Team Melli former central defender has retired from football. Hadi Aghili who is currently on the books of Sepahan , announced that he is quitting football altogether.

The 36 years old defender had a turbulent career marred by indiscipline and revolt. 5 years ago, he was banned from Team Melli at his prime when he suddenly quit Team Melli camp because Queiroz did not name him in the starting line up. He never played again after that episode although he was pardoned.

The current season saw another of Aghili’s antics as he had issues with the former coach Abdollah Veisi. The dispute  resulted in the coach sidelining Aghili for most of the season. Although Veisi was sacked and replaced by Kranjcar, the Croat coach did not see it fit to field out of practise Aghili in his team.

Aghili played 69 matches for Team Melli and scored 10 goals registering himself as one of the top scoring defenders in Team Melli history.  Aghili never played in the World Cup although he was destined to be one of the squad member during 2014 World Cup.