Mali national football team invited 30 players in preparation for the team's training camp and to hold two friendly matches against Ghana and Iran.
The Mali Football Federation (FEMAFOOT) has announced the Les Aigles will play two friendly matches next month. Mali team has been inactive since November 2019 when they faced Guinea and Chad in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
And as part of preparations for the matches against Namibia, Mali will now face Ghana on October 9 in Turkey before facing Iran three days later in Ankara.
Team Melli will meet Uzbekistan in its first friendly match in Tashkent on Thursday, October 8, and then will leave for Turkey to meet the Mali national football team on October 13. Adama Traore, a 24-year-old player who has also played for the Spanish Under-21 team, has not yet played for the national team and has been called up to the Mali national football team for a friendly against Ghana and Iran.
This player is going to choose Mali as his national team. Traore was also called up by Luis Enrique to the Spanish national football team for two games in the League of Nations, but at that time his corona test was positive. Former Mali striker Conte has been sent to persuade him to play for the team. Last season, he was one of the best players in the English Premier League, who dazzled the crowds mostly due to his acceleration, dribbling ability, and physical strength.
He is not the only star who was invited to the Mali national football team for these two matches. Abdullah Ducoure, who plays for Everton under Ancelotti this season and has played for France's Under-21 side, along with Moosa Marga of Porto (Mehdi Taremi's teammate) and Southampton's Musa Dinpo, are players who have been invited to the strong Mali national football team.
Iran’s Team Melli climbed three places in the latest World Ranking by FIFA
Team Melli is ranked 30th in the world and second in Asia in the recent FIFA rankings progress of three steps. The latest ranking of the world's national football teams was announced by FIFA today, Thursday, in which Belgium, France, Brazil, England, and Portugal are in the top five places.
Portugal has moved up two places to second place with two victories in the Europa Nation League. Team Melli, despite the fact that in recent months, like most other Asian countries, did not play and its matches were postponed as the result of the pandemic, but in the overall FIFA rankings, it has climbed three steps with a total of 1489 points. Iran still ranks second in Asia behind Japan.
In the September rankings, Japan ranked 28th with 1,500 points
| No. | Name | Nation | International goals | Caps | Goals per match | Career span | Date of 50th goal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Daei |  Iran |
109 | 149 | 0.73 | 1993–2006 | 9 January 2000 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo |  Portugal |
101 | 165 | 0.61 | 2003– | 26 June 2014 |
| 3 | Ferenc Puskás |  Hungary |
84 | 85[b] | 0.99 | 1945–1956 | 24 July 1952 |
| 4 | Godfrey Chitalu |  Zambia |
79 | 111 | 0.71 | 1968–1980 | 7 November 1978 |
| 5 | Hussein Saeed |  Iraq |
78 | 137 | 0.57 | 1977–1990 | 17 March 1984 |
| 6 | Pelé |  Brazil |
77 | 92 | 0.84 | 1957–1971 | 4 July 1965 |
| 7 | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary |
75 | 68 | 1.1 | 1948–1956 | 19 September 1954 |
| Kunishige Kamamoto |  Japan |
75 | 76 | 0.99 | 1964–1977 | 18 July 1972 | |
| Bashar Abdullah |  Kuwait |
75 | 134 | 0.56 | 1996–2007 | 25 December 2002 | |
| 10 | Sunil Chhetri |  India |
72 | 115 | 0.63 | 2005– | 31 December 2015 |
| Season | Team | Minutes Played | Matches | Sub Out |
Sub In | Goals |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/2020 | Desportivo Aves | 2330 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Majid Hosseini, Team Melli central defender is the latest name on which Sampdoria is focusing on, looking for reinforcements for Claudio Ranieri's squad: the Iranian is currently playing for Turkish side Trabzonspor but could leave Turkey soon after his current club announced that Hossein is in the excess list of the club. The player who started his career in Esteghlal has been wearing the Trabzonspor club jersey since 2018. Majidi played in the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia.
Ahmet Ağaoğlu - president of the Turkish club recently announced that the club has no intention of lowering the asking price for the central defender in case of a transfer deal, which is five million euros.
Brighton has offered Alireza Jahanbakhsh to his former Dutch Club AZ Alkmaar, says technical director Max Huiberts. The English club wants to get rid of the Iranian attacker and recently called his old club with the request to move him there.
