Amir Abedzadeh @ Club Sport Maritimo | 2017

I wish Amir the best. He certainly has had an unconventional career so far, and at first I was worried that he was a Sharu Naraji kind of figure when he first started playing football, turning out for Dinamo Dorigo (a sunday league team named after Tony Dorigo....) and London Tigers in the Spartan South Midlands League (12th tier of English football pyramid) , Persian FC London in the local Enfield league (even lower) .... But his return to Iran seems to have given him the stimulus for success, and he's gone from Sunday league to a world cup slot.

League Cup - Maritimo 3:0 Mafra FT:

*Amir started in net and played the full 90mins.
*He kept a clean sheet.
*Maritimo qualifies for the League Cup second round [group stage].

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Originally Posted by aenima_8

League Cup - Maritimo 3:0 Mafra FT:

*Amir started in net and played the full 90mins.
*He kept a clean sheet.
*Maritimo qualifies for the League Cup second round [group stage].

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Amir "the maid" Abedzadeh

No matter what, he'll always give u a clean sheet

Friendly - Las Palmas 1:0 Maritimo FT

*Amir started the match on the bench.
*Due to an injury to Charles, Amir was subbed in on the 12th min.
*Amir conceded the only goal shortly after on the 26th min.

That was quite a blunder by Abedzadeh.

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Originally Posted by Kiarash

That was quite a blunder by Abedzadeh.

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I disagree it was very close and high speed difficult to catch. he is not to blame!

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So is he still their no1 keeper?

I don't see any blunder

Maritimo vs. Santa Clara - Starts in 15 mins.

*Amir is starting in net.

THE MAID DOES IT AGAIN! CLEAN SHEETS AFTER CLEAN SHEETS!

Abedzadeh and his 5 saves help Maritimo to a 1-0 win over Santa Clara

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Originally Posted by Iranianarsenal11

THE MAID DOES IT AGAIN! CLEAN SHEETS AFTER CLEAN SHEETS!

Abedzadeh and his 5 saves help Maritimo to a 1-0 win over Santa Clara

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Hahaha [emoji23]

Highlights:



*Some great saves from Amir.

Jesus christ, that 2nd save was Amir in beast mode.

He was named as man of the match by the Primiera Liga.

To be honest, I didn't know much about Abedzadeh before today, but this highlight reel was superb...he's definitely on my radar now.

I really dont understand how we dont rate this keeper higher. He has done everything right and he now is the first goalkeeper in the highest division in Portugal. I say lets give him a real chance to be TM nr 1.

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Originally Posted by Love TM

I really dont understand how we dont rate this keeper higher. He has done everything right and he now is the first goalkeeper in the highest division in Portugal. I say lets give him a real chance to be TM nr 1.

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The thing is with Beiranvand's amazing World Cup performance, he assured himself a place as the number 1 TM goalkeeper for years to come and rightfully so.

However, Amir keeps growing under a good coach Daniel Ramos and is establishing himself as one of the better goalies in the Liga NOS, a decent EU league.

Btw, this was his second clean sheet already in the new season. His team won 3-0 against Mafra in the Cup with Amir in goal...

In contrast to Beiranvand, he will most likely stagnate or even decline if he stays longer in the PGPL. They are roughly the same age, and you never know what can happen in one season.

Both Beiranvand and Abedzadeh have great potential and we went from a ''GK issue'' to a luxury problem. Add Hossein Hosseini to the list and you have the future looking very promising. All 3 goalkeepers would be starting for the strongest AFC sides without a doubt, because AFC doesn't have much goalies with huge potential in EU leagues.

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Originally Posted by Love TM

I really dont understand how we dont rate this keeper higher. He has done everything right and he now is the first goalkeeper in the highest division in Portugal. I say lets give him a real chance to be TM nr 1.

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Baba read the posts here....the next game when Amir gets blamed for a goal or according to our experts or is at fault for a goal he won’t even be worthy of a PGL team and shouldn’t be invited to TM :rofl:

Abedzadeh starting vs. Rio Ave:

Down 2-0 at halftime...

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Originally Posted by Kiarash

The thing is with Beiranvand's amazing World Cup performance, he assured himself a place as the number 1 TM goalkeeper for years to come and rightfully so.

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I would disagree. Look at Haghighi and his 2014 performance. I predict Amir to be our starting keeper in 2018 due to his European experience (plus the last name doesn't hurt). Beiranvand needs to move to Europe if he wants to remain the number 1 contender.

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Originally Posted by KC McElroy

I would disagree. Look at Haghighi and his 2014 performance. I predict Amir to be our starting keeper in 2018 due to his European experience (plus the last name doesn't hurt). Beiranvand needs to move to Europe if he wants to remain the number 1 contender.

