Rahim Zahivi @ Al Shahania Qatar 2017

[webmaster]

we have no threads on him? hmm....

anyways he scored two great goals last week against Al Wakra:

[Ghermez Agha]

We have an excess of good strikers now it's actually pretty crazy

[Iranianarsenal11]

Hes a good player.. No doubt. Just kind of disappointing he's wasting his talents in Qatar.

[04041374]

He played in the provincial league until the age of 18, but was never discovered and even stopped playing football for a few years, until he decided to resume his career. He had a short stint in Naft Tehran, but never got the trust, until Veisi brought him to Esteghlal Khuzestan.

Shows that scouting and youth development in Iran is almost non-existent.
Here is an interview with him in 90: http://static2.90tv.ir/eca2031b/G-SsKh-90tv.ir.mp4

[Kiarash]

We have an excess of good strikers now it's actually pretty crazy

With all due respect, he's playing in QSL.

[Ghermez Agha]

With all due respect, he's playing in QSL.

I'm not basing this on anything related to the QSL - he was one of the most important pieces of a PGL champion and is very highly skilled - unlike most ppl here I don't advocate for not inviting a player based on playing in league X it League Y.

[Gotham]

All Shania of Qatar? What happened to our Persian Gulf Legionnaires threads

[persian-eagle-13]

it is a good confidence builder and i hope he uses this to move higher up and now waste time in qatar

[GolfePersique]

http://www.isna.ir/news/95120100256/%D8%B2%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%85-%D9%86%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85-%DA%AF%D9%84-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C

For some of us who had any hopes of him playing in Europe, read his interview with ISNA after scoring his double.
This says a lot about the mentality of some Iranian players.

این بازیکن درباره شرایط زندگی در خارج از ایران نیز تاکید کرد: شرایط خیلی سخت است. من حاضر نیستم به بهترین تیم اروپایی هم بروم. نمی*توانم در خارج از ایران زندگی کنم. من وابسته به خانواده هستم و شک نکنید سال آینده یا در قطر هستم یا به ایران می*آیم. این انتخاب را هم برای این انجام دادم که می*خواستم شرایط خودم را بسنجم. من و خانواده*ام عرب هستند و به زندگی در اطراف خلیج فارس عادت دارند اما به کشور دیگری نمی*توانم فکر کنم. من از لیگ چین و یونان پیشنهاد داشتم اما نمی*توانستم به این کشورها بروم.

او ادامه داد: من عاشق خانواده و همشهریانم هستم و به هیچ وجه در خارج از کشور نمی*توانم بازی کنم. در نتیجه سال آینده یا در ایران هستم یا در قطر به فوتبالم ادامه می*دهم.

The conditions are very difficult outside Iran. I wouldn't even be prepared to go to the best European team. I can't live outside Iran. I'm dependent on my family and without any doubt, next year I'll be either in Iran or Qatar. I made this choice to assess my situation. I come from an arab family who are used to live around the Persian Gulf, but I can't think of any other country.

I had offers from China and Greece, but I couldn't go to these countries.

[persian-eagle-13]

This is a difference between Brazilian, Argentinian and African players that go half way across the world to find a team to play football! yet we can go 5 hrs west to europe to play in Europe.