Hans Salinas

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15 Nov 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Hans Salinas

15 Edition

The Zob Ahan Chronicle

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Remember the name: Matheus Gonçalves

He is 21, he is averaging 7.05, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Match

Omid Latifi sends Zob Ahan past Padideh

It finished 1‑0, and it was Omid Latifi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Zob Ahan.

Squad

Davoud Noushi Soufiani out for 64 days

The medical room confirms 64 days on the sidelines for Davoud Noushi Soufiani, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

Back issues
10 Edition

The Zob Ahan Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Zob Ahan refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 20 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Squad

Jalalaldin Alimohammadi says Zob Ahan went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Boardroom

Wages eat 483% of everything Zob Ahan earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Match

Matheus Gonçalves sends Zob Ahan past Foolad

It finished 1‑0, and it was Matheus Gonçalves’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Zob Ahan.

Squad

Hans Salinas gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

The month belongs to Matheus Gonçalves

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Zob Ahan have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

In brief

3 Edition

The Zob Ahan Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Zob Ahan cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Market

Tractor watching Shahin Taherkhani

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Zob Ahan have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Match

Hasan Shoushtari sends Zob Ahan past Saipa

It finished 2‑1, and it was Hasan Shoushtari’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Zob Ahan.

Squad

Parsa Jafari gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Talks stall between Zob Ahan and Mohammad Karimi

“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.

Squad

Shayan Mosleh asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Hasan Shoushtari finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Zob Ahan have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Market

Zob Ahan bring in an old head

Bruno Paulo is 36 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

Market

Zob Ahan bring in an old head

Hans Salinas is 36 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

In brief