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Here is an updated list of Iranian players I have been compiling
Team Melli Abroad / Europe
Alireza Jahanbakhsh – Brighton & Hove Albion - English Premier League
Saman Ghoddos – Amiens - French Ligue 1
Sardar Azmoun – Zenit Saint Petersburg - Russian Premier League
Amir Abedzadeh – Maritimo - Portuguese Primeira Liga
Mehdi Taremi – Rio Ave - Portuguese Primeira Liga
Mehrdad Mohammadi – Aves - Portuguese Primeira Liga
Kaveh Rezaei – Charleroi - Belgian First Division A
Ali Gholizadeh – Charleroi - Belgian First Division A
Saeid Ezatolahi – Eupen - Belgian First Division A
Omid Ebrahimi – Eupen - Belgian First Division A
Milad Mohammadi – Gent - Belgian First Division A
Majid Hosseini – Trabzonspor - Turkish Super Lig
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh – Fenerbahce - Turkish Super Lig
Sadegh Moharrami – Lokomotiva Zagreb - Croatian Prva Liga
Morteza Pouraliganji – Al Arabi - Qatari Stars League
Karim Ansarifard – Al Sailiya - Qatari Stars League
Ramin Rezaeian – Al Shahania - Qatari Stars League
Iranians Abroad / 1st Division
Younes Delfi – Charleroi - Belgian First Division A
Shabab Zahedi – Olimpik Donetsk - Ukrainian Premier League
Reza Ghoochannejhad – PEC Zwolle - Dutch Eredivisie
Daleho Irandust – BK Hacken - Swedish Allsvenskan
Sherko Faiqi – IK Sirius - Swedish Allsvenskan
Paya Pichkah – GIF Sundsvall - Swedish Allsvenskan
Mehdi Sharifi – Sumgayit - Azerbaijani Premier League
Peyman Babied – Sumgayit - Azerbaijani Premier League
Amirhossein Najafi – Sabah - Azerbaijani Premier League
Reza Biqdelo – Sabah - Azerbaijani Premier League
Sam Shaban – Palanga - Lithuanian A Lyga
Armin Mir Doraghi – Yerevan - Armenian Premier League
Honar Abdi – Kokkolan - Finnish Veikkausliiga
Porya Ahmadi – Aberystwyth Town - Welsh Premier League
Steven Beitashour – Los Angeles - USA Major League Soccer
Alessandro Hojabrpour – Pacific - Canadian Premier League
Iranians Abroad / 2nd Division
Ryan Tafazolli – Hull City - English Championship
Siavash Haghnazari – Volyn Lutsk - Ukrainian First League
Agil Etemadi – Almere City - Dutch Eerste Divisie
Emil Vatani – Hvidovre - Danish First Division
Soroush Teymouri – Dubrava - Croatian Druga HNL
Sean Sabetkar – Vasteras - Swedish Superettan
Dawoud Jalinous – Brda - Slovenian Second League
Dariush Jalinous – Brda - Slovenian Second League
Amir Bashti - Atlanta United 2 - USL Championship
Iranians Abroad / Youth Teams
Amir Erfan Izadi – Leganes U19 - Spanish La Liga
Arash Ahmadi – Norwich U18 - English Premier League
I personally think in terms of personnel our TM is doing very well right now. If we just had one player from abroad in the same mould as dejagah (ghoddos is very technical but more of a creative/clever player and less of a driving foce) that would really take our team to the next level.
I know what you are saying , imagine if we had a Ali Karimi Style player playing in this side. If Ezzatolahi could get back to fitness and form he would be what we need too.
By the way, Due to the way the world is there is more likely to be more players coming through with dual heritage Iranian. We need to do what Hashemian did there and scout them at an early age and get them part of our set up in the national team at youth level.
I personally think in terms of personnel our TM is doing very well right now. If we just had one player from abroad in the same mould as dejagah (ghoddos is very technical but more of a creative/clever player and less of a driving foce) that would really take our team to the next level.
I never get that, why dont we invite these players ? he is 17 and playing in dortmund, at least he can be tested in a youth team, in 2-3 years we will have the same problem we had with dejagah, safari, and the guy who plays for australia ..... dejagah nearly also became german national player, he made a mistake by not playing vs an israeli team, that was when he absolutely had no chance anymore for germany if i remember right
I never get that, why dont we invite these players ? he is 17 and playing in dortmund, at least he can be tested in a youth team, in 2-3 years we will have the same problem we had with dejagah, safari, and the guy who plays for australia ..... dejagah nearly also became german national player, he made a mistake by not playing vs an israeli team, that was when he absolutely had no chance anymore for germany if i remember right
As soon as these binationals choose Iran they are kind of blacklisted in their career. Watch the shitty transfers resulting of zandi, dejagah, Ghoddos choosing iran
As soon as these binationals choose Iran they are kind of blacklisted in their career. Watch the shitty transfers resulting of zandi, dejagah, Ghoddos choosing iran
thats up to the player but i would kill myself for playing 1 game in TM shirt, no other country would make me proud.
also zandi, dejagah, ghoddos .....i dont think beeing iranian was their biggest problems, zandi was an average player, dejagah was injured mostly, ghoddos his career was strange anyway .....
no idea where to put this, but my friend is a football agent working in Europe he has recently been working out of Cyprus. Bringing in a lot of NON EU players into Cyprus, he recently signed 21 year old Australia u23 player with 30 games in the A-League to a second division team. He said there is a big market there for Iranians to come and play as its the most forign European league. They are ranked 16th by UEFA, above greece, sweden, norway, finland.
The first division has 1 champions league spot and 2 Europa league spots, which makes it a very good league.
He is also part of a company that acquired a 4th division team this year, where they are building a squad with all ex-academy players from Leicester, Norwich, Birmingham, Bolton, Everton etc He is all about helping young Iranian players out but doesn't know how to get in touch with them. He said if he can get some EU passported players there, he can create a market for more players to come through. Anyone know how he can get a hold of some or instagram accounts for them? I gave him Alex Sami's and Navid's one. Any more would be much appreciated.
I was watching the highlights of the DFB-Pokal 1/8-finals game between RW Essen and Bayer Leverkusen yesterday and realized that Daniel Davari was standing in the goal for the home team. RW Essen, currently in the 4th division, managed to take the game into extra time and there turn a 0-1-deficit into a win against the giants Leverkusen.
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