Hamid Shirzadegan (8 March 1941 – 28 September 2007) was an Iranian

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player. During his career, he was nicknamed ''Paa Talaaee'' (Golden Feet).

Club career

Shirzadegan started out at Shahin FC youth teams and in 1957 at the age of just 16 was selected for the senior team. He moved to

Persepolis FC Persepolis Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پرسپولیس, Bâšgâh-e Futbâl-e Perspolis) is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Persepolis was founded in 19 ...

after Shahin disbanded due to political issues. He was known for his powerful shots, as if it could rip the goal net.

International career

Shirzadegan debuted for

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on December 8, 1959 against

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. He scored 9 goals in 14 games for Iran, thus giving him an excellent goal scoring rate.

After retirement

In his last years of life, Shirzadegan's health deteriorated. He was diagnosed with a progressive form of

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissue (biology), tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from tran ...

which resulted in his death in

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on September 28, 2007 at the age of 66.

References

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