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PTV – Iran has released a
preliminary list of soccer players who are to compete at the first round of
qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup.
The 50-man squad has been selected by the national team's recently appointed
assistant coach, Mansour Ebrahimzadeh.
The team, however, has no coach yet, although the Iranian Football
Federation is expected to finalize a contract with Portuguese Artur Jorge
sometime next week.
The list includes almost all footballers playing outside the country, such
as skipper Mahdi Mahdavikia and striker Vahid Hashemian, both of whom play
in the German Bundesliga, and Andreanik Teimourian and Hossein Ka'bi, who
play in the British Premier League.
The list also includes:
Goalkeepers: Mahdi Va'ezi, Hassan Roudbarian, Abbas Mohammadi, Ebrahim
Mirzapour, Vahid Taleblou, and Misaq Memarzadeh,
Strikers: Mohsen Khalili, Milad Meidavoudi, Ahmad Jamshidian, Mahdi
Rajabzadeh, Ali Samereh, Jalal Rafkhaei, and Saber Mirqorbani,
Midfielders: Morteza Asadi, Sheis Rezaei, Ali Hamoudi, Pejman Nouri, Hashem
Beigzadeh, Ehsan Hajsafi, Freidoun Zandi, Javad Nekounam, Kiyanoush Rahmati,
Ebrahim Sadeqi, Moharram Navidkia, Javad Kazemian, Mas'oud Shojaei, Mehrzad
Ma'danchi, Iman Mobali, Sattar Zare', Ali Reza Nikbakht-Vahedi, Hossein
Badamaki, Mojtaba Jabbari, Adel Kolah-Kaj, And Ali Karimi,
Defenders: Hadi Aqili, Mohsen Bengar, Sepehr Heidari, Mohammad Nosrati,
Seyyed Jalal Hosseini, Morteza Kashi, Hadi Shakouri, Jalal Alene'meh, Rahman
Rezaei, and Seyyed Mohammad Alavi.
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