Vahid Hashemian
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| Vahid Hashemian | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Vahid Hashemian | |
| Date of birth | July 21, 1976 (age 30) | |
| Place of birth |  Tehran, Iran |
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| Nickname | Helicopter | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Hannover 96 |
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| Number | 16 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1993-1996 | Nojavanan Fath Tehran |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2004 2004-2005 2005- |
Fath Tehran Pas Tehran Hamburger SV VfL Bochum Bayern Munich Hannover 96 |
12 (0) 87 (34) 9 (0) 52 (8) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998- | Iran |
35 (12) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Vahid Hashemian (Persian: وحيد هاشميان , born July 21, 1976 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Hannover 96 in the German Bundesliga and the Iran national football team. He usually plays in the centre forward position. He is nicknamed "helicopter", or hubschrauber in German, due to his outstanding ability to hang in the air.
[edit] Club career
Vahid started his professional football with Pas Tehran. He arrived in Germany for the 1999/2000 season to play for Hamburger SV. Although playing alongside his fellow Iranian international Mehdi Mahdavikia, he had just 12 appearances, so he left the club for VfL Bochum to show his real ability. He had three good seasons with Bochum, scoring 34 goals in 87 appearances. During the last season he scored 16 goals, helping Bochum to finish fifth in Bundesliga and qualify for the 2004/05 UEFA Cup. This prompted Bayern Munich to grant him in a €2M contract, hence giving him the chance to follow in the footsteps of Ali Daei. After one season in Munich, he joined Hannover 96 where he has been playing since season 2005/06.
[edit] International career
Vahid Hashemian has been a key player for Iran national team in recent years and has scored vital goals for Team Melli, 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 qualifying win over Japan in Tehran in March 2005. He played all three of Iran's games in the 2006 World Cup.
[edit] External links
- (German)/(Persian) Vahid Hashemian's official website
- Vahid Hashemian at Fifa World Cup Official Site
- Vahid Hashemian at TeamMelli.com
- Vahid Hashemian at Football Database
- Interview with Vahid Hashemian from IranFootballCenter.com (IFC)
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Iran squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Mirzapour | 2 Mahdavikia | 3 Bakhtiarizadeh | 4 Golmohammadi | 5 Rezaei | 6 Nekounam | 7 Zandi | 8 Karimi | 9 Hashemian | 10 Daei | 11 Khatibi | 12 Roudbarian | 13 Ka'abi | 14 Teymourian | 15 Borhani | 16 Enayati | 17 Kazemian | 18 Navidkia | 19 Sadeqi | 20 Nosrati | 21 Madanchi | 22 Talebloo | 23 Shojaei | Coach: Ivanković |
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| Hannover 96 - Current Squad |
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1 Enke | 2 Vinícius | 3 Zuraw | 5 Andersson | 6 Cherundolo | 7 Jendrišek | 8 Lala | 9 Þorvaldsson | 10 Bruggink | 11 Huszti | 13 Brdaric | 14 Balitsch | 16 Hashemian | 18 Tarnat | 19 Nagy | 20 Golz | 22 Fahrenhorst | 23 Yankov | 24 Štajner | 25 Jurić | 26 Rosenthal | 27 Schröter | 28 Hahne | 30 Jensen | 31 Montabell | 32 Marheineke | 35 Halfar | 36 Dietwald |
