Boyuk Jeddikar ( fa, بیوک جدی‌کار; 3 February 1929 – 18 December 2013)بيوک جديکار در سن 84 سالگي درگذشت (Boyuk Jeddikar died at the age of 84) (Persian)
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. He is known for being the first footballer in Iranian football history to be transferred from an Iranian club to a foreign club.

Club career

Jedikar first started playing in the position of goalkeeper. His talent of using the left-foot was discovered by coach

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who suggested that Jeddikar should move upfront and play as a left striker. This discovery paid off and Jeddikar soon became one of the best footballers in the country. In 1957, he was transferred to

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on a three-year contract with a 1500 Deutschmarks a month salary, however his time in Germany was shortened when his father died, so after only 9 months Jeddikar returned to Iran to resume his career with

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(currently Esteghlal). Prior to Jeddikar's transfer, past Iranian footballers only had played outside Iran whilst they were studying abroad such as

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(Belgium, Turkey and Austria), Hossein-Ali Khan Sardar (Belgium and Switzerland), Ahmad-Ali Khan Sardar (Belgium), Khan Khanan (Belgium) and

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(United States and Lebanon) were all footballers studying and playing abroad. Jedikar's transfer to Germany paved the way for future footballers such as Parviz Koozehkanani,

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and

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International career

At the age of 17 he was selected for Tehran XI. However his first national cap was versus

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in 1950 and his last cap was versus

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in 1965.

References

Tebyan Interview Part1

Assyrian Sports Club
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