13 Facts About Ferydoon Zandi

Ferydoon Zandi was born on 26 April 1979 and is an Iranian retired professional footballer.

Ferydoon Zandi started playing football at an early age when his talent shone through his playing for a number of youth clubs in and near his hometown.

Ferydoon Zandi was called up for the Germany under-17 national football team and played for SV Meppen before being signed by SC Freiburg.

Ferydoon Zandi regularly was one of the top scorers and assist givers.

Trainer Wolfgang Wolf refused to play him in the second half of the season, and after the relegation of the club, Ferydoon Zandi was confirmed to be cut from the squad.

On 24 March 2009, Ferydoon Zandi signed Alki Larnaca for a one-year contract where he became the top scorer.

Ferydoon Zandi joined the Iranian side Steel Azin in 2009 and stayed there for two seasons.

However, the Iranian Football Federation obtained permission for him to play for them, and Ferydoon Zandi began to compete on the Iran national team in the second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification against Bahrain.

Ferydoon Zandi was recalled to the national squad in March 2007 for a friendly against Qatar, included in the Asian Cup squad, and was featured for Iran in the friendly match against Mexico in June 2007.

Ferydoon Zandi played for Iran in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification where after the departure of Ali Daei he was not invited for around a year and was invited again by Afshin Ghotbi for a couple of performances but was dropped again.

Ferydoon Zandi was invited again after around 18 months by Carlos Queiroz for a friendly in May 2012 against Albania where before the match On 28 May 2012, Zandi announced his retirement from International football.

In 2005, Ferydoon Zandi was victim of a heavy traffic accident on a highway.

The lorry took heavy damage, and Ferydoon Zandi's car was utterly wrecked.