Daei in 2016
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Full name | Ali Daei | ||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 21 March 1969 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ardabil, Iran | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Centre forward | ||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||
Current team
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Naft Tehran (manager) | ||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||
1983–1988 | Esteghlal Ardabil | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Esteghlal Ardabil | ||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Taxirani | ||||||||||||||
1990–1994 | Bank Tejarat | ||||||||||||||
1994–1996 | Persepolis | 38 | (28) | ||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Al-Sadd | 16 | (10) | ||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Arminia Bielefeld | 25 | (7) | ||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Bayern Munich | 23 | (6) | ||||||||||||
1999–2002 | Hertha BSC | 59 | (6) | ||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Al Shabab | 25 | (11) | ||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Persepolis | 28 | (16) | ||||||||||||
2004–2006 | Saba Battery | 51 | (23) | ||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Saipa | 26 | (10) | ||||||||||||
Total | 287 | (112) | |||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||
2002 | Iran U23 | 3 | (3) | ||||||||||||
1993–2006 | Iran | 149 | (109) | ||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Saipa | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Iran | ||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Persepolis | ||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Rah Ahan | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Persepolis | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Saba Qom | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Naft Tehran | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Ali Daei OCI (Persian: علی دایی , pronounced [ʔæliː dɑːjiː]; born 21 March 1969) is an Iranian former footballer and current coach and businessman. Daei currently manages Persian Gulf Pro League club Naft Tehran. He is the former captain of the Iran national football team, having played for clubs such as Bayern Munich and Hertha BSC, and is the world's all-time leading goalscorer in men's international matches. From June 2007 until 2013, Daei was a member of the FIFA Football Committee. He graduated from Sharif University of Technology in the field of Metallurgical Engineering. Daei also holds Daei Sport Company as its CEO.