Do you knoe Ali Karimi?
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Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki (Persian: محمد علی کریمی) born on November 8, 1978, is an Iranian football player. He was the Asian Player of the Year in 2004. He currently plays for the German giants Bayern Munich in the 2005–2006 season.\n\nAli Karimi started his career in Fath Football Club and experienced significant improvement during the time he was playing for the Persepolis football club and got offers from Atletico Madrid, among other European clubs. However, Karimi did not accept them and chose to play in the UAE because he wanted to stay close to Iran. He is arguably the best dribbler in Iran and his ball skills are amongst the best in Asia. His skills are often compared to those of Maradona and therefore received the title of Asian Maradona from world newspapers. He showcased his skills in the Iran-Germany friendly game for Bam victims. He is generally regarded as the best player in Iran, along with team mate, Mehdi Mahdavikia. Karimi, in 2004 was given the prestigious Asian Player of the Year, like his fellow iranians, Mehdi Mahdavikia in 2003, Ali Daei in 1999, and Khodadad Azizi in 1996.\n\nAli Karimi performed well at the 2004 Asian Cup, where he tied for most goals scored with five to his name. Iran placed third in the overall tournament, behind Japan and China.\n\nAs of March 2006, he has 89 caps with Iran national team and has scored 32 goals for Team Melli.\n\nBayern Munich\nOn May 3, 2005, Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich's website announced that they signed a one year contract with Ali Karimi who becomes the third Iranian after Ali Daei and Vahid Hashemian to try his luck with Bayern.\n\nDespite initial skepticism, due to the overwhelming uncertainty regarding Karimi's physical aptitude and feelings that his transfer was nothing but a marketing gag, Karimi did not waste any time in proving his critics wrong. On August 14, 2005, for the first time, Felix Magath put Karimi on the starting line-up of a 5-2 victory against Bayer Leverkusen on the 2nd day of Bundesliga. Karimi's assist to Roy Makaay for Bayern's second goal followed by his first goal of Bundesliga capped a great performance that earned him a spot on Kicker's team of the week.\n\nIn the following period, Karimi established himself as a regular in the Munich squad, not a small feat with a stacked midfield featuring Michael Ballack, Sebastian Deisler, Martin Demichelis, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Owen Hargreaves, Mehmet Scholl or Ze Roberto. With his finesse, his playmaking skills and his versatility, he is seen as a great asset. Karimi's contract with Bayern has been extended one more year because he has made his 25th appearance for the club. Unfortunatly, in that game against Hamburg, he injured his ankle, but is expected to be back in time for the World Cup. Karimi also scored on his first UEFA Champions League appearance against Rapid Vienna.
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Ali Karimi, Iran's second-most capped player, recently with Team Melli, is now playing in Germany for Bayern Munich.
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je suis un amouireux du MILAN AC et surtout  de PIPPO INZAGHI.j'aime tro ce joueur.c la première fois ke je trouve une fille ki aime inzahgi.j'aimerai bien en discuter avec toi.voici mon MSN : billelpippo@hotmail.com
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Yes. I am qualitatively certain that Iran will beat Portugal and win the World Cup.
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Yes I think Iran has a strong team to make it in 2010. They have developed a good, solid, and consistent system which will continue to bring out players like Mahdi Madhavakia or Ali Karmi and let us not forget one of the best striker's internationally, Ali Daei. IRAN RULES!!!!
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It's the Iranian Ali Daei. He's scored 109 goals in 149 matches.
