Rooney's Good, But He's Not Ali Daei - Huffington Post Article

[Camran khan]

Most of you are too young to remember but when Daei played in Germany, there was no coordinated calendar. So players would have to leave in the middle of the season to play teams like Sri Lanka!
If you actually look at Daei's career, you can see he lost his starting spot as soon as he would leave for TM games.
And he was still good enough that Bayern bought him from Bielefeld and Hertha from Bayern (which to this date is the highest transfer fee for an Iranian ever).

This whole calendar issue didn't get resolved until 2003 or so.

How much did they buy him for?

[Ali.Karimi79]

Most of you are too young to remember but when Daei played in Germany, there was no coordinated calendar. So players would have to leave in the middle of the season to play teams like Sri Lanka!
If you actually look at Daei's career, you can see he lost his starting spot as soon as he would leave for TM games.
And he was still good enough that Bayern bought him from Bielefeld and Hertha from Bayern (which to this date is the highest transfer fee for an Iranian ever).

This whole calendar issue didn't get resolved until 2003 or so.

Exactly.

I watched every single game of him in Germany on tv of course Event went to Bielelfeld once to watch him play vs Cologne (Azizi) that time.
His time at Bayern was tough because Jancker was having his prime scoring left and right.
Then Elber was a fix player and Alexnader Zicker, another tall german striker.
He did not bad at all.
He moved to Hertha Berlin (it was a brothers deal. Diether Hoeness, brother of EX Bayern presdient Uli hoeness was the presdient of Hertha back then)

Daei played well and beat Chelsea himself in the champions league.

What i love about his send goal is that the 2 defenders who fucked it up were both french national players and current world champions looool.
Marcel Desailly & Frank Leboeuf

And his goal vs AC Milan of course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xihXRGEMFk

[ShiroKhorshid]

In Hertha he also had to compete with 2 strong strikers. Michael Preetz and Alex Alvez who by the way died last year.

[Ali.Karimi79]

In Hertha he also had to compete with 2 strong strikers. Michael Preetz and Alex Alvez who by the way died last year.

True. Preetz was very strong. Alves died 3 years ago

[ShiroKhorshid]

3 years already? Damn time flies thought its been only a year or so.

[ShiroKhorshid]

How much did they buy him for?

5.4 milion DM (2.7 milion €).

[Doroudi]

Watch out for Neymar guys. He's on track to beat Ali Daei, and I'm afraid he will.

[Doroudi]

46 goals in 67 games...and he's 23!!!

[ShiroKhorshid]

Its crazy that a 23 year old has already close to 70 caps..But that he has scored 46 is makes it just unbeliveable. Totaly crazy damesh garm

[Zamboor]

I can only imagine Rooney reading this article and thinking 'Who in gods name is Ali Daei??'

Nah man mark my words he knows who Ali Daei is, Everyone does. Is there one iranian player everyone knows about its Daei then Karimi

[persepolisfan]

Like most Brazilian players, he will retire from the national team at 28

[TheBoss]

Like most Brazilian players, he will retire from the national team at 28

That's actually a great point. Very few Brazilian players keep their good form for long, at least in the national team. Also, Neymar is a hothead who hurt Brazil chances hugely in Copa America. Dunga dislikes him.

[Gotham]

Lol are we really going to sit here and compare Ali Daei's achievements to Rooney's? Hahahha, on another note though Rooney is horrendously overrated right now.

[OFFSIDE_1]

I wonder what happens to Daei's record once Malidives sinks below the ocean ?

[Nokhodi]

I wonder what happens to Daei's record once Malidives sinks below the ocean ?

Then he'll have 8 less goals.
Not bad eh?

Do we say the same thing about strikers like Klose and Keane and Villa who score goals against teams like Andorra, Luxembourg, San Marino and Malta...?
I never understood the logic of this criticism of Daei.
As long as he scored against the opponent, he did his job. Forwards score goals. Even today all of us would take an in-form Daei over any of our forwards.