SOCCER PLAYER

Ali Daei

1969 - Today

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Ali Daei (Persian: pronounced [ʔæliː dɑːjiː]; born 21 March 1969) is an Iranian football manager and former professional footballer. A striker, he was the captain of the Iranian national team between 2000 and 2006. He played in the German Bundesliga for Arminia Bielefeld, Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin. He is regarded as one of the greatest Iranian footballers of all time as well as one of the greatest footballers from Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2024). Ali Daei is the 1,151st most popular soccer player (down from 542nd in 2024), the 261st most popular biography from Iran (down from 198th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ali Daei ranks 1,151 out of 21,273. Before him are Ichiji Otani, Haruhisa Hasegawa, Franky Vercauteren, Dixie Dean, Gerhard Hanappi, and Ángel Romano. After him are Federico Valverde, Míchel Salgado, Herbert Erhardt, Karel Poborský, Mitsugu Nomura, and Bert Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Ali Daei ranks 99. Before him are Gedeon Burkhard, Faye Wong, Ellen Pompeo, Roy Jones Jr., Erika Eleniak, and Ilir Meta. After him are Michael Sheen, Shannon Lee, Billy Porter, Paul Rudd, Max Cavalera, and Andrew Cunanan.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ali Daei ranks 261 out of 631. Before him are Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963), Hossein Nasr (1933), Shirin Neshat (1957), Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933), Shaun Toub (1963), and Táhirih (1817). After him are Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani (798), Leila Pahlavi (1970), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Farrokhroo Parsa (1922), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), and Arash (1977).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iran

Among soccer players born in Iran, Ali Daei ranks 1. After him are Mehdi Taremi (1992), Andranik Eskandarian (1951), Nasser Hejazi (1949), Ali Parvin (1946), Sardar Azmoun (1995), Iraj Danaeifard (1951), Mehdi Mahdavikia (1977), Amir Ghalenoei (1963), Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (1950), Ali Karimi (1978), and Javad Nekounam (1980).

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