// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Mehdi Karbalaei? A karat baler, I guess that's a weighty name.

Mehdi Karbalaei

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-03-08) 8 March 1993
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position	Defender
Team information
Current team	Saipa
Number	30
Youth career
2012–2013	Naft Novin
2013–2015	Esteghlal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Esteghlal	1	(0)
2015–2016	→ Khooneh be Khooneh (loan)	13	(0)
2015–2016	Gostaresh Foulad	5	(0)
2016–2017	Gol Gohar	25	(0)
2017–2018	Malavan	16	(0)
2018–2019	Fajr Sepasi	13	(0)
2019–2020	Mes Rafsanjan	10	(0)
2020–2021	Havadar	5	(0)
2021–2022	Shahin Bushehr	2	(0)
2022–2023	Darya Caspian	26	(0)
2023–2024	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	28	(0)
2024–	Saipa	27	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 April 2025

Mehdi Karbalaei (Persian: مهدی کربلایی, born 8 March 1993) is an Iranian football defender who plays for Saipa.