Payam Niazmand
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Niazmand with Sepahan in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Payam Niazmand Ghader | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Persepolis | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Paykan | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Paykan | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2025 | Sepahan | 165 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Portimonense | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Persepolis | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Iran | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Payam Niazmand (Persian: پیام نیازمند; born 6 April 1995) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Iranian club Persepolis and the Iran national team.
Niazmand set the new all-time record at 940 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal. Mohammad Nouri ended his goalless streak by beating him in the 50th minute of the same match. He was included in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.