Saman Khodadad

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Marked for Saman Khodadad

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The Padideh Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match2 Sep 2026

Saman Khodadad sends Padideh through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Saman Khodadad obliged against Naft Tehran. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Padideh.

Match2 Sep 2026

Padideh win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 108th minute. Naft Tehran will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Amir Dejagah could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.22

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.22, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Market7 Sep 2026

Rah Ahan come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Padideh did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market7 Sep 2026

Saman Azmoun hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Padideh can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Hossein Khodadad runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Padideh

Mohamed Kanno 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.

Match5 Sep 2026

Esteghlal Ahvaz take the points off Padideh

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The terraces7 Sep 2026

Padideh supporters have found a favourite in Saman Khodadad

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Saman Khodadad has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief

Back issues
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The Padideh Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad10 Aug 2026

A move Abolfazl Jalali would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Abolfazl Jalali is living that version at Padideh, and it tends to show in the first month.

Market10 Aug 2026

Padideh say no — this time

The offer from Sepahan for Ramin Yazdani was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Padideh

Mohammad 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Padideh training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hossein Khodadad is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match8 Aug 2026

Hossein Khodadad sends Padideh past Esteghlal Khuzestan

It finished 1‑0, and it was Hossein Khodadad’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Padideh.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

A masterclass from Hossein Khodadad

Marked 8.07 — 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Talks stall between Padideh and Abolfazl Jalali

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Mohammad Vafaei is still paying for one afternoon at Padideh

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Market10 Aug 2026

No place for Sardar Torabi in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Sardar Torabi has his answer from Padideh; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief