The passport of Ali Daei, the football legend, was recorded at the airport when he arrived from Istanbul

Daei was named the world’s top scorer in official international competitions by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), having scored 20 goals in competitive matches for Iran in 1996, including his famous four-goal haul against South Korea in Asian Cup 1996. By the end of the 1996 Asian Cup, he had scored 29 goals in 38 appearances for Iran. In the 1998 World Cup qualifying campaign, he was again on top of the charts, scoring nine goals in 17 matches for, reaching at that time, 38 goals in 52 appearances for his country.

October 1, 2022 | 7:59 pm