Career
He was one of the club"s main players in its 2005-2006 IPL championship. In July 2007 he moved to the United Arab Emirates and joined First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Dhafra. He signed a contract with Tractor Sazi on 18 June 2011.
On 1 July 2012, he signed a two years contract with.
Under-23 national team He is a technically sound player who was first called up to the Iran national under-23 football team in the 2002 Asian Games, although because of his lack of experience he was ineffective. He was also part of the Iranian squad in Athens 2004 Olympics unsuccessful qualification campaign.Where he was kicked out of the camp when Mohammad Mayeli Kohan was the head coach because of discipline problems and returned after he left the job and called up again by Hossein Faraki.
Senior national team After his role in "s league championship, his former coach, Amir Ghalenoei, called Akbarpour to the senior Iran national football team He made his debut in the 2007 Asian Cup qualification match against Taiwan in February 2006.
His next cap was against United Arab Emirates in which he assisted his former teammate Reza Enayati"s goal.
He returned to Team Melli in 2009 under Ali Daei and played few minutes again South of Korea in February 2009 where the match finished 1-1 in Tehran.