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This Tehran Select team is the predecessor of Iran's national football team. The first match that Team Melli played was on 23 August 1941, away at Kabul in a 1–0 win against British India while Iran's first FIFA international match was on 25 August 1941, away at Afghanistan . [ 7 ]
Rank Player Career Caps Goals 1 Javad Nekounam: 2000–2015 149 38 2 Ali Daei: 1993–2006 148 108 3 Ehsan Hajsafi: 2008–2024 142 [1]: 7 4 Ali Karimi: 1998–2013
Hossein Sadaghiani. Sadaghiani was the first manager of Iran national team appointed in 1941. He led the team in only three matches with two wins and one loss. His assistant, Mostafa Salimi, was also his successor. Sadeghiani was returned to the coaching staff in 1958 for coaching the team in two matches.
Alireza Jahanbakhsh Jirendeh (Persian: علیرضا جهانبخش جیرنده, romanized: Alirezâ Jahânbaxš Jirende, pronounced [æliːɾezɑː dʒæhɑːnˈbæxʃ]; born 11 August 1993) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a right winger and attacking midfielder, he captains the Iran national team.
Sardar Azmoun (Persian: سردار آزمون (Sardâr Âzmun); born 1 January 1995) is an Iranian professional footballer. He plays as a forward for the UAE Pro League club Shabab Al Ahli, and the Iran national team. Azmoun made his debut for the Iran national team in 2014 aged 19.
Mehdi Taremi (Persian: مهدی طارمی; born 18 July 1992) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Iran national team. A late bloomer , he began his career at Shahin Bushehr and Iranjavan , and then played for Persepolis between 2014 and 2018; he was Persian Gulf Pro League top ...
In the video introducing Iran's national football team in the 2018 World Cup, by FIFA, he was described as "One of the top 2 players of Iran's football history". [13] He is regarded as one of the greatest Asian footballers of all time. [14] [15] In 2017, AFC named Karimi as "one of the icons of Asian football history". [14]
In April 2014, he was called up to the Iran national football team training camp in South Africa by coach Carlos Queiroz after many Sepahan players could not make it because of AFC Champions League matches, including goalkeeper Rahman Ahmadi. He was also selected in Iran's 30-man provisional squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. However ...