Ferydoon Zandi - Biography

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Fereydoon Zandi (born April 26, 1979) is an Iranian football player playing for 1. FC Kaiserslautern in Germany and the Iran national football team. He was born in Northern Germany in the small town of Emden to an Iranian father and German mother. Being raised in Germany with the German language, Ferydoon started playing the game at an early age when his talent shined through he played for a number of youth clubs in and near his home town. He was called up for the Under-17 squad of Germany and played for the SV Meppen before being signed by SC Freiburg. There, he failed to establish himself as a starter and was traded to second-division club VfB Lübeck. After struggling again initally, Zandi spectacularly broke through and established himself as one of the most dangerous and versatile attackers of the Second Bundesliga. He regularly was one of the top scorers and assist givers. After enjoying two successful seasons, he was signed by 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2004 and given the number 10 to underline his importance. However, Zandi struggled with his form, arguably not helped by the fact that 1. FCK was then a club in flux, with a high turnover of players after heavy financial problems. He still managed to become a starter and score important goals, but the overall impression was that Zandi failed to live up to the expectations from his strong Lübeck stint. In this season (2005-06), Zandi's position further worsened. In a chaotic season in which 1. FCK spectacularly crashed to the end of the table, he lost his position as a starting playmaker, was benched for a longer period of time and even had periods when he even failed to be nominated as a bench player at all. Trainer Wolfgang Wolf has made a list of players he wants to cut as soon as possible, and Zandi was confirmed as a likely candidate. Zandi's strong points are his agility, creativity and superb Ball passing and crossing skills. After the signing of Branko Ivankovic as head coach of Iran he was asked to choose Iran over Germany. In the Iranian team, Zandi being a left-footed skillful attacking player was just what Ivankovic needed in his squad. After much doubt and rumours he eventually did make the decision to play for Iran due to his ability to play a bigger role in the Iranian side then the already starladen German side. On June the 8th 2005 Zandi was one of the starting players of Iran's qualifying game and 1-0 win against Bahrain to book there place to the 2006 Fifa World Cup which is ironically for Zandi held in none other then Germany. However, Zandi's performances in the Iranian team are overshadowed by lackluster appearances in the Bundesliga, where he has failed to live up to his promise. It is hinted that the chaotic environment of perennial relegation candidate 1. FCK is numbing him, but up to now, Zandi is regarded as an unremarkable player on a failing squad.