Vahid Ghelich () and also Qlich born on December 16, 1957, in

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is a retired Iranian footballer. He was Persepolis Goalkeeper for more than a decade. During his career he played for

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and Poora. He is the most

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Goalkeeper in the Persepolis history for 12 years. He has also been in the Iran national football team. Vahid Ghelich has played about 180 games for Persepolis. He has saved 4 important penalties in the matches of perspolis vs. Esteghlal. In 2 matches against the blue team his jaw was broken and in another match, his fingers were broken as a biased goal keeper. He started his senior career at Persepolis and is considered to be a member of a Golden Generation of players at the club. He remained there for 12 years before moving to Poora. After retirement, he became perspolis goal keepers' coach in 2000. He has also found the good talent and introduced Alireza Haghighi, the recent Iran national football team goal keeper to Iran's football in the new generation. He also calls himself the eagle of Asia. However only himself believes in this.

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* https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/924888/تو-پنالتی-رونالدو-را-گرفتی-من-پنالتی-قلعه-نویی-را- 1957 births Living people Iranian men's footballers Iran men's international footballers Persepolis F.C. players 1992 AFC Asian Cup players Persepolis F.C. non-playing staff Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Tehran {{Iran-footy-goalkeeper-stub