Saipa He Played for
Saipa for several seasons, helping the team win the
Iran Professional League in the
2006/07 season, scoring 8 goals. He was the team's second topscorer after
Ali Daei.
Persepolis In June 2007 he signed a 2-year deal with
Iranian giants
Persepolis for a reported fee of $300,000. He scored a spectacular curler against
Bargh Shiraz. This was followed by a stunning volley in the last match of
the league against
Sepahan, a game which ended 2-1 thanks to
Sepehr Heidari's extra time goal. During the 2007/08 season Khalili became the top goalscorer by scoring 18 goals during the
Persian Gulf Cup which persepolis won at the end.
Hadi Asghari from
Rah Ahan also scored 18 goals and finished in the top as well but because Asghari had scored a few goals from the penalty spot, people and critics called Khalili the real top goalscorer. Khalili was the only player in Persepolis who played in all of the regular season games and he became really close with the fans especially after each goal he scored, he would be the only one to be celebrating with the fans. On July 2, 2008 he renewed his contract with Persepolis despite having better financial offers from UAE clubs. Because of the injury during the training camp of
Team Melli in August 2008 he was out for 9 months. During the 2008/09 season, Khalili made his return on March 3, 2009 in a 2-1 home defeat against
Moghavemat but he scored his first goal since his return against
Paykan on April 12. He also scored in Persepolis's last group stage match in the
AFC Champions League against
Al Shabab to take Persepolis through to the
Round of 16 as the top team. The next season, he was benched in first half of the season by then coach
Zlatko Kranjcar but in the second half of the season with changes in the coaching staff, new coach
Ali Daei who had been his coach at
Saipa F.C. trusted him and he was a regular in the team. He scored the last goal in the Hazfi Cup final against
Gostaresh Foolad F.C. thus also scoring the last goal of the season. In the summer break in an interview Ali Daei said that he did not need him anymore and a few days later the club announced that they could not reach an agreement with the player and were not renewing his contract.
After Persepolis He joined
Steel Azin in Summer 2010 and stayed there for a season but again injuries did not allow him to become a regular player and after the relegation of the team his contract was automatically canceled. He joined
Mes Kerman in January 2012 and halfway through the season after he missed the first half because of the injury he had and was one of the regular players of the team. He joined
Saba in Summer 2012. He was released by Saba in December 2012 after the appointment of
Samad Marfavi as the new coach.
Club career statistics •
Assist Goals ==International career==