Zob Ahan Sadeghian showed himself as a starting line-up player first time in 2011–12 IPL and made an assist for
Mohammad Hosseini against
Foolad. He also scored a goal and made another assist in a match against
Malavan. On 9 September 2011, he made another assist for
Esmaeil Farhadi against
Persepolis. Two weeks later, he played the full 90 minutes against
Shahin Bushehr and made an assist for
Mohammad Ahmadpouri. He made an assist for
Mohammad Ghazi on 2 October 2011 to show his assist ability another time.
Persepolis He signed a two-year contract with
Persepolis on 9 June 2013. He made his debut in a match against
Tractor Sazi as a substitute for
Gholamreza Rezaei and made an assist two minutes later for
Mehdi Seyed Salehi. In his first season with Persepolis he was instrumental in their success and was one of their most important players. In August 2014 Sadegian was banned three months for shoving a referee during a match against
Foolad. He was fired by Persepolis on 27 April 2015 after a dispute with coach
Branko Ivanković.
Naft Tehran On 1 July 2015, Sadeghian joined
Naft Tehran on a five-year contract. He scored his first goal for the club on 27 October 2015 in a 2–1 victory against
Padideh.
Saba Qom After falling out with the management at Naft, Sadeghian left the club and on 8 January 2016 he signed with
Saba Qom and reunited with former coach
Ali Daei.
Machine Sazi On 28 May 2016, Sadeghian signed with newly promoted Tabrizi side
Machine Sazi. This club also is his father's (Hassan Sadeghian) team. Sadeghian assisted in his first match for the club against
Foolad.
Osmanlıspor On 30 August 2017, Sadeghian signed a three–year contract with Turkish club
Osmanlıspor. On 4 November 2017, Sadeghian made his first appearance for the club in a match against
Fenerbahce, coming on as a second-half substitute and immediately contributing an assist. Sadeghian made his second appearance on 28 November 2017 in a
Turkish Cup match, he played 85 minutes and recorded two assist. In his first five matches for the club, Payam recorded four assists. Three in the cup and one in the league. Sadeghian scored his first goal for the club on 3 March 2018 from a penalty kick against
Kasimpasa. ==International career==