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but Haghighi didnt have a club for the majority of the recent years. Nobody has any clue what hes been doing. Beira will at minimum start for PP and star in ACL. We all want him to go to europe too but I dont forsee a Haghighi style demise.

3-1 now..

Looks like he had a quite poor game today, but he honestly was let down by his defenders as well.

Abedzadeh had an OK game... Not a bad game but not a good game either.

It happens... You can't expect a team like Maritimo to win every single game. The defense was horrible for Maritimo and there wasn't much Abedzadeh could do. He had three good saves as well, and Rio Ave could've scored more goals...

Proud of Abedzadeh for putting in good work in the Primeira Liga.

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Originally Posted by KC McElroy

I would disagree. Look at Haghighi and his 2014 performance. I predict Amir to be our starting keeper in 2018 due to his European experience (plus the last name doesn't hurt). Beiranvand needs to move to Europe if he wants to remain the number 1 contender.

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How can you compare Haghighi and Beiranvand’s performances? Haghighi had an ok performance in 2014. He was decent, nothing more. Beiranvand saved many 100% opportunities. When Haghighi was actually tested, he messed up like against Bosnia.

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Originally Posted by Saam

How can you compare Haghighi and Beiranvand’s performances? Haghighi had an ok performance in 2014. He was decent, nothing more. Beiranvand saved many 100% opportunities. When Haghighi was actually tested, he messed up like against Bosnia.

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Ok performance????

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Originally Posted by KC McElroy

Ok performance????

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Yes.

One good game against Argentina, but everything else was average.

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Originally Posted by KC McElroy

Ok performance????

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He was bad against Bosnia.

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Originally Posted by Nokhodi

He was bad against Bosnia.

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The whole team was bad against Bosnia. He can't be singled out.

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Originally Posted by Nokhodi

He was bad against Bosnia.

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I don't think that's too fair.. The first 2 goals he was basically chanceless. One was placed perfectly and hit the post and went in, the 2nd goal he was put in a really bad 1v1 position thanks to Hosseini's screw up.

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Originally Posted by Camran khan

I don't think that's too fair.. The first 2 goals he was basically chanceless. One was placed perfectly and hit the post and went in, the 2nd goal he was put in a really bad 1v1 position thanks to Hosseini's screw up.

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The first Bosnia goal was his fault. Completely out of position.

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Originally Posted by Camran khan

I don't think that's too fair.. The first 2 goals he was basically chanceless. One was placed perfectly and hit the post and went in, the 2nd goal he was put in a really bad 1v1 position thanks to Hosseini's screw up.

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I feel like if Davari had conceded the same goals, you wouldn't be so forgiving. Haghighi had a couple of good saves in a handful of matches, and people saying Haghighi was light-years better than Davari don't notice that they were both on the same level. Haghighi has reached a low point, just like Davari. That is not to boost or insult either, we just don't have many consistent options at GK, and I feel like it is a popularity contest of who is "good" and who deserves what.

Right now, Davari starting in the 2nd division of Germany is in a much better place than Haghighi, and I feel like you and others' soft spot for Haghighi is showing.

I am sure you would still put Haghighi (whom hasn't played more than 30 competitive games since 2015, as ahead of Davari, but that would demonstrate a lack of objectivity.

Haghighi was good enough on a few occasions, but nothing special. I will admit Davari is the same, and even Beiranvand, Abedzadeh, etc have shown signs of inconsistency.

Right now, Beiranvand is clearly the most consistent, and should be our #1, but if the career of Haghighi has shown anything, a strong world cup showing does not prevent you from playing 30 games in 3 years.

Beiranvand with some good decision-making could have overcame this, but his choice to stay at Persepolis and Iranian players' general poor decision-making makes me think he will have a rough period ahead as well. I hope not, but his choices give me little faith.

It's really weird watching a game for the sole purpose of watching a keeper. Like I want maritmo to win, but I also want to see them get pegged back so I can see Abedzadeh make some saves.

not a good goal to concede should have been his

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Originally Posted by Ab-Gosht

not a good goal to concede should have been his

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A good goalie would save that, and that's the thing, Amir is decent, but not good. 6/10 times, he saves that shot, he even got his hands on the ball but wasn't firm enough to redirect the ball. Last season as well, there were times where he would let in goals a good goalie would save, but we they were not easy shots to save. A team like Maritimo or another mid-level team in a mid-level European league is his ceiling.

He probably should have got that and I think he got his fingers on it. But in his defense his defenders were soorakh. 4 guys ran at that forward and they couldn't even block an angle for Amir to cover the other/s.

Lol 2 goals in stoppage time- Maritimo wins 2-1 :rofl:

WHAT A COMEBACK!!! Two goals in injury time. Maritmo up 2-1 now.