The Clutch Dutch - Reza Ghoochannejhad

[BacheLot]

People underrate Reza, because he is such a nice, educated and well manner footballer, today in Iran in order to be heard you need to be Sharlataan like Daei, Azizi, Mansourian, etc and few others, people like Kia, Vahid, Reza will never get enough attention because it is not just in their nature to make noise for sake of it.
Reza's place in our football history is much higher than Azizi. If Azizi scored a pair against Aussie(both games) and was ONE of the key players in an amazing 1998 team, GUCCI was THE KEY PLAYER in 2014 qualification. Without his 2 straight winner goals in a very average 2014 team, we should kiss 2014 WC. In case of Azizi he had strong 1996 Asian Cup and 1998 Qualification, that means he was at his best for the period of 2 years, his stats of 11 goals in 47 caps doesn't lie, while in case of Reza he continues to perform well for TM, he had a short period of struggling when he joined Kuwait but other than that he scored probably twice the key goals than Azizi and keep doing it.
Lovable person and a great footballer, imagine a player with his status was benched few times in TM, specially after Sardar's shining and never said a word. Would someone like Azizi, Daei, or any other player do the same? Hell NO!

you make some great points and i agree by enlarge..! One thing though, Azizi and Daie starred in TM during Pre-CQ era where our star players seemingly had more power and influence over the team than the gutless, avg. coaches they were playing under..!

[BacheLot]

i think charlton long contract killed him, had to go on loans, and charlton would not play him and sell him

for most part true, it was actually the longAss (i think it was 4 or 5 years) contract he signed with Standard Leige ( more appropriately with their(& Charlton& Sint-Truiden) arrogant, thick-headed, jew Owner Ronald Duchatelet) that sent his club career into a forced early downward spiral @ prime years of his career..! granted, it was a relatively rich contract and he actually made good bit of money from it..!
basically he did well at Sint-Truiden and was offered that multi year contract by Ronald Douchebag to go play at Standard Liege, since he was not the choice player of Luzon, the then coach of Standard L., he got benched a lot and barely afforded chances and hence was pretty much forced loaned off to Ronald's newly purchased club Charlton,(in english Championship) which he was even more ill-fitted for...!
he never did settle in @ Charlton, as the club was in a constant disarray and managerial turmoil and turnovers (i think theyve gone through 9 managerial changes in the last 3 years alone under Duchebag's ownership..?) and off course dealing with a bunch of whining, pissed-off CAFC fans who were always bitched at Reza and used him and other Ronald-imported players as scapegoats for the constant, miserable demise of their club..!
not feeling the love @ Charlton, Reza obviously didnt give a fk about the club either and instead mostly, mostly saved his legs for TM and demanded a loan-out to Ayrab leagues after the WC, to at least further pad his bank account while still under that 5 year, rich contract..!
and finally when it was over, he moved to Eredivisie to try and revitalized his stagnant club career..! he started off with a bang last season and i believe he is gonna give it his best in the next 6 months at club and especially in TM friendlies in order to squeeze out one more WC appearance and then go after some more Retirement Funds next season, likely in China or back in ayrab land..!!?

[Tehranto]

Never forget.

[ehsan singapore]

People underrate Reza, because he is such a nice, educated and well manner footballer, today in Iran in order to be heard you need to be Sharlataan like Daei, Azizi, Mansourian, etc and few others, people like Kia, Vahid, Reza will never get enough attention because it is not just in their nature to make noise for sake of it.
Reza's place in our football history is much higher than Azizi. If Azizi scored a pair against Aussie(both games) and was the ONE of the key players in an amazing 1998 team, GUCCI was THE KEY PLAYER in 2014 qualification. Without his 2 straight winner goals in a very average 2014 team, we should kiss 2014 WC. In case of Azizi he had strong 1996 Asian Cup and 1998 Qualification, that means he was at his best for the period of 2 years, his stats of 11 goals in 47 caps doesn't lie, while in case of Reza he continues to perform well for TM, he had a short period of struggling when he joined Kuwait but other than that he scored probably twice the key goals than Azizi and keep doing it.
Lovable person and a great footballer, imagine a player with his status was benched few times in TM, specially after Sardar's shining and never said a word. Would someone like Azizi, Daei, or any other player do the same? Hell NO!

i would say iran main player for qualifying was him, he delievered when we had no dejagah and players like rahmati and aghili were back stabing us, gucci deliever for tm BIg time

[pres80]

