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Ashkan Dejagah

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Seyed Ashkan Dejagah (Persian: سید اشكان دژآگه, born 5 July 1986), known as Ashkan Dejagah, is an Iranian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Germany at youth levels between 2001 and 2009, going on to win the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He has played for the Iranian national team since 2011, helping them qualify for the 2014 World Cup, 2015 Asian Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, although he did not play in the last. In 2015, Dejagah was voted by fans on Navad as Iran's best ever left midfielder. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). Ashkan Dejagah is the 8,776th most popular soccer player (down from 7,411th in 2024), the 486th most popular biography from Iran (down from 468th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Iranian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ashkan Dejagah ranks 8,776 out of 21,273. Before him are Davide Santon, Atsushi Yoneyama, Pavel Hapal, Álvaro González, Lamine Diatta, and Álvaro Cervera. After him are Milan Borjan, Ferdinand Coly, Julian Ryerson, Henok Goitom, Róbert Mak, and Ray Parlour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Ashkan Dejagah ranks 428. Before him are Adam le Fondre, Tina Yuzuki, Amanda Collin, Miguel Lopes, Lily Gladstone, and Michael Chandler. After him are Ólafur Arnalds, Danny Saucedo, Younès Kaboul, Giannis Maniatis, Guilherme Siqueira, and Thomas De Gendt.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ashkan Dejagah ranks 486 out of 631. Before him are Azad (1973), Niki Karimi (1971), Rosie Malek-Yonan (1965), Samira Makhmalbaf (1980), Atefeh Sahaaleh (1987), and Tami Stronach (1972). After him are Roya Hakakian (1966), Shermine Shahrivar (1982), Mohsen Namjoo (1976), Ehsan Hajsafi (1990), Taraneh Javanbakht (1974), and Alireza Firouzja (2003).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iran

Among soccer players born in Iran, Ashkan Dejagah ranks 20. Before him are Hassan Rowshan (1955), Khodadad Azizi (1971), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (1993), Yahya Golmohammadi (1971), Vahid Hashemian (1976), and Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (1966). After him are Ehsan Hajsafi (1990), Karim Ansarifard (1990), Masoud Shojaei (1984), Andranik Teymourian (1983), Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (1972), and Reza Ghoochannejhad (1987).

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