TEHRAN: Iranian soccer great Ali Daei is prepared for Cristiano Ronaldo to violate his all-time global goalscoring record, possibly throughout Euro 2020.
Even the’Shariar’ (King at Persian) scored an outstanding 109 aims in 149 looks for Iran between 1993 and 2006, an accomplishment many believed would not be matched.
However, Ronaldo is quickly closing , moving to 106 global goals from 176 matches along with his dual at Portugal’s 3-0 win over Hungary in Budapest on Tuesday.
Daei has stated on many occasions he will be”delighted” when Ronaldo broke his album, as he considers the Juventus striker rankings one of the top three players ever, together with Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona.
“Records are made to be broken up,” Daei advised Khabar Online news bureau from 2018.
“Ronaldo has the qualities to perform it.
I’ve got a great deal of admiration for him.
He’s such a terrific player it isn’t actually required to sing his own praises.” Ronaldo’s album pursuit fascinates the Iranian media, with posts about him printed every time that the 36-year-old borders nearer to Daei’s tally.
Daei was prolific contrary to other Asian areas, netting five times in a 7-0 triumph over Sri Lanka in 1996 and scoring four goals in a game on four different occasions, including at a historical 17-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Guam.
He wasn’t only flat-track bully, however, setting up the winning goal, scored by Mehdi Mahdavikia, at Iran’s renowned 2-1 victory over the USA in the 1998 World Cup.
Daei also captained his side in the 2006 World Cup prior to retiring from international soccer dated 37.
He was the very first European to play one of Europe’s big leagues, in Germany, initially together with Arminia Bielefeld and at Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin.
Having afterwards turned into training, he became famous for his outspokenness and spats with referees, opposing managers and team presidents.
Nevertheless, the 52-year-old Daei remains a living legend in his home state, even minding 6.7 million followers around Instagram.
He’s branched out into various areas, such as business, and has an engineering diploma from the esteemed Sharif University in Tehran.
Politically, he occasionally disagrees with the ruling authorities, in power since the Islamic revolution in 1979.
An uncommon figure behaving in civil society in Iranhe frequently takes a stance on important societal and humanitarian problems.
Back in 2017, when assistance in the government has been slow to be supplied, he started a campaign to encourage the folks in the western province of Kermanshah following an earthquake that killed over 600 individuals.
However, Daei has consistently said he wouldn’t enter politics.
“My father told me to not consider politics rather than get involved ,” he informed the Varzesh sports site a month.
“I have not supported or can support any offender at the Iranian presidential elections.” Daei is currently a prosperous businessman — he possesses a sportswear business and is also the mind of building jobs in northern Tehran.
Perhaps that’s a field where he could still contend with Ronaldo, that boosts a hotel series in his title, in the event the Portuguese chooses his on-pitch record.