Jalal Hosseini Will Be Missed at 2018 AFC Asian Cup
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian defender Jalal Hosseini is among the players who will be sorely missed at AFC Asian Cup 2019 after they recently called time on their international careers.
Asian football’s biggest competition has arrived once again with 24 of the continent’s best teams set to converge in United Arab Emirates for AFC Asian Cup 2019, Fox Sports Asia reported.
Having won 116 caps over 11 years, Hosseini retired from international football as Iran’s fourth highest-capped player behind three illustrious names in Javad Nekounam, Ali Daei and Ali Karimi, which should be testament to how good he was even if he never made the move to Europe.
At 36, Hosseini is still going strong even if he just failed to make the final cut for the 2018 World Cup, having been included in Carlos Queiroz’s preliminary squad.
