Mehdi Fononi Zadegan () (born 1962 in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

) is a retired

ian

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player.

Club career

National team

Honours

* Gold Medal winner at

1990 Asian Games ) , nations = 31 , athletes = 6,122 , events = 308 in 27 sports , opening = 22 September 1990 , closing = 7 October 1990 , opened_by = Yang Shangkun , closed_by = Roy de Silva , athlete_oath = Chen L ...

, as member of the

Iran national football team The Iran national football team (), recognised as IR Iran by FIFA since 2018, represents Iran in men's international senior Association football, football and is governed by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI). At the cont ...

. *Nominated for 1993 Asian Footballer of the Year winning 13 votes losing to

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who received 17 and

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who won the award with 30 votes. *Winner of

ECO Cup 1993 The ECO Cup 1993 was the last edition of the ECO Cup tournament, held in Tehran, Iran in 1993. Participants The participants were: * * Pakistan national football B team, Pakistan A * * * * Kazakhstan national under-21 football team, Kazakhstan U ...

, as member of the

. * 1993 Asian Footballer of the Year 3rd place

References

1962 births Living people Footballers from Tehran Iranian men's footballers Esteghlal F.C. players PAS Tehran F.C. players Saipa F.C. players Bahman F.C. players Iran men's international footballers 1988 AFC Asian Cup players 1992 AFC Asian Cup players Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games footballers for Iran Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Men's association football midfielders Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games 20th-century Iranian sportsmen Asian Games gold medalists in football {{Iran-footy-midfielder-stub