PTV - Iranian midfielder Javad
Nekounam has played in a charity football match at Sevilla's Ramon Sanchez
Pizjuan to help African children.
The 27-year-old Nekounam played in Spain's foreign-based players captained
by Sevilla's striker Fredrik Kanoute against the World's Best Players team
on Tuesday. Kanoute's men won the match 5-3.
African football stars including Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o were also
among the players participating in the match.
The game was organized by Kanoute, the 2007 African Footballer of the Year,
in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund -- UNICEF.
The match also paid tribute to Sevilla defender Antonio Puerta, who died
last year at the age of 22 after suffering a heart attack on the pitch.
Nekounam tore his ligament in a pre-season friendly last August but has
finally returned to full fitness.
