Fazel Atrachali is an Iranian kabaddi player who currently plays for Bengal Warriorz in the Pro Kabaddi League and the Iran National kabaddi team.
17 Facts About Fazel Atrachali
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Fazel Atrachali is the highest-paid foreign player in the Pro Kabbadi League.
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Fazel Atrachali has 500 tackle points in Pro Kabaddi League.
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Fazel Atrachali is the top tackle point scorer and the most successful captain in PKL history.
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Fazel Atrachali started playing kabaddi from the young age of 11 in his hometown Gorgan in Iran.
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Fazel Atrachali has represented his country in the 2010 and 2014 Asian games, and even captained the national team in the 2014 games.
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Fazel Atrachali featured in five matches in Season 2, scoring 12 points.
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Fazel Atrachali was a much more prominent figure in U Mumba's roster in Season 3 and featured 11 times, scoring 32 tackle points and one raid point.
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Fazel Atrachali moved to the Patna Pirates for Season 4 and blossomed into one of the league's best defenders.
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Fazel Atrachali finished the season as the leading tackle point scorer with 52 in 16 matches, which included four High 5s and seven Super Tackles.
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Fazel Atrachali won the VIVO Pro Kabaddi title with the Patna Pirates and was awarded the Best Defender Award.
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Fazel Atrachali scored 57 tackle points, with five High 5s and three Super Tackles at a tackle strike rate of 57.57 in 24 matches.
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Fazel Atrachali led the Fortunegiants to the final where they were beaten by Patna Pirates.
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Fazel Atrachali featured in all of U Mumba's 23 matches and finished with 83 tackle points with six High 5s and three Super Tackles.
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Fazel Atrachali led the team to the semifinal where they eventually lost to Bengal Warriors.
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Fazel Atrachali enjoyed a decent season, finishing the league as the Best Defender with 82 tackle points.
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Fazel Atrachali was part of Iran's World Cup team that lost in the final to India and was a member of the Asian Games Gold Medal Winning team, of which he was the captain.