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iranian football player and coach
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Ali Daei ( irani : ( help · information ) ‎ pronounced [ ʔæliː dɑːjiː ] ; born 21 March 1969 ) is an irani former professional football player, football director and businessman. A striker, he was captain of the iranian national team between 2000 and 2006 and played in the german Bundesliga for Arminia Bielefeld, Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin. He is regarded as one of the best asian footballers of all time. [ 2 ]

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A tall forward, Daei was a prolific goal scorer and was known for his drift accuracy and ability in the vent. [ 3 ] He was the populace ‘s top external goal scorekeeper with 109 goals, until his read was broken by Cristiano Ronaldo in 2021. [ 4 ] During his playing career, Daei was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. [ 5 ] Following his retirement, Daei served as a member of the FIFA Football Committee between 2007 and 2013. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 2014, he was inducted into the asian Football Hall of Fame. [ 8 ]

Club career [edit ]

early years [edit ]

Daei was born in Ardabil, Imperial Iran. Daei graduated from Sharif University of Technology in Materials Engineering ( Metallurgical ) with a BSc. degree. He began his playing career at 19 with hometown club Esteghlal Ardabil. His future clubhouse was Taxirani F.C. in Tehran, where he played for one season, before joining another Tehran-based club, Bank Tejarat. His tenure with Bank Tejarat lasted four years, scoring 49 goals in 75 games for the club. [ 9 ]

move to Europe [edit ]

After his success with Bank Tejarat FC, in 1994 Daei joined one of Tehran ‘s lead clubs, Persepolis. He went on to score 23 goals in 38 games for the club from 1994 to 1996. Following his impressive operation in the asian Cup in 1996, he moved to Al Sadd for the 1996–1997 season, before joining Bundesliga side Arminia Bielefeld in 1997 aboard companion iranian national teammate Karim Bagheri. so far at Bayern he found himself low in the nag order. This coupled with the irani national team ‘s scheduling, Daei had found very little clock for playing. Daei was unhappy with his side in the baseball club and decided to make a move to Hertha BSC before the end of his three-year compress, when Bayern won the championship title in the 1999 Bundesliga. Daei became the beginning Asian player ever to feature in a UEFA Champions League pit. He scored his foremost and second goal in the UEFA Champions League on 21 September 1999 in a group stage match against Chelsea, won by Hertha 2–1. [ 10 ] He besides scored in a 1–1 withdraw against A.C. Milan at the San Siro. [ 11 ] even even at Hertha he was not a enormously crucial musician, since he was only one of the team ‘s many successful players, who were to fulfill Hertha ‘s Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League dreams .

recurrence to Asia [edit ]

Daei was playing in numerous continental friendlies against world class opposition, yet was distillery ineffective to maintain a stable position in his club ‘s starting line-up. In 2001, he was not among the top scorers in the asian Qualifying round and he did not manage to take the team into the World Cup as captain for the first time. He joined the UAE league at 34 years of age, signing a contract with Al-Shabab as a release agent. In 2003, Daei quit the UAE team and joined his old team in Tehran, Persepolis. Daei moved from Persepolis to Saba Battery on a free transplant for a meek contract of around $ 300,000. He spent two years at Saba Battery, scoring 23 goals, winning the Hazfi Cup and participating in the asian Champions League. After World Cup 2006 and the arrival of Saba Battery ‘s new coach, Farhad Kazemi, it was announced that he was no farseeing needed on the team and his narrow would not be renewed. Despite rumours of retirement, he signed for another industry-linked club from Tehran, Saipa, on 1 August 2006. [ 12 ] On 6 March 2007, Ali Daei was fined $ 2000 and suspended for four games by the iranian Football Federation after the incidents in a league game where he delivered a head-butt to the face of Sheys Rezaei. [ 13 ] On 28 May 2007, after Saipa won the 2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup in a match five Mes Kerman, Daei announced his retirement from playing club football and that he would concentrate on his coaching career. [ 14 ]

International career [edit ]

