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Iran national team.

Taremi joined Shahin Bushehr in the summer of 2010.

He played 7 games and scored one goal in all competitions.

He scored a brace in 3–1 away win over Sepahan At the end of the season, the club celebrated its 10th Iran Pro League title, and Taremi became top scorer for a second consecutive season with 18 goals.

In the winter of 2012, he was released by Shahin Bushehr to spend his conscription period in a military club, but he failed to join a club and was forced to spend his conscription period in a usual garrison.

Taremi joined Iranjavan in the summer of 2013 and signed a two-year contract until the end of the 2014–15 season and was given the number 9.

Taremi scored 12 times in 22 matches in 2013–14, and became the league's second top scorer after Mokhtar Jomehzadeh.

After becoming the Azadegan League's top scorer, Taremi had offers from many teams.

A late bloomer, he began his career at Shahin Bushehr and Iranjavan, Taremi played for Persepolis between 2014 and 2018; he was Persian Gulf Pro League top scorer on two occasions (2015–16 and 2016–17).

He joined Persepolis FC in the summer of 2014 and signed a two-year contract through June 2016.

He scored his first goal for the club on 15 August 2014 in a 1–0 victory over Zob Ahan.

He scored many goals for the club, and provided quality assists to win the Best Striker Award of the 14th Persian Gulf Pro League at the end of the 2014–15 season.

Taremi made his first senior appearance in 2015, and represented Iran at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022, and the AFC Asian Cup in 2019 and 2023.

He will join Inter Milan in the 2024-25 summer transfer window.

Taremi started his career with Bargh Bushehr's Academy before moving on to Iranjavan's Youth Academy.

On 8 April 2015 Taremi scored a penalty in Persepolis 1–0 win in the Asian Champions League over Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr.

Taremi missed the first week of the new season due to suspension, but in his first game back on 6 August 2015, he scored in a 2–1 loss to Esteghlal Khuzestan.

Taremi scored twice in a 2–0 week five win against Foolad.

This was Persepolis' first win of the season and lifted them out of the relegation spot.

Taremi's good performances in the month of August earned him the Navad player of the month as voted by fans.

On 18 December 2015 Taremi scored a brace against Rah Ahan in Persepolis' 2–0 victory.

He ended the first half of the league as top scorer with 9 goals in 12 games.

On 4 April 2016, Taremi scored a brace in a 3–2 victory against Siah Jamegan to keep Persepolis in third place.

On 12 April 2016 Taremi was in talks to extend his contract to the end of the 2017–18 season.

But, eventually he decided not to renew his contract.

On 15 April 2016 Taremi scored a brace in Persepolis' historic 4–2 victory over Esteghlal in the Tehran derby.

He became the league's top scorer with 16 goals at the end of the season, despite his good performance his team failed to win the title at the last week.

Before the start of the new season, Taremi announced that he would not extend his contract, to join to a European team.

In July 2016, it was reported that Taremi was linked to Süper Lig team Çaykur Rizespor.

The move was cancelled after Taremi returned to Iran and signed a two-year contract with Persepolis.

On 8 May 2017, Taremi scored a decisive hat trick against Emirati side Al Wahda in a 4–2 win to help his team qualify for the Round of 16 of the 2017 AFC Champions League.

After his good performances, Taremi was linked with Dinamo Zagreb.

Taremi played seven games, scoring on four occasions.

During the 2017–18 season, Taremi was banned for four months because of a contract dispute with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor dating back to June 2016, when the player reached an agreement to join the club and later returned to Persepolis.

He played for Qatari side Al-Gharafa between 2018 and 2019, before joining Rio Ave in Portugal, with whom he was Primeira Liga joint-top scorer in 2019–20.

In 2020, he moved to fellow Portuguese side Porto and won the domestic double in 2021–22.

He went on to continue this success in the 2022–23 season by finishing as the top goal scorer in the league and winning a domestic cup double of Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.