Shervin Radjabali-Fardi
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Shervin Radjabali-Fardi (Persian
Persian language
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: شروین رجبعلی فردی) (born 17 May 1991) is an
Iranian-German
Iranians in Germany
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 footballer who plays for German 2. Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...

 side Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play...

 and the German U-19 team
Germany national youth football team
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. He is a left back.

Career

Born in Berlin
Berlin
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, Germany
Germany
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, Radjabali-Fardi began his career with Hertha Zehlendorf and after five years he joined Lichterfelder FC
Lichterfelder FC
Lichterfelder FC is a German association football club from the Berlin district of Lichterfelde. The club has approximately 1,300 members and includes the country's largest youth department.-History:...

 in 2001. After only two years in Lichterfelde
Lichterfelde (Berlin)
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, he was scouted by Hertha BSC.

Club career

Radjabali-Fardi made his Hertha debut on 17 July 2008 in UEFA Cup 2008–09
UEFA Cup 2008–09
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 first qualifying round 1st leg against Nistru Otaci
FC Nistru Otaci
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. He played two more UEFA Cup qualifying matches, and Hertha's Europa League group phase match against FK Ventspils
FK Ventspils
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 the following season, but never earned any caps for Hertha's first team in domestic competitions. After two and a half years on the bench, Hertha loaned him to Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play...

 until the end of the 2011–12 season.

Alemannia Aachen

After joining Aachen on loan from Hertha, he made his debut on the 19th matchday of the 2. Bundesliga against Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC
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, and scored his first goal a month later in Aachen's 3–1 win over SC Paderborn.

International

He is currently a member of the German U-20 team
Germany national youth football team
This article includes current squads of Germany U20, U19, U18, U17, U16 and U15 national football teams.-Current technical staff:- Germany national under-20 squad :- Germany national under-19 squad :- Germany national under-18 squad :...

, but is also eligible to play for Iran
Iran national football team
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.

Individual

  • Fritz-Walter-Medal 2008 in Bronze (Category U17)
  • Fritz-Walter-Medal 2010 in Bronze (Category U19)

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