Ryan Tafazolli

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Ryan Tafazolli
Personal information
Full name Ryan Sirous Tafazolli[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-28) 28 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Sutton, England
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Mansfield Town
Number 15
Youth career
2005–2011 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Southampton 0 (0)
2009 → Salisbury City (loan) 9 (0)
2011 → Salisbury City (loan) 5 (0)
2012– Mansfield Town 106 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:30, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Ryan Sirous Tafazolli (born 28 September 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for League Two club Mansfield Town. Born in Sutton, London, he was originally a member of the Southampton youth system, and plays primarily as a centre back.

Early life

Ryan Tafazolli has Iranian ancestry.[2]

Club career

Early career

Ryan Tafazolli originally joined the Southampton Academy in 2005. Tafazolli went on to captain the successful Under-18 youth team and also the reserve team.[3]

His first taste of first team football came after he joined Conference Premier team Salisbury City on a one-month loan starting October 2009,[3] His professional debut against York City on 10 October 2009 was a disaster for Tafazolli, as he was sent off in the second half. Nevertheless, Sainsbury City won the match 1–0.[4] Despite the sending-off, Tafazolli later made five league games and one FA Cup fixture[5] before returning to his parent club in December.[6] Still not breaking into the squad at Southampton, he returned to Salisbury in 2011 for three months, playing three times in the FA Trophy.[5]

After being released by Southampton,[7] Tafazolli went on trial with Eastleigh[8] and Reading in an effort to win a contract with the club.[9] However, Tafazolli's best efforts to win a contract with these clubs failed.[10]

Mansfield Town

2012–13

After a year out in football, Tafazolli signed for Conference club Mansfield Town on 20 August 2012.[11][12] Tafazolli made his Mansfield Town debut on 15 September 2012, in a 2–0 win over Braintree Town.[13] Despite being injured his hamstring for most of the campaign,[14] during which time he only picked up five league appearances, at the end of Mansfield's title-winning season he was offered a new contract with the club.[15][16]

2013–14

At the start of the 2013–14 season, Tafazolli changed his shirt number from 32 to 12.[17] Tafazolli remained started the season on the bench, making his first start in a 3–0 win over Northampton Town on 21 September 2013.[18] Tafazolli soon suffered a knee injury that kept him out for a month.[19] He made his return on 29 December 2014, when Mansfield Town won 2–1 against Cheltenham Town.[20] From that point on, Tafazolli established himself and joined up with various partners in defence. His first goal for the club came on 8 March 2014 in a 2–1 win over Newport County[21] and he scored another in a 3–0 win over Rochdale a week later.[22] At the end of the 2013–14 season, Tafazolli won three awards; Fans' player of the season, Chairman and Directors' player of the season, and the Stags' Association player of the season despite only making 24 appearances.[23]

On 18 June 2014, Tafazolli accepted a new contract offered by the club.[24]

2014–15

In the pre-season of the 2014–15 season, Mansfield turned down a bid from Scottish Professional Football League side Dundee United for Ryan Tafazolli.[25] The club would explained the decision on the club's website, stating that the less income of compensation Mansfield Town would receive.[26] Despite this, Tafazolli switched shirt again from twelve number to six number shirt.[27] Tafazolli scored his first goal for the club, at the start of the season, in a 2–1 win over Oxford United.[28] Things went well for Tafazolli until he injured his hamstring during a match against Accrington Stanley in early October, which Mansfield Town lost 1–0.[29] This left him on a sideline until he made his return on 15 November 2014, in a 2–0 loss against Shrewsbury Town.[30] Tafazolli was sent-off after a second bookable offence, in a 1–1 draw against Hartlepool United on 26 December 2014.[31] Though served one match ban, Tafazolli suffered a virus that kept him out for weeks[32] and made his return to the first team, in a 0–0 draw against Wycombe Wanderers on 24 January 2015.[33] Towards the end of the 2014–15 season, Tafazolli made forty-two appearance and scoring once in all competitions despite injury plagued. Despite his uncertainties future at Mansfield Town,[34] Tafazolli signed a contract with the club after they activated the options of his contract for next season.[35]

2015–16

Tafazolli scored in a 2–0 league win over Stevenage on 29 September 2015.[36]

References

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