[custom_adv] Seyed Ashkan Dejagah (born 5 July 1986), known as Ashkan Dejagah, is an Iranian professional footