Allahyar Sayyadmanesh

Sayyadmanesh with Esteghlal in 2018 AFC Champions League
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Amol, Iran
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward, winger
Team information
Current team	Westerlo
Number	7
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)
2022–2024	Hull City	25	(2)
2024–	Westerlo	21	(5)
International career‡
2016–2017	Iran U17	12	(9)
2018–	Iran U23	9	(4)
2019–	Iran	8	(1)
Medal record Representing  Iran AFC U-17 Asian Cup Runner-up 2016 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 9 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:36, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (Persian: اللهیار صیادمنش; born 29 June 2001) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for Belgian Pro League club Westerlo and the Iran national team.^[2][3]

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 four 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, he 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 Ukraine Premier League'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]

On 31 January 2024, Sayyadmanesh signed for Belgian Pro League club Westerlo on a two-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee.^[21]

Sayyadmanesh was a member of the Iran U17 national team which qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup quarter-final in India.

He made his senior national 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.^[22] The goal broke Saeid Ezatolahi's record of the youngest goalscorer in Iran national team's history by almost two years.^[23]

As of 9 November 2024^[2]

As of 21 March 2024^[2]

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sayyadmanesh goal.

List of international goals scored by Allahyar Sayyadmanesh^[24]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 June 2019	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Syria	5–0	5–0	Friendly

Zorya Luhansk

• Ukrainian Cup runner-up: 2020–21

Iran U16

• AFC U-16 Championship runner-up: 2016^[25]

Individual

• Iranian Young Player of the Year: 2019
• Ukrainian Premier League player of the Month: 2020–21 (February)
• Hull City Player of the Month: April 2022^[26]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allahyar Sayyadmanesh.

• Allahyar Sayyadmanesh – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Allahyar Sayyadmanesh at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Allahyar Sayyadmanesh at Soccerway
• Eurosport.com
• Allahyar Sayyadmanesh at National-Football-Teams.com
• F.F.I.R.I. (in Persian)