Daei ( left ) in legal action against Laos in an international game, 2004. Daei was called up to join Team Melli on 6 June 1993 in an ECO Cup tournament held in Tehran, where he made his debut for Iran against Pakistan. He continued his national team appearances and was named the top scorer of the final asian cycle of 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifications with 4 goals in 5 matches. Despite criticism, Daei played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup ; the criticisms, however, were directed more at his fitness and the inability of younger players to play a partially in the World Cup. From irani media calling for his retirement, Ali Daei has constantly defended his position in Team Melli and has rejected that he was besides erstwhile to play for the team. [ 15 ] [ 16 ]

College career [edit ]

Daei captained Islamic Azad University football team in 2007 World Interuniversity Games, scoring a hat-trick in the final match against University of Osijek and winning the gold decoration. [ 17 ]

Coaching [edit ]

In 2007 Summer Universiade, Daei was in charge as the head bus of the Iran students national team. [ 18 ] He was technical foul coach of the Islamic Azad University team in 2009 World Interuniversity Games. [ 19 ]

Managerial career [edit ]

Saipa [edit ]

Daei at the bet on Gostaresh v Saba Qom On 8 October 2006, upon sudden exit of Saipa ‘s german passenger car Werner Lorant, he was appointed as the interim director of Saipa. [ 20 ] He was subsequently formally announced as the full-time director. On 28 May, Saipa became the Persian Gulf Cup champions in Daei ‘s first season at the helm. Going into his second season as director, Daei relinquished his play duties for the champion champions and found himself on the sidelines full-time. The results of Saipa ‘s 2007–2008 campaign were not closely ampere successful as his team finished 11th in the 18 team Iran Pro League table. however, Daei did lead Saipa to an asian Champions League quarterfinal birth before leaving to take over as the full-time coach of the irani national football team .
On 2 March 2008, IRIFF formally appointed Ali Daei as Team Melli ‘s new head coach. Despite admitting that his appointment as director of the iranian national team was a “ surprise ”, [ 21 ] Daei refused to leave his stream coach caper at Saipa F.C., therefore taking on double managerial careers until after Saipa had entered the asian Champion League quarterfinals, after which Daei left Saipa by common consent. While Daei guided Iran to a estimable 16–6–3 stigmatize, his third loss on 28 March 2009 to a Saudi Arabian team that was down 1–0 to Iran in Tehran proved to be the final examination straw. During his tenure as the National Team coach, the irani team managed the weakest World Cup Qualification results in its history with lone one win out of 5 WCQ games. After the loss in the 2010 World Cup Qualifier, Daei was fired as head coach after the match. While introducing many new players such as Gholamreza Rezaei, and Ehsan Hajsafi, Daei ‘s police squad was frequently in flux as to who would be invited to a regular. As well, many critics pointed towards the failures of Daei ‘s team to score and an unsolved failing in the cardinal defense as causes for his precipitation .

Persepolis [edit ]

Daei coaching Persepolis in a match against Naft Tehran, 23 August 2013 In 2009, Daei turned down a job propose as coach of Rah Ahan. [ 22 ] It was widely believed that Daei could be future in-line for the coaching position of Persepolis but the cabaret chose Zlatko Kranjčar. On 28 December 2009, Daei was chosen as a coach of Persepolis. At the end of the 2009–10 Season, Persepolis finished fourth in the league but they became Hazfi Cup champions. In the Hazfi Cup final, Persepolis defeated Azadegan League side Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz 4–1 on sum to qualify for the 2011 AFC Champions League. In the 2010–11 season, Persepolis finished fourthly in the league and was eliminated in the group phase of the 2011 AFC Champions League but at the goal of the season Persepolis won the 2010–11 Hazfi Cup after defeating rivals Sepahan, Foolad and Malavan. Daei had many people against him while at Persepolis, including the president Habib Kashani and after a contention with Kashani, he stated that “ I wo n’t work with Kashani Anymore ”. [ 23 ] On 20 June 2011, Technical committee of Perspolis re-appointed Daei as Persepolis ‘s steer coach [ 24 ] but he resigned on 21 June. [ 25 ] The technical committee chose Hamid Estili as Daei ‘s successor on that day. [ 26 ] During his time at Persepolis, Daei brought up many youngsters such as Hamidreza Ali Asgari and Saman Aghazamani and other players such as Hadi Norouzi and Maziar Zare were chosen for Team Melli thanks to Daei. Despite the fact that many challenges and difficulties such as the leaders of fans and the clubs ‘ Chairman Kashani were in Daei ‘s way, Persepolis was crowned Hazfi Cup Champions for two consecutive years and the fans themselves always loved and cheered Daei, but at the lapp time they did not cheer for any actor. Under the management of Daei, Persepolis won back to back trophies for the first time in 13 seasons .

