Ehsan Nekounam

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15 Nov 2026
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Marked for Ehsan Nekounam

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The Naft Tehran Sentinel

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match7 Nov 2026

10 matches without a win for Naft Tehran

The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Naft Tehran are no longer polite ones.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Ali Eslami in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Naft Tehran this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad9 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Andrés Fernández

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrés Fernández, and the manager let it.

Match7 Nov 2026

Malavan take the points off Naft Tehran

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Sho Sannomiya runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

The one thing Mohammad Taremi could not do

Shots: 6, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

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The Padideh Gazette

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Reza Vafaei runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Padideh

Reza Vafaei was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

One of those days for Félix Villacorta

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.78, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

A masterclass from Omid Ghoddos

Marked 8.52 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad26 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Ali Beiranvand

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ali Beiranvand, and the manager let it.

Match24 Oct 2026

Padideh share the spoils with Malavan

A 3‑3 draw with Malavan leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Costly mistake from Ali Beiranvand

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Ali Beiranvand knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Loan watch26 Oct 2026

Ehsan Nekounam has seen enough of Naft Tehran

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Padideh, and 0 appearances in 7 say he has earned the hearing.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

The one thing Waleed Al-Shanqeeti could not do

Shots: 6, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief