Players Abroad




San Jose Quake Player Khodadad Azizi (No. 11 far left) at the Rose Bowl (August 30, 2000) Ali Latifi: Admira Wacker (Austria)



DOB: Feburary 20, 1976
Former Club: Bahman (Peykan)
National Team Player: France 98

Khodadad Azizi playing against the LA Galaxy at the Rose Bowl (August 30, 2000) Ramin Moharramnejad: GAK Austria (Austria)
Ramin Moharramnejad

DOB: 1980
Former Club: Esteghlal
Position: Midfield



Khodadad Azizi at the Rose Bowl Mehdi Pashazadeh: SK Rapid Wien (Austria)

DOB: December 27, 1973
Former Club: Esteghlal
Position: Defender


Alireza Mansourian played for Singapour's Balestier Khalsa, Greece's Skoda Xanthi & Apollon Smyrnis
and Germany's FC St. Pauli - UCLA (June 4, 2006)
Amir Saadati: DSV Leoben (Austria)


DOB: September 23, 1981
Former Club: Barg - Tehran
Position: Midfield
Iran U-21 National Team

Dariush Yazdani:
Charleroi (Belgium)


DOB: 2 June 1977-Shiraz
Height: 175cm
Weight: 71 Kg
Former Club: Esteghlal FC
Position: Midfield
Member since: 2000 (Contract Expires: 2003)
Former National Team Player Mohammad Khakpour played for the MetroStars. He became a soccer coach in California - UCLA (June 4, 2006) National Team Player: Lebanon 2000-France 98
Marital Status: Married

Mohammad Reza Mahdavi: Charleroi-Belgium
DOB: 17 Dec. 1972-Tehran
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 82 Kg
National Team Player: Lebanon 2000
Former Club: Esteghlal FC
Position: Defender
Member since: 2000 (Contract expires: 2003)

Alireza Emamifar: Charleroi-Belgium

Former Club: Persepolis
Position: Midfield
Height: 171 cm
Mohammad Khakpour and his students with the Stars of Iran Football Team - UCLA (June 4, 2006) Weight: 61 Kg
Member since: 2000 (Contract expires: 2003)
National Team Player: Lebanon 2000
DOB: Sept. 16, 1974-Shiraz

Mehdi Mahdavikia: Hamburger SV (Germany)


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Mohammad Hadi Mahdavikia: Hamburger SV Amateur Team (Germany)
Hadi Mahdavikia
DOB: 1980-Tehran
Former Club: Persepolis
Position: SC

Dariusch Almasi: Hamburger SV Young Talents Team (Germany)
Former National Team Manager Afhin Ghotbi
DOB: April 13, 1987
Position: Midfield

Amir Shapourzadeh: Hamburger SV Young Talents Team (Germany)

DOB: September 19, 1982
Position: Forward


Alireza Mansourian: FC St.Pauli (Germany)


DOB: Feb. 2, 1972
Former Clubs:
Apollon Athen, Greece |AO Xanthi, Greece-Esteghlal FC
Position: Midfield
Memeber since: July 2000
National Team Player: France 98

Transferred to Esteghlal FC


Female Football Fan Moharam Navidkia : VFL Bochum (Germany)

DOB: November 1, 1982
Height: 72 Kg
Weight: 181cm
Position: Midfielder
Former Clubs: Sepahan Isfahan

Amir Shapourzadeh : HSV Young Talents Team (Germany)

DOB: September 19, 1982
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 71 Kg
Position: Striker
Member since: 2000

Vahid Hashemian: Hannover 96 (Germany)


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Football fans outside the Rose Bowl - January 16, 2000 Ali Karimi: FC Bayern (Germany)



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Alexander Nouri: KFC Uerdingen (Germany)


DOB: August 20, 1984
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 71 Kg
Former Clubs: BSV Buxtehude, Vorwärts/Wacker Billstedt, Seattle Sounders, Werder Bremen
Position: Midfield

Fereydoun Zandi: FC Kaiserslautern (Germany)Football fans outside the Rose Bowl - January 16, 2000


DOB: April 26, 1979 (Emden-Germany)
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 80 Kg
Former clubs: VfB Lübeck, SC Freiburg, Emden, BW Borssum
Position: Midfield
Member since: 2002
German National U-21 Player

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Rahman Rezaei: Messina (Italy)


ProfileFootball fans outside Pasadena Hilton - January 16, 2000

Arash Talebinejad: AIK


DOB: July 19, 1983
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 74 Kg


Karim Bagheri: Al Sadd (Qatar)


transfered to Persepolis
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Iranian football fans at Pasadena Hilton (January 16, 2000)
Ali Baghmisheh
Ali Baghmisheh: Al-Etehad Alkabaa (UAE)

Former Club: Persepolis
Omid (Olympic) Team Member

Ali Daei: transfered to Persepolis


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Mehrdad Minavand: Free Agent
Iranian football fans at Pasadena Hilton greeting the National Team (January 16, 2000)
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Payan Rafat: Hata (UAE)
Former Club: Persepolis
Position: Forward

Sattar Hamedani: Al-Nasr (UAE)


Former Club: Esteghlal
DOB: 6 June 1974
National Team Player: Lebanon 2000

Hamed Kavianpour:

Transfered back to Persepolis from Al-Wasl (UAE)

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Iranian football fans at the Rose Bowl (January 16, 2000) Farhad Majidi: Al-Ain (UAE)


Former Clubs:
Rapid Wien-Esteghlal FC
National Team Player: Asian Cup 1996-France 98
DOB: 3 June 1977-Tehran
Marital Status: Married

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Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht: Al Wasal (UAE)


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MLS
Mohammad Khakpour: NY/NJ MetroStars 1999-2000
Khodadad Azizi: San Jose Earthquake Earthquakes 2000-2001

This list of Iranian legionnaires was prepared in the 2001-2002 season. Most of the players have retired from professional football. The page is kept for historical purposes.




2012 Season
Hadi Aghily (Al-Arabi - Qatar)
Ashkan Dejagah (Fulham - UK)
Reza Ghoochannejhad (VV St. Truiden - Belgium)
Alireza Haghighi (Rubin Kazan - Russia)
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (Al Wasl - UAE)
Omid Nazari (Ängelholms FF)
Pejman Nouri (Emirates FC, UAE)
Masoud Shojaei (Osasuna - Spain)
Javad Nekounam (Osasuna - Spain - Transfered to Esteghal in July 2012)

Half-Iranian
Daniel Davari (Eintracht Braunschweig)
Ariajasuru Hasegawa (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Shervin Radjabali-Fardi (Alemannia Aachen)


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