Iran summons 29 footballers for 2008 Olympics preliminaries

MNA - Newly installed Croat manager of Iran’s Under-23 football team, Vinko Begovic, here Saturday called up 29 players for the preliminary matches of the 2008 Olympic Games in the Chinese capital Beijing. 

According to the federation, the invited players are Hossein Mahini, Saeid Chahjui, Ali Hamudi, Reza Taheri, Milad Meydavudi, Alireza Haqiqi, Ehsan Khorsandi, Mohammad Parvin, Mehrdad Owladi, Hanif Omranzadeh, Milad Mirtorabi, Seyyed Mehdi Eslami, Mohammad-Esmaeil Nazari, Susha Makani, Hamed Shiri, Omid Ravankhah, Farhad Al Khamis, Adel Kolahkaj, Mehdi Chaman-Ara, Mehrdad Puladi, Hamid Kazemi, Milad Nuri, Mohsen Foruzan, Zarif Kar, Esmaeil Karimi, Hossein Saedi, Mehdi Mohammadpur, Shahran Gudarzi, and Hojjat Chaharmahali.