Melika Mohammadi

Melika Mohammadi

Mohammadi with Bam Khatoon F.C.
Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-03-28)28 March 2000
Place of birth	Shiraz, Iran
Date of death	24 December 2023(2023-12-24) (aged 23)
Place of death	Bam, Iran
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right back, centre back[1]
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Emory University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Bam Khatoon F.C.
International career
2018–2019	Iran U19	5	(0)
2021–2023[2]	Iran	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Melika Mohammadi (Persian: ملیکه محمدی,[1] 28 March 2000 – 24 December 2023) was an Iranian footballer who played as a right back or centre back for the Iran women's national team. She played for Bam Khatoon F.C. in the Kowsar Women Football League.

College career

Mohammadi attended Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland and played college soccer for Emory University.[3][4]

International career

Mohammadi capped for Iran at senior level during the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification.[2]

Personal life and death

Melika Mohammadi was born in Shiraz on 28 March 2000.[2][1] She died in a road accident at the entrance of Bam city on the morning of 24 December 2023 at the age of 23. Two of her teammates, Behnaz Taherkhani and Zahra Khajavi, were injured in the same accident and were hospitalized.[5]

References

1. "ملیکا محمدی". footballdokht.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
2. "Melika Mohammadi". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
3. "Melika Mohammadi".
4. Casillas, Mauricio; Reporter • •, News4 (16 January 2024). "'The proudest sister forever': Woman honors Bethesda soccer star's legacy after fatal crash in Iran". NBC4 Washington. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
5. "Iran's women's football defender Mohammadi dies in car crash". Tehran Times. 24 December 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2024.