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GOAL - Iran’s national
football team head coach, Ali Daei has named his 26-man squad for Team
Melli's 2010 World Cup qualifier match against UAE on June 2.
Iran have collected two points from the opening two games of Group Five and
sit in second place behind leaders UAE. Syria and Kuwait are the other
members of the group.
Captain Mehdi Mahdavikia, is back in the squad following his return to
fitness and fully recovered Osasuna star Javad Nekounam also joins the squad
after a lengthy injury-layoff.
Other notable additions to the new squad are inclusion of Freydoon Zandi,
former Iran National team left winger who has not been called up to squad
since his appearance in World Cup 2006.
Another notable addition is Hansa Rostock forward, Amir Shapourzadeh’s first
Call-up to Iran National team following his short spell at Iran B team in
June 2007.
Among UAE-based players, Reza Enayati is called up to Iranian squad for the
first time since his spell at the 2007 Asian Cup, while UAE league’s top
scorers including Mehrzad Madanchi , Iman Mobali and Javad Kazemian are
missing from the list.
The list of National team invitees from Persepolis and Sepahan teams will be
announced by Daei after the Perspolis-Sepahan match on Saturday.
Iran will commence their training camp in Ardebil on Sunday May 18 and will
also host Bosnia in a friendly on May 26
Iran is in Group five of Asian World Cup qualifying tournament with Kuwait,
Syria and the United Arab Emirates.
Iran squad:
Goalkeepers: Mehdi Rahmati, Ebrahim Mirzapour
Defenders: Jalal Hosseini, Rahman Rezaei, Satar Zare, Morteza Asadi,
Hashem Beikzadeh
Midfielders: Mohammad Alavi, Mojtaba Shiri, Majid Gholamnejad,
Ebrahim Sadeghi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Javad Nekounam, Freydun Zandi, Andranik
Teimourian, Ali Karimi, Masoud Shojaei, Maziar Zare, Mohamadreza Khalatbari,
Mojtaba Jabbari, Gholamreza Rezaei
Strikers: Amir Shapourzadeh, Reza Enayati, Hadi Asghari, Ruholah
Bigdeli, Milad Meidavoudi.
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