Cryptic football trivia question

[DR Strangemoosh]

I made my debut aged 18 against Iran, which is coincidentally where my agent was born.

Now I am a pretty big player.

Last year, an Irish fan made me less sweet than my former friends in the form of song...


(I just discovered this now and thought i'd make it into a cryptic trivia question)

[scuderia]

I made my debut aged 18 against Iran, which is coincidentally where my agent was born.

Now I am a pretty big player.

Last year, an Irish fan made me less sweet than my former friends in the form of song...


(I just discovered this now and thought i'd make it into a cryptic trivia question)

This could be anyone, can we have a clue lol!

[DR Strangemoosh]

Good, I thought it would be too easy...

I guess the clue is the third sentence. Anything more would be giving it away completely 😉

[Ando Teymourian]

Coutinho

[DR Strangemoosh]

Coutinho

Well done 😊