Khodadad Azizi : the hero of Melbourne. Azizi ensured that his name will be remembered for a long time in history when he scored the equalizer against Australia to clinch the last World Cup spot of 1998 tournament for his country. Azizi talents was evident from early ages. He was picked for the Youth National team. He was picked up several times after his debut but the most powerful impact was during the Asian Cup in UAE in 1996. Along with a relatively young Iranian team under the leadership of Mayeli-Kohan, Azizi and co excelled in Emirates. They eventually clinched the third place after winning the match against Kuwait. the biggest result of the tournament for Azizi and Iran was the humiliation of Republic of Korea 6-2 and the clean sheet defeat of Saudi Arabia ( the Eventual champion) 3-0 in group matches. After the World Cup and victory against USA, Azizi went on to join several clubs abroad. From Germany he moved to USA and back east to UAE before finally settling down at Pas Club in Tehran. Azizi's undoubted talent and crowd pleasing moves have been tarnished by his frequent bust ups with the hierarchy and the press.
Seq Date Competition Opponents Result Venue ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 02-Oct-92 FRI Cameroon 1-1 Azadi 2 04-Oct-96 FRI Kuwait 1-0 Kuwait City 3 25-Nov-96 FRI Turkmenistan 0-1 Azadi 4 07-Dec-96 AC Iraq 1-2 Dubai 5 11-Dec-96 AC Saudi Arabia 3-0 Dubai 6 16-Dec-96 AC Korea Rep. 6-2 Dubai 7 19-Dec-96 AC Saudi Arabia 0-0 Dubai 8 21-Apr-97 FRI Kenya 3-0 Azadi 9 27-Apr-97 FRI China 0-0 Beijing 10 02-Jun-97 WCQ Maldives 17-0 Damascus 11 04-Jun-97 WCQ Kyrgyzstan 7-0 Damascus 12 06-Jun-97 WCQ Syria 1-0 Damascus 13 09-Jun-97 WCQ Kyrgyzstan 3-1 Azadi 14 11-Jun-97 WCQ Maldives 9-0 Azadi 15 13-Jun-97 WCQ Syria 2-2 Azadi 16 17-Aug-97 FRI Canada 1-0 Toronto 17 02-Sep-97 FRI UAE 1-3 Abu Dhabi 18 13-Sep-97 WCQ China 4-2 Dalian 19 26-Sep-97 WCQ Kuwait 1-1 Kuwait City 20 03-Oct-97 WCQ Qatar 3-0 Azadi 21 17-Oct-97 WCQ China 4-1 Azadi 22 24-Oct-97 WCQ Saudi Arabia 0-1 Riyadh 23 31-Oct-97 WCQ Kuwait 0-0 Azadi 24 07-Nov-97 WCQ Qatar 0-2 Doha 25 16-Nov-97 WCQ Japan 2-3 Johor Bahru 26 22-Nov-97 WCQ Australia 1-1 Azadi 27 28-Nov-97 WCQ Australia 2-2 Melbourne 28 20-Apr-98 LGC Hungary 0-2 Azadi 29 03-Jun-98 FRI Croatia 0-2 Rejka 30 14-Jun-98 WC Yugoslavia 0-1 Saint-Etienne 31 21-Jun-98 WC USA 2-1 Lyon 32 26-Jun-98 WC Germany 0-2 Montpellier 33 13-Oct-98 FRI Kuwait 0-3 Kuwait City 34 09-Jan-00 FRI Mexico 1-2 Oakland 35 12-Jan-00 FRI Ecuador 2-1 Los Angeles 36 16-Jan-00 FRI USA 1-1 Los Angeles 37 07-Jun-00 LGC Egypt 1-1 Azadi 38 09-Jun-00 LGC Macedonia 3-1 Azadi 39 12-Oct-00 AC Lebanon 4-0 Beirut 40 15-Oct-00 AC Thailand 1-1 Beirut 41 17-Oct-00 AC Iraq 1-0 Sidon 42 01-Feb-03 CLR Denmark 1-0 Hong Kong 43 04-Feb-03 CLR Uruguay 1-1 Hong Kong 44 08-Sep-04 WCQ Jordan 2-0 Amman 45 09-Oct-04 FRI Germany 0-2 Azadi 46 08-Sep-04 WCQ Qatar 3-0 Amman 47 18-Dec-04 FRI Panama 1-0 Azadi
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