Charlton’s Iranian set for the World Cup
Issue 970
- 28 May 2014
| 1 minute read
With most titles settled and Financial Fair Play fines agreed, the European season is all but over. Now the Fifa World Cup beckons. Drawn from the second tier of English football will be Iran’s Reza Ghoochannejhad (known as Gucci to fans and teammates), one of the expatriate Iranians Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz has brought into the Islamic Republic’s team to play in Brazil. A sign of Iran’s opening up, the tricky Charlton Athletic striker has been called up to play in Brazil having previously played for Dutch national youth teams; his parents had settled in the Netherlands when Mashhad-born Gucci was eight years old.
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