People underrate Reza, because he is such a nice, educated and well manner footballer, today in Iran in order to be heard you need to be Sharlataan like Daei, Azizi, Mansourian, etc and few others, people like Kia, Vahid, Reza will never get enough attention because it is not just in their nature to make noise for sake of it.
Reza's place in our football history is much higher than Azizi. If Azizi scored a pair against Aussie(both games) and was the ONE of the key players in an amazing 1998 team, GUCCI was THE KEY PLAYER in 2014 qualification. Without his 2 straight winner goals in a very average 2014 team, we should kiss 2014 WC. In case of Azizi he had strong 1996 Asian Cup and 1998 Qualification, that means he was at his best for the period of 2 years, his stats of 11 goals in 47 caps doesn't lie, while in case of Reza he continues to perform well for TM, he had a short period of struggling when he joined Kuwait but other than that he scored probably twice the key goals than Azizi and keep doing it.
Lovable person and a great footballer, imagine a player with his status was benched few times in TM, specially after Sardar's shining and never said a word. Would someone like Azizi, Daei, or any other player do the same? Hell NO!

I hardly ever agree with you but hell of a post man. Great points the whole way. Whatever Azizi and Daei did for us in the pat they are doing plenty to undo today.

[Iran_19]

People underrate Reza, because he is such a nice, educated and well manner footballer, today in Iran in order to be heard you need to be Sharlataan like Daei, Azizi, Mansourian, etc and few others, people like Kia, Vahid, Reza will never get enough attention because it is not just in their nature to make noise for sake of it.
Reza's place in our football history is much higher than Azizi. If Azizi scored a pair against Aussie(both games) and was ONE of the key players in an amazing 1998 team, GUCCI was THE KEY PLAYER in 2014 qualification. Without his 2 straight winner goals in a very average 2014 team, we should kiss 2014 WC. In case of Azizi he had strong 1996 Asian Cup and 1998 Qualification, that means he was at his best for the period of 2 years, his stats of 11 goals in 47 caps doesn't lie, while in case of Reza he continues to perform well for TM, he had a short period of struggling when he joined Kuwait but other than that he scored probably twice the key goals than Azizi and keep doing it.
Lovable person and a great footballer, imagine a player with his status was benched few times in TM, specially after Sardar's shining and never said a word. Would someone like Azizi, Daei, or any other player do the same? Hell NO!

[ehsan singapore]

It is just sad that few of his best years was wasted with Liège, Kuwait, then disappointing experience in Charlton.

i think charlton long contract killed him, had to go on loans, and charlton would not play him and sell him

[PersianLegion]

Reza Ghoochannejhad is a living legend
He's the first AFC player ever to score a hattrick in the Eredivisie.
He is easily one of the best strikers we have ever had, if not best.

Ali Karimi vs Slovakia and Azmoun vs Macedonia scored hattrick in Europe (not Eredivise but it is still awesome) although they were in friendly matches.(Iran vs Slovakia and Iran vs Macedonia in continental Europe)

[AsOen5]

It is just sad that few of his best years was wasted with Liège, Kuwait, then disappointing experience in Charlton.

Exactly what I was thinking after his hattrick today ^^

[Iran_19]

It is just sad that few of his best years was wasted with Liège, Kuwait, then disappointing experience in Charlton.

[Messy]

Reza has to be starting for TM. Look at how he is scoring. He at the right place at the right time, that is a vital trait to have against the shoddy AFC defenses.

Everyone will be worrying about Azmoun, and forget about Reza, who slips past an offside trap and knocks one in. Kids watch how he prepares for an offside trap. For every striker out there I recommend watching Reza play.

[Bessos]

Reza Ghoochannejhad is a living legend

He's the first AFC player ever to score a hattrick in the Eredivisie.

He is easily one of the best strikers we have ever had, if not best.

This will of course not be mentioned by the AFC !!! But a random Yemeni or Malaysian player will get praise for scoring a goal in the 6th division Moldovan league !!!

[Kiarash]

Reza Ghoochannejhad is a living legend

He's the first AFC player ever to score a hattrick in the Eredivisie.

He is easily one of the best strikers we have ever had, if not best.

[Kiarash]

Well he didn't have a good season with Liège also(before joining Charlton).

Maybe because of the stupid Israeli coach of him, he didn't get enough playing time.

Still he scored 5 goals and made 2 assists in 18 games for Standard, I wouldn't say he totally failed there. The Belgian league is comparable to the Dutch, if he got enough trust from the coach he would have played much better. I remember he stated in an interview that he was forced to go to Standard because of the owner former Roland Duchâtelet didn't let him go to Club Brugge, which had his preference.

[Iran_19]

Well he didn't have a good season with Liège also(before joining Charlton).