|Vote| Who is the best Iranian never to play for the national team?

[DR Strangemoosh]

1) Past players please, who were eligible for Iran (i.e. not those who ended up playing for other nations)
2) Feel free to suggest another one if not included
3) Don't get angry if you haven't heard of someone on the list

[sedee91]

Daniel Karbassiyoon.

[Gotham]

Ferydoon Fazli for sure

[ehsan singapore]

i emmber serjik was not bad, but back then we had alot of good forwards also

[DR Strangemoosh]

Daniel Karbassiyoon.

I was thinking of putting him in but I remember in an interview that he didn't identify himself as Iranian.

[DR Strangemoosh]

Ferydoon Fazli for sure

Damn I didn't include him because I thought I remembered him playing for Iran but looks like it was the B-team...

[Iran_19]

Mahmoud Karimi during his prime was actually a half decent player. Just like Fazli he at least deserved to be capped few matches.

[DR Strangemoosh]

I voted Mahmoud Karimi too because for a time he was the most exciting player in the league and no one understood why he wasn't invited. He deserved at least one cap.

[Gotham]

i emmber serjik was not bad, but back then we had alot of good forwards also

Too bad you don't "emmber" that he was actually a CDM.

[KC McElroy]

From this list Abdi. In addition I'd add Jokhtapour and Sabihsaran.

[Iran_19]

From this last Abdi. In addition I'd add Jokhtapour and Sabihsaran.

I watched Joghtapour play many times, he indeed deserved a call. I think he was invited to TM couple times but never played a match. Sabihsaran was good also.

[Ghermez Agha]

Hossein Papi or Farzad Hosseinkhani

[Kian Persepolis]

Behrang Safari

[littlepersia17]

Who is the best Iranian never to play for the national team?

Even though Yaghoub Karimi has 6 caps for Iran (and scored a few times), they're all B-teams and low-class friendlies.

I remember around 4 years ago when I made a video of him, he had a killer eye for goal. I thought he will definitely make to Europe with his shooting abilities, but it seems like his career didn't pan out that way.

https://youtu.be/xjsdgmeISiA

[Sly]

Mahmoud Karimi for sure!

I voted Mahmoud Karimi too because for a time he was the most exciting player in the league and no one understood why he wasn't invited. He deserved at least one cap.

It was extremely weird why he wasn't invited for such a long time. When he was finally invited after many years, he turned down the invitation and said he wanted to concentrate on his club. I guess anyone who deserved to play in TM would do the same if they were neglected for so long.