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Ali Daei (علی دایی in Persian) (born March 21, 1969) is an Iranian footballer who is a striker for Saba Battery Tehran and the Iran national football team. Daei, the captain of the Iranian national team, is most noted for being the world's all-time leading goal scorer in international matches.\n\nAfter playing for a couple of minor league teams, Taxirani and Bank Tejarat, Daei joined one of the country's premier squads, Persepolis (Pirouzi). As Arminia Bielefeld joined the Bundesliga they signed a contract with Daei and his teammate Karim Bagheri. Many other Persepolis players made contracts with several different foreign clubs at the same time, yet Daei proved to be a very successful franchise. Daei was hand picked for the Bayern Munich club by legendary footballer Franz Beckenbauer, president of the club, who rated him as a world-class centre-forward (although he usually plays as striker). He made a famous four million deutschemark move from Arminia Bielefeld to the four-time European Cup winners, which was a record for Asian players at the time. Daei also opened the door for Vahid Hashemian and Ali Karimi who became the second and third Iranians to join the Bavarians (Bayern Munich).\n\nDaei became the first Asian player to feature in a UEFA Champions League match. Yet with Bayern's 15 international players and the Iranian national team's poor scheduling, Daei had found very little time for playing. In Germany he was known to be a true gentleman, famous for the way he treated the fans. Daei would always sign autographs to Bayern fans and was often the centre of attention, he was featured in OPEL car commercials. Amazingly, he usually did manage to score when given a chance to play. Still, Ali Daei was unhappy with his position in the club and decided to make a move to Hertha BSC Berlin before the end of his three year contract after Bayern won the 1999 Bundesliga. He played in the Champions League with Hertha BSC Berlin, becoming the teams best scorer in the league with 3 goals. His famous match against Chelsea gained him a lot of recognition. Yet even in Hertha he was not the talk of the town, since he was only amongst one of the squad's many successful franchises, who were to fulfill Hertha's Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League dreams.\n\nAt the same time he was very successful in international competition scoring in practically every game and making new records. He played in many World Teams in friendly continental games. Yet Daei was still unable to maintain a stable position in the squads starting line-up. In the year 2001 he was not among the top scorers in the Asian Qualifying round and he did not manage to take the team into the World Cup as captain for the first time. After receiving offers from Rapid Vienna, Rangers, the J. League and a few English Premiership teams, he decided that he was no longer fit to play world-class football. He joined the UAE league at 34 years of age, signing a contract with Al-Shabbab as a free agent. In 2003 Daei quit the UAE team and joined his old team in Tehran, Perspolis FC. Daei moved from Pirouzi to Saba Battery on a free transfer for a modest contract of around 300,000 American dollars.\n\nFamous matches:\n\nIran vs. South Korea (Asian Cup 1996) -- Daei scored four times \n\nIran vs. USA (World Cup 1998) \n\nIran vs. Germany (World Cup 1998) \n\nIran vs. Japan (1999) \n\nHertha BSC Berlin vs. Chelsea (UEFA Champions League 2000) -- Daei scored twice \n\nHertha BSC Berlin vs. Milan (UEFA Champions League 2000) -- Daei scored once \n\nIran vs. Lebanon (2003) -- Daei passes Puskás \n\nIran vs. Laos (2004) -- Daei's 100th international goal
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is there an iranian guy???!!!
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Esam al Hadary,He is the Ahly goal keeper from 1994.\n:)
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Ali Karimi & Mehdi Mahdavikia !!!
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i say iran's best player is karimi or it is ali daei they are both very good... but if i had to pick one i would pick the four time asian player of the year karimi.
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AC MILAN because they play so beatiful\n \nI think kaka is the best player thiese days\n\nare u iranian?
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Iran,because it is best team of the asia & it has best player of asia,Ali daei had taken most gol of the world,Ali karimi is Maradona of the asia,Mahdavikia is best assist or passer of the Germant leage and Humborg and...
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Borghetti was injured in the Iranian game.  Hopefully he will be back against Portugal, we will need him.
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Is he a soccer player... i think he is some pattorn of urdu society.... may from Qatar
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mmm dont know that player but i do know a French footballer called Zinedine Zidane that plays for Real Madrid...unfortunatly we have seen the best from the best!
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I am. He has a great game. Powerful groundstrokes, lightning footspeed. He's one of only a handful of guys to win two or more tournaments so far this year. \nWhen you consider the terrible year he had in 04 (father dying, neck injury, shingles, etc, it's remarkable what he's acheived since. Last July, he had all of 1 career ATP title to his name. In the past eight months, he's already added another 4 to that total. \nThen there was the showdown with Agassi at last year's US Open and his runner-up effort (losing to Federer) in Indian Wells. He even has a winning record against Nadal. Pretty impressive stuff. \nIt's hard not to like him.