He was first invited to Iran national B football team in 1985 by Nasser Ebrahimi, a coach that he began his career with, and showed a good performance. He was invited on following year to the national team by Parviz Dehdari and made his debut against China PR. However, he missed several international tournaments despite his good performance. For example, when he played in Al-Sadd, he was not invited to the national team squad for 1988 AFC Asian Cup because he was a member of a foreign club. For the 1990 Asian Games held in Beijing, he was not invited because there several talented players in position he played. He was also injured before the 1992 AFC Asian Cup and missed it.