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Javad Nekounam

1980 - Today

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Javad Nekounam (Persian: جواد نکونام; born 7 September 1980) is an Iranian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He holds the record for the most appearances for the Iranian national team with 149 caps. Nicknamed Neku by numerous Iranian football fans, he played as a midfielder, and is also regarded as one of greatest players of the history of Pas. Nekounam represented the Iran national team a record of 149 times, playing several major tournaments including two World Cups and four Asian Cups. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Javad Nekounam is the 6,639th most popular soccer player (down from 5,471st in 2024), the 456th most popular biography from Iran (down from 439th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Iranian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Javad Nekounam ranks 6,641 out of 21,273. Before him are Arnaut Danjuma, Mariano Andújar, Younès Belhanda, Naoki Mihara, Takayuki Suzuki, Trevor Ford, Ștefan Radu, and Ron Springett. After him are Mattias Jonson, Ulrich van Gobbel, Nicolás Gaitán, and Miguel Ángel Neira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Javad Nekounam ranks 301. Before him are Shohei Kamada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Dimitris Diamantidis, Radoslav Zabavník, Jerko Leko, and Chris Carmack. After him are Oliver James, Joseph Yobo, Volker Bruch, Kash Patel, Austin Nichols, and Zhang Jingchu.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Javad Nekounam ranks 456 out of 631. Before him are Kayhan Kalhor (1963), Mostafa Zamani (1982), Ali Karimi (1978), Hossein Alizadeh (1951), Ali Divandari (1957), and Marina Nemat (1965). After him are Karim Bagheri (1974), Towhidi Tabari (1964), Cumrun Vafa (1960), Hassan Rowshan (1955), Mahmoud Namjoo (1918), and DJ Aligator (1975).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iran

Among soccer players born in Iran, Javad Nekounam ranks 12. Before him are Sardar Azmoun (1995), Iraj Danaeifard (1951), Mehdi Mahdavikia (1977), Amir Ghalenoei (1963), Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (1950), and Ali Karimi (1978). After him are Karim Bagheri (1974), Hassan Rowshan (1955), Khodadad Azizi (1971), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (1993), Yahya Golmohammadi (1971), and Vahid Hashemian (1976).

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