Finally , the current Captain of Team Melli,
Javad Nekounam , broke Ali Daei's record for the most number of matches while playing his 150th match against Qatar in Sydney.
Javad Nekounam , who started his international career in 2000 while a midfield player at Pas Tehran , has been consistently playing for Team Melli in the last 14 years in which he played in 2 World Cups (2006 , 2014) and 5 AFC Asian Cup ( 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015).
Nekounam is also the 4th highest scorer in Team Melli history , behind
Ali Daei,
Karim Bagheri and
Ali Karimi , the 3 legendary stars of Iranian football. Nekounam has accumulated 37 goals , one less than Ali Karimi who is the third on the list.
Our sincere congratulation to Nekounam on this achievement.