Rah Ahan [edit ]

On 14 July 2011, Daei signed a annual narrow as fountainhead coach of Rah Ahan. [ 27 ] In his first match as head bus of Rah Ahan, he made a 2–2 withdraw with Zob Ahan. In his first season as Rah Ahan ‘s head coach, he led the club to the 11th placement. During the 2012–13 season, Ali Daei used many young players such as Mojtaba Shiri and Omid Alishah, and Rah Ahan finished the season in the 8th seat which was the clubs ‘ best eat up in the league since 1937. Thanks to Daei ‘s popularity, more people started to watch Rah Ahan ‘s matches, and for the second straight class, Daei was able to beat his former baseball club Persepolis. Despite many rumors that Daei will leave Rah Ahan for other clubs such as Persepolis or Tractor, he decided to stay with the clubhouse “ to build a team that can qualify for the AFC Champions League. ” however, his abridge was terminated on 20 May 2013, making ways for him to become head passenger car of Persepolis .

return to Persepolis [edit ]

Daei in Persepolis train On 20 May 2013, he signed a three-year contract to become head coach of Persepolis after a retentive negotiation. [ 28 ] It was the irregular time that he signed with Persepolis, he returned to his former side after two seasons. He officially began his work with Persepolis on 1 June 2013. His first catch came against Tractor, which Persepolis won 1–0 with the goal coming from Mehdi Seyed Salehi. At the goal of his first year at Persepolis, his side finished runner-up, two points less than champions Foolad. He was sacked on 10 September 2014 after a hapless start of 2014–15 season. [ 29 ]

Saba Qom [edit ]

On 1 July 2015, Daei became headway coach of Saba Qom, signing a biennial contract. In two seasons with Saba he finished ninth and seventh in the Persian Gulf Pro League. He left Saba a few weeks before the begin of the 2016–17 season due to uncertainty in the Saba ‘s possession situation .

Naft Tehran [edit ]

Daei became coach of Naft Tehran on 5 July 2016 with signing a biennial contract, replacing Alireza Mansourian. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] He led Naft to the Hazfi Cup style but left the club at the end of the season .

return to Saipa [edit ]

Daei became coach of Saipa on 14 May 2017, a club that he started his coaching career in 2006 and led them to the league title in 2007. He led the club for two seasons and was sacked at the end of 2018–19 season .

personal animation [edit ]

iranian journalist Camelia Entekhabifard wrote in her memoirs that she was marrying Daei in fall 1997, but the couple separated. [ 32 ]

business ventures and philanthropy [edit ]

Daei owns his own football new jersey manufacture company called Daei Sport ‘s Wears & Equipments, making sportswear for Iran sporting clubs in diverse fields and league clubs worldwide. His company besides made jerseys for the national team. He has made very significant charitable donations and has made appearances in charity football matches worldwide ( featuring in the World vs. Bosnia match with Roberto Baggio and others ). He besides appeared in a UNICEF commercial with David Beckham and Madeleine Albright, and has regularly been seen working with the arrangement. Daei featured on 18 July 2007 in 90 Minutes for Mandela, a equal between the Africa XI and the Rest of World XI to celebrate the birthday of Nelson Mandela. [ 33 ] Daei played approximately 10 minutes in the equal which ended 3–3 .

