19 Facts About Vahid Hashemian

Vahid Hashemian Korbekandi is an Iranian football coach and former player.

Vahid Hashemian subsequently worked as assistant coach to Dragan Skocic at Iran national team during his tenure.

Vahid Hashemian played as a forward, spending most of his career in Germany.

Vahid Hashemian made 50 appearances for the Iran national team scoring 15 goals.

Vahid Hashemian had three good seasons with Bochum, scoring 34 goals in 87 appearances.

Vahid Hashemian signed a two-year contract with an option for one extra year.

Vahid Hashemian scored only one goal for the team and was benched most of the times in his first season.

On 30 December 2010, Vahid Hashemian signed a deal with Iran Pro League side Persepolis.

Vahid Hashemian debuted for the Iran national team on 1 December 1998 in a friendly match against Kazakhstan.

Vahid Hashemian was a key player for Iran national team in recent years and scored vital goals for the national team, such as netting an important goal in a World Cup qualification game against Qatar in October 2004, as well as scoring two magnificent goals in a win over Japan in Tehran in March 2005.

Vahid Hashemian played all three of Iran's games in the 2006 World Cup.

Vahid Hashemian started in the line-up in all the games at 2007 Asian Cup, under Amir Ghalenoi, but declined to play for the Iran national team in the first round of 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying.

Vahid Hashemian announced that he would retire from the national team and he wished to coach Team Melli when he retires from football.

Vahid Hashemian gained his UEFA B Licence in 2008 while playing in Bundesliga, before completing his A Licence in 2012.

Vahid Hashemian took a three-weeks internship under Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich, as part of the program, and obtained the german certificate equivalent to UEFA Pro Licence.

Vahid Hashemian then started his coaching career in Oberliga Hamburg, where he worked for the next 14 months.

In early 2017, Vahid Hashemian signed a contract with Hamburger SV and was assigned as an individual trainer at the club's youth academy for six months.

Vahid Hashemian has registered a trademark named "German Sports", in order to produce and sell sports equipment under his own name.

Vahid Hashemian has founded German Home LTP GmbH, a company in Germany that specializes in exporting home appliances to Iran.