Daniel Karbassiyoon

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Daniel Karbassiyoon
Full name	Daniel Karbassiyoon
Date of birth	August 10, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth	Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.A.
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–05 2004–05 2005–06	Arsenal Ipswich Town (loan) Burnley F.C.	0 (0) 5 (0) 5 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08/07/06. * Appearances (Goals)

Daniel Karbassiyoon (born August 10, 1984 in Roanoke, Virginia, to an Iranian father and Italian mother) is a former Iranian-American footballer who played for English sides Arsenal, Ipswich Town and Burnley.

[edit] Club career

He signed a full contract with Arsenal in 2004, moving from amateur club Roanoke Star at the beginning of the previous season. Having joined as a forward, he adapted his role to that of a left back.

Karbassiyoon's first match for Arsenal was against Manchester City in the Carling Cup on October 27, 2004, as a substitute for Arturo Lupoli. He marked his début by scoring a goal in the 90th minute; the match finished 2–1. However, he could not gain any sort of place in the regular Arsenal first team and, in November 2004, he was loaned out to Football League Championship team Ipswich Town for three months, making six appearances for the East Anglian side.

Arsenal released Karbassiyoon in the summer of 2005, after he had played just three times for them, all in the Carling Cup. He signed for Burnley soon afterwards. However, a series of injuries left Karbassiyoon unable to establish himself at Turf Moor and he was placed on the transfer list at the end of his first season at the club. His contract was terminated by mutual consent in August 2006.

Karbassiyoon had a trial at Dutch team AZ Alkmaar, but wasn't offered a contract. Owing to knee injury problems, he retired from professional football in February 2007, at the age of 22.

[edit] International career

The head of the IRIFF, Mohammad Dadkan said: "The Iran football federation are in serious talks about signing Danny Karbassiyoon, Ashkan Dejagah, Navid Dayyani to play for Iran."^{[citation needed]} Karbassiyoon (unlike Dejagah and Dayyani) however, did not express any interest in playing for Iran, because he was born in the United States and it seems would have liked to play for his country's national team, given the opportunity^{[citation needed]}.