About Mohammadmehdi Zare

Mohammad Mehdi Zare Mahzabiyeh, known as Mohammadmehdi Zare (Persian: محمدمهدی زارع مهذبیه; born 24 January 2003) is an Iranian football player who plays as a centre-back for Russian club Akhmat Grozny.

On 22 July 2025, Zare signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League club Akhmat Grozny. He joined Ousmane Ndong, who was Zare's teammate in the center of defense of Gol Gohar Sirjan in the previous season and signed with Akhmat one day earlier.

Zare made his RPL debut for Akhmat on 27 July 2025 in a game against CSKA Moscow.

On 16 January 2026, just before their match against South Korea in the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup, Zare, along with his entire team, refused to sing "Mehr-e Khavaran", the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in solidarity with the 2025–2026 Iranian protests.