WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO:

[Altamonte]

Khalatbari was 100% good enough for Europe. I remember that guy was basically prime Franck Ribery. It's really a shame he wasted it all in Iran but he really was a talented player. And size doesn't mean anything in footy. Insigne, Verratti, Giovinco, Lanzini and so on.

[arvin_guzoo]

Director of Esteghlal Football Academy

Great to know he is still involved in football! They only TM moment for him I can recall was when we played Bosnia, he came in as a sub and from a cross from Mobali with his first touch put it into the goal. We won the game 3 to 2 if I recall.

[St_Mark]

What happened to Arash Borhani?

Director of Esteghlal Football Academy

[arvin_guzoo]

What happened to Arash Borhani?

[Karimi 8]

wow.
seriously? He actually got out? good for him.
I remember Shakhtar was inquiring about hm a few years back.
He had immense talent. that was overlooked by CQ in his first few years of ultra-ultra-defensive, park-the-bus-and-all-else-go-to-hell negative football years.


Other mentionable talent that faded away without a whimper: Reza Haghighi the CDM. tall, physical and young.
Same with Sharifi that made the rounds of IPL for a few years and then vanished int thin air!!!

Reza Haghighi's only contribution was coming in during the Argentina game, not marking Messi, and us losing the match lol. He moved to Thailand and was never seen again.

[Karimi 8]

you know whats funny if it wasnt for khalatbari goal
against uzbak in uzbak 2014 wcq first match
we would of never been to wc and cq era would of been ended in 2013.
that gae was crazy
ball crosed our goal line seywd jalal take the ball out but
it was goal 100%,
that game if recall no one saw khalatbari goal live
game had technical issue 90th minute tv coverage went off
when tv came back on score board was showing 1-0 iran.
crazy day crzy game

I know this goal is super underappreciated, I remember how crazy I went when he scored that goal.

[Karimi 8]

Good thread to remember our talent.
Half of youth team members, I don't remember all their names.
Sadegian wasted his life in gambling. Mentally messed up.

Yeah he seemed impossible to coach, and had a very poor mentality. Seems like the lack of a father figure really impacted him, he was very talented.

He is an insta model now and just posts the same type of photos with the same 2 guys every day lol

[oracle]

Cq put the nail in his footballing coffin.

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you know whats funny if it wasnt for khalatbari goal
against uzbak in uzbak 2014 wcq first match
we would of never been to wc and cq era would of been ended in 2013.
that gae was crazy
ball crosed our goal line seywd jalal take the ball out but
it was goal 100%,
that game if recall no one saw khalatbari goal live
game had technical issue 90th minute tv coverage went off
when tv came back on score board was showing 1-0 iran.
crazy day crzy game

[O-ZoNe]

Khalatbari

one of the most technically, agile gifted Iranian players ever during his prime

just small and not physical. but still wonder how he wasn't good enough for Europe

so sad

https://archive.ph/20120919125623/ht...irs&Itemid=177

Cq put the nail in his footballing coffin.

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[oracle]

MY FAVIORATE
interview of all time
great in front of camera
ONE AND ONLY
IBRAHIM TAHAMI

[oracle]

Khalatbari

one of the most technically, agile gifted Iranian players ever during his prime

just small and not physical. but still wonder how he wasn't good enough for Europe

so sad

https://archive.ph/20120919125623/ht...irs&Itemid=177

like
khaleh khiki nikbakht used to call him
٥ کیلویی
his physic like ghaedi small for europe standard.

[DR Strangemoosh]

Does anyone remember when Younes Bahonar and Mamad Barzegar were the next big things of Iranian football in the post 1998 period. Wonder what they're up to now...

[Arman2]

What happen to Ostad Asadi?

He opened a sandwich shop called "Be Khodemun".

[Benjaminnn]

What happen to Ostad Asadi?

[Hosseini]

majid ghlam nejad rip
played tm wcq2010.
hasan ashjari had a 15 minutes
of fame as well

Khalatbari

one of the most technically, agile gifted Iranian players ever during his prime

just small and not physical. but still wonder how he wasn't good enough for Europe

so sad

https://archive.ph/20120919125623/http://www.persianfootball.com/live/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2241:cologne-close-in-on-khalatbari&catid=16:iranian-legionairs&Itemid=177