Kaveh Rezaei (Persian: کاوه رضایی) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sepahan and the Iran national team.
Rezaei received his first call-up to the senior side on 30 August 2015 replacing injured Alireza Jahanbakhsh. He made his debut against India during Iran's 2018 World Cup Qualification campaign on 8 September 2015. After a 2-year absence from the international side, Rezaei received another call-up on 1 October 2017 to play for Iran in friendlies against Togo and Russia. On 17 March 2018, he scored his first international goal in a 4–0 victory against Sierra Leone. In May 2018, he was named in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia but did not make the final 23.
In May 2017, Rezaei married with Iran women's national volleyball team player Farnoosh Sheikhi. His father in law, Fereydoun Sheikhi was killed in a plane crash in January 2019.
His idol was Thiery Henry. He is a friend to Mehdi Rahmati, Bakhtiar Rahmani and Soroush Rafiei. He cites Navid Mohammadzadeh as his favourite actor. He can speak Persian and Kurdish fluently.
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