Ashkan Dejagah

Ashkan Dejagah
Fulham info
Full name	Seyyed Ashkan Dejagah
Date of birth	5 Jul 1986
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	5ft 11 1/2in (1.81m)
Playing position	Right winger
Current player?
Number(s) worn	24 (2012-2014)
Debut	Aston Villa (h) (20 Oct 2012)
Last Appearance	Crystal Palace (h) (11 May 2014)
First goal	Tottenham (h) (4 Dec 2013)
Last goal	Hull (h) (26 Apr 2014)
Joined from	Wolfsburg, £2.2 million - 31 Aug 2012
Left for	Al-Arabi, £5.54 million - 29 Jul 2014
League apps (gls)	43 (5)
All apps (gls)	49 (6)
Other clubs	Reinickendorfer Füchse (youth) (?-1999) Tennis Borussia Berlin (youth) (1999-2000) Hertha Berlin (2000-2007) Wolfsburg (2007-2012 & 2017) Al-Arabi (2014-2017) Nottingham Forest (2018) Tractor (2018-2021) Al-Shahania (2021-2022) Foolad (2022-present)
International	Iran (2012-2019)
Apps (gls)	58 (11)

Ashkan Dejagah was a midfielder at Fulham from 2012 until 2014. Signed in the summer transfer window of 2012 for £2.2 million from Wolfsburg, he was mainly used as a right winger who occasionally switched over to the left and always posed an attacking threat. A German national, Degajah was born in Iran and represents them internationally despite playing for Germany's U17, U18, U19, U20 and U21 teams. After an impressive season and World Cup, Ashkan moved to Al-Arabi for around £5.5 million.

Career

Fulham (2012-2014)

Ashkan signed for the club on transfer deadline day in August 2012 for an undisclosed fee thought to be in the region of just over £2 million. Upon joining, it took him nearly two months to gain match fitness following a slight injury, but eventually made his debut coming off the bench in a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa at Craven Cottage. Throughout his first season, he was used by Martin Jol sparingly, often utilising him as an impact sub more than anything. His pace and dribbling abilities were on show at times, and he began to win the Fulham fans over after some initial criticism regarding his fitness.

The following season did not get off to the best of starts for Ashkan as he struggled for fitness once more and other than a match away to Burton Albion in the League Cup, he was left out of all squads by Martin Jol until November, when Fulham met Manchester United. It was only after Jol had left and René Meulensteen had taken over when Ashkan began to thrive in the right wing position, with some impressive displays including a man of the match performance in the 3-0 win over Norwich in an FA Cup tie. After Meulensteen's departure, he became a crucial part of new (and former) manager Felix Magath's plans. He scored important goals during Fulham's relegation battle such as strikes in a 1-1 draw at West Brom, a 1-0 victory against Newcastle United and in a 2-2 draw at home to Hull.

Following a strong season despite Fulham's relegation, followed by a good display during the World Cup the following summer, he moved to Qatari side Al-Arabi for around £5.5 million in late July 2014.

Fulham Statistics

Appearances

Season	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2012-13	21	0	3	0	0	0	24	0
2013-14	22	5	2	1	1	0	25	6
Total	43	5	5	1	1	0	49	6

Disciplinary

Season
2012-13	3	0
2013-14	5	0
Total	8	0

Fulham Matches

#	Season	Date	Comp	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	2012-13	20 Oct 2012	PREM	Aston Villa	Home	Won	1-0	70'
2	2012-13	27 Oct 2012	PREM	Reading	Away	Drew	3-3	67'
3	2012-13	3 Nov 2012	PREM	Everton	Home	Drew	2-2	59'
4	2012-13	10 Nov 2012	PREM	Arsenal	Away	Drew	3-3	85'
5	2012-13	24 Nov 2012	PREM	Stoke	Away	Lost	0-1
6	2012-13	1 Dec 2012	PREM	Tottenham	Home	Lost	0-3
7	2012-13	10 Dec 2012	PREM	Newcastle	Home	Won	2-1	62'
8	2012-13	15 Dec 2012	PREM	QPR	Away	Lost	1-2	72', 78'
9	2012-13	22 Dec 2012	PREM	Liverpool	Away	Lost	0-4	78'
10	2012-13	26 Dec 2012	PREM	Southampton	Home	Drew	1-1	68'
11	2012-13	29 Dec 2012	PREM	Swansea	Home	Lost	1-2	76'
12	2012-13	1 Jan 2013	PREM	West Brom	Away	Won	2-1
13	2012-13	5 Jan 2013	FAC	Blackpool	Home	Drew	1-1	54'
14	2012-13	12 Jan 2013	PREM	Wigan	Home	Drew	1-1	87'
15	2012-13	15 Jan 2013	FAC	Blackpool	Away	Won	2-1
16	2012-13	19 Jan 2013	PREM	Man City	Away	Lost	0-2	73'
17	2012-13	26 Jan 2013	FAC	Man Utd	Away	Lost	1-4	70'
18	2012-13	30 Jan 2013	PREM	West Ham	Home	Won	3-1	66'
19	2012-13	2 Feb 2013	PREM	Man Utd	Home	Lost	0-1	82'
20	2012-13	9 Feb 2013	PREM	Norwich	Away	Drew	0-0	90+1'
21	2012-13	23 Feb 2013	PREM	Stoke	Home	Won	1-0
22	2012-13	2 Mar 2013	PREM	Sunderland	Away	Drew	2-2	85'
23	2012-13	17 Mar 2013	PREM	Tottenham	Away	Won	1-0	16'
24	2012-13	1 Apr 2013	PREM	QPR	Home	Won	3-2	38'
25	2013-14	27 Aug 2013	LC	Burton	Away	Drew	2-2*	84'
26	2013-14	2 Nov 2013	PREM	Man Utd	Home	Lost	1-3	33', 61'
27	2013-14	9 Nov 2013	PREM	Liverpool	Away	Lost	0-4
28	2013-14	4 Dec 2013	PREM	Tottenham	Home	Lost	1-2	57'
29	2013-14	8 Dec 2013	PREM	Aston Villa	Home	Won	2-0
30	2013-14	14 Dec 2013	PREM	Everton	Away	Lost	1-4	70', 84'
31	2013-14	21 Dec 2013	PREM	Man City	Home	Lost	2-4	65'
32	2013-14	26 Dec 2013	PREM	Norwich	Away	Won	2-1	72'
33	2013-14	28 Dec 2013	PREM	Hull	Away	Lost	0-6	64'
34	2013-14	11 Jan 2014	PREM	Sunderland	Home	Lost	1-4	68'
35	2013-14	14 Jan 2014	FAC	Norwich	Home	Won	3-0	41'
36	2013-14	18 Jan 2014	PREM	Arsenal	Away	Lost	0-2	68'
37	2013-14	28 Jan 2014	PREM	Swansea	Away	Lost	0-2	59'
38	2013-14	4 Feb 2014	FAC	Sheff Utd	Home	Lost	0-1	59'
39	2013-14	22 Feb 2014	PREM	West Brom	Away	Drew	1-1	28'
40	2013-14	1 Mar 2014	PREM	Chelsea	Home	Lost	1-3	35'
41	2013-14	8 Mar 2014	PREM	Cardiff	Away	Lost	1-3	50'
42	2013-14	15 Mar 2014	PREM	Newcastle	Home	Won	1-0	61',  68', 69', 87'
43	2013-14	30 Mar 2014	PREM	Everton	Home	Lost	1-3	64',  71'
44	2013-14	5 Apr 2014	PREM	Aston Villa	Away	Won	2-1	46'
45	2013-14	12 Apr 2014	PREM	Norwich	Home	Won	1-0	57'
46	2013-14	19 Apr 2014	PREM	Tottenham	Away	Lost	1-3
47	2013-14	26 Apr 2014	PREM	Hull	Home	Drew	2-2	46',  55'
48	2013-14	3 May 2014	PREM	Stoke	Away	Lost	1-4	34', 75'
49	2013-14	11 May 2014	PREM	Crystal Palace	Home	Drew	2-2	50'

External links and references

Cateogry:Germany