Jahanbakhsh (27) made the switch from AZ to Brighton two seasons ago for nineteen million euros, but his English adventure was not a success. He can leave and has already been associated with Ajax and PSV, but Brighton has offered him to AZ.
"I've been in contact with Brighton," Huiberts told FOX Sports. "In fact, the initiative came more from them. They asked if it would be an option for us. His perspective has diminished a lot. We talked about it a while ago, but at the moment it is not. an option."
Jahanbakhsh played 19 matches in his first season at Brighton but barely appeared for any game since the new coach took over last season. He made 10 appearances and scored two goals, one of which was a spectacular scissors kick, however that was a temporary cameo appearance as he was relegated to the bench for the rest of the season. Jahanbakhsh has a contract with Brighton until 2023.
"Wilmots Curse" has struck Iranian football in an unprecedented way. The astronomical figure to be awarded for a sub-standard coach whose failure to win two crucial matches in FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers is threatening an early exit from the competition, has left an incurable scar in Iran's football. The first immediate effect of that is the recent banning of new foreign recruits. The FFIRI had decided that a blanket ban will not only help preserve the flight of precious foreign currency but also minimize the inherint corruption in football.
The ban on recruiting foreign coaches and players was passed by the executive committee of the football federation FFIRI.
From next season, starting in a few week’s time, a blanket ban on recruiting foreign players and coaches is enforced for all clubs in the country
The following resolutions were approved by the executive board members in the meeting:
1- Approving the transfer ceiling of football players in the next season
2- Prohibition of employing foreign players and coaches for the next season in all clubs of the country due to the lack of foreign exchange resources and restrictions on foreign exchange transfers.
3- Extension of the contract of foreign players and coaches who have had contracts with clubs from previous seasons is unrestricted and upon the expiry of their contract, both sides can only renew or extend with the current club. Transfer to another club is prohibited
4 – All domestic players and coaches, without exception, who have a contract in Rials with their club must agree on a national currency (Rials or Tomans) in other options of the contract and nothing else.
5- Allocation of membership fees for Premier League football matches is mandatory in accordance with previous approvals.
6- Approval of regulations to determine the status of futsal players in compliance with legal requirements
7- Holding training courses conducted by internationally renowned trainers for trainers in the country in the form of webinars
8- Approving the performance and financial statements of the federation
9- Regarding the hosting of the 2027 Asian Cup, it was decided for periodical reports by the stakeholders on the progress of hosting requirements and capabilities.
Despite the reports that Porto FC will announce the transfer of Mehdi Taremi on Monday, no such announcement came from the leading Portuguese club and the transfer still Hangs in Balance.
Alireza Samimi, goalkeeper of the Iranian futsal team and close friend of Mehdi Taremi, assured, this Wednesday, that the future of the (still) Rio Ave player really passes through FC Porto.
"The transfer of Mehdi to Porto is final and I am satisfied with that because I also wished he would choose Porto", confessed Alireza Samimi, who also confirmed Benfica's interest in his friend Taremi.
" Mehdi had two serious proposals, Benfica and FC Porto. I think FC Porto is bigger than Benfica. FC Porto also plays in the Champions League and have had better results," he added.
The goalkeeper recalled that Taremi "helped Rio Ave to achieve the best results in history", but leaves a serious warning to his friend: "My personal opinion is that there are more stars in FC Porto, and Mehdi will have to work hard more to get a fixed place in the line up".
Meanwhile, it is reported in Portugal that the Iranian player is scheduled to travel to Portugal on Sunday, to finalize his move to the Estádio do Dragão.
Monitored during the season by all the big three Portuguese clubs, the Rio Ave striker has chosen the blues and whites for believing that he can succeed in the Dragon.
In order to compete in the Champions League and also to assert himself in his selection, the striker is the promise of goals for the next season of the city club Invicta.
According to the newspaper O Jogo, Taremi should land in Porto in exchange for less than five million euros, and then sign a valid contract for the next seasons.
A big surprise from the last edition of the Portuguese championship, the Iranian scored 37 games and 21 goals for Rio Ave last season, showing a sharp talent when shooting at the opposite goal. Taremi is also the lead scorer for Team Melli.