religion [edit ]

Daei with his daughter Daei is a religious person. While he played for Bayern Munich, he refused to hold a glass of beer for an Erdinger ad because alcoholic beverages are forbidden in Islam. [ 34 ]

accident [edit ]

On 17 March 2012, Daei ‘s cable car overturned as he was driving back to Tehran from Isfahan with his buddy. Just prior to the accident, his team, Rah Ahan, had been beaten by Sepahan. Daei was then transferred to a hospital near Kashan. Rah Ahan ‘s Media Officer, Hossein Ghadousi stated that “ Daei is in a stable condition with regards to his vital signs and is not presently in any acute danger as a result of the accident ”. [ 35 ] He was transferred to Laleh hospital in Tehran the follow day. A statement from the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) said : “ The AFC wishes irani legend Ali Daei, who was involved in a car accident on Saturday, a quick and full recovery. We stand fix to assist Daei, who is a true picture of asian football. Our thoughts and prayers are with him. ” [ 36 ] Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA, said on his personal Twitter page that he was shocked to hear Daei was injured. He besides sent his best wishes for his recovery. [ 37 ]

Street attack [edit ]

In November 2020, Daei was attacked by two thieves while they were trying to steal his gold necklace in Tehran. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Police announced that the two thieves have been arrested a few days after they attacked Ali Daei. [ 40 ] [ 41 ]

autobiography [edit ]

On 7 April 2008, Daei announced that he had begun writing an autobiography, due to be released in March 2010, and that despite reflecting on “ bitter and sweet memories ” he stated he would “ keep some of his secrets in his heart forever ”. [ citation needed ] The reserve has not yet been released .

career statistics [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

International [edit ]

[ 42 ]
Iran

Year
Apps
Goals

1993
16
7

1994
1
0

1995
0
0

1996
18
22

1997
17
9

1998
13
9

1999
5
2

2000
19
20

2001
16
10

2002
4
2

2003
9
5

2004
16
17

2005
9
4

2006
6
3

Total
149
109

International goals [edit ]

Daei was named the world ‘s top scorer in official international competitions by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics ( IFFHS ), having scored 20 goals in competitive matches for Iran in 1996, including his celebrated 4 goal haul against South Korea in Asian Cup 1996. By the end of the 1996 asian Cup, he had scored 29 goals in 38 appearances for Iran. In the 1998 World Cup qualifying campaign, he was again on top of the charts, scoring 9 goals in 17 matches for Iran, reaching at that time, 38 goals in 52 appearances for his country .

century of external goals [edit ]

Ali Daei joined the single circle of players with a century of caps. In a 28 November 2003 Asian Cup qualifier in Tehran against Lebanon, he scored his 85th international goal, elevating him past hungarian caption Ferenc Puskás to top the all-time list of scorers in international matches. On 17 November 2004, he scored four goals against Laos in a World Cup qualifier, giving him 102 goals and making him the first male player to score 100 goals in international play. He has 149 caps for Iran and, as of 13 September 2019, is ranked twenty-eighth among the world ‘s most capped players list. [ 43 ]

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of 12 February 2019

Team

From

Record

G
W
D
L
GF
GA
+/-
Win %

Saipa

1 October 2006

1 June 2008

67
27
21
19
77
69

0 40.30
Iran

1 March 2008

30 March 2009

25
16
6
3
42
15

+27

0 64.00
Persepolis

28 December 2009

22 June 2011

64
33
14
17
94
71

Honours [edit ]

player [edit ]

Persepolis
Bayern Munich
Saba Battery
Saipa
Iran U23
Iran

director [edit ]

Saipa

Iran Pro League: 2006–07

Iran

WAFF Championship: 2008

Persepolis
Naft Tehran

person [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

Daei, Ali (12 February 2021). “Iran’s Ali Daei is world’s top goal scorer; he is ahead of even Cristiano Ronaldo”. The Siasat Daily.