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Key facts
- 2002
- Iran Olympic ( Wild Card )
- 2007
- Iran Students
- Full name
- Ali Daei
- Date of birth
- ( 1969-03-21 ) 21 March 1969 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Ardabil , Iran
- Height
- 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Centre forward
- 1983 1987
- Esteghlal Ardabil
- Years
- Team
- 1987 1989
- Esteghlal Ardabil
- 1989 1990
- Taxirani
- 1990 1994
- Bank Tejarat
- 1994 1996
- Persepolis
- 1996 1997
- Al Sadd
- 1997 1998
- Arminia Bielefeld
- 1998 1999
- Bayern Munich
- 1999 2002
- Hertha BSC
- 2002 2003
- Al Shabab
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ali
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Pahlavi Iran
- Place of birth
- Tehran
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Position held
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Participant in
- 1998 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Iran men's national football team
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- Iran
- Mass
- 80
- Military branch
- Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
- Military rank
- sub-lieutenant
- Image
- علی دایی.jpg
- Height
- 192
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Ali Daei (born 21 March 1969) is an Iranian former professional footballer and manager who played as a striker. He was the captain of the Iranian national team between 2000 and 2006 and played in the Bundesliga for Arminia Bielefeld, Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin. He is regarded as one of the greatest Iranian footballers of all time as well as one of the greatest footballers from Asia. Daei is the all-time Asian men's top goal scorer in international football (108).
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