Reza Ghoochannejhad Nournia (Persian: رضا قوچان‌نژاد نورنیا; born 20 September 1987) is an Iranian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

[6] In June 2011, Ghoochannejhad transferred to Sint-Truiden,[7] scoring his first goal in the Belgian Pro League against Club Brugge.

Ghoochannejhad joined Standard Liège in January 2013 after signing a three-and-a-half-year deal, while scoring 10 goals in 12 matches in the half-season he remained with Sint-Truiden.

[9] On 30 January 2014, Ghoochannejhad joined Championship side Charlton Athletic on a two-and-a-half-year deal, becoming the second Iranian after Karim Bagheri to play for the Addicks.

[10][11] On 1 February, he made his first appearance for Charlton in a 2–1 defeat away to Wigan Athletic, where he played the full 90 minutes and hit the bar with a shot on goal in the first half.

In February 2015, Ghoochannejhad signed a four-month loan deal with Qatar Stars League club Al-Wakrah.

[20] Al-Wakrah escaped relegation on the last day and Ghoochannejhad's loan deal expired at the end of the season.

He scored also twice in January 2017 in a match against ADO Den Haag, it was his second brace of the season and lifted Heerenveen to fourth place in the league.

[5] After being invited to the Iran national team by coach Carlos Queiroz, he made his senior national team debut on 16 October 2012 in Iran's 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier victory against South Korea,[32] while scoring his first two goals in his third international cap against Lebanon in a 5–0 Asian Cup qualifier win.

[37] His goal-scoring streak continued, scoring in each of the Asian Cup qualifying matches against Thailand and Lebanon to secure Iran's spot in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup as well as becoming the top scorer of the qualifiers and bringing his tally to six goals in six consecutive competitive international matches.

[39] On 1 June 2014, Ghoochannejhad was called into Iran's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by Carlos Queiroz.

[45] In the quarter-final match against Iraq, Ghoochannejhad scored Iran's third equalizer in the 119th minute as they drew 3–3 at Canberra Stadium and were eventually defeated 7–6 in a penalty shootout.

[46] On 1 September 2016, Ghoochannejhad scored a stoppage time winner in a 2–0 victory against Qatar in the final round of Asian World Cup Qualifying.

[47] In May 2018 he was named in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[48][49] but not played any minutes in the tournament.

[50] Ghoochannejhad has been praised mostly for his sense of goal scoring and also his ability to find the right spot in attacking situations.

[citation needed] Ghoochannejhad can speak at least four languages including English, Dutch, French and Persian as his mother tongue and he understands German too, he has said that he has also learned Italian and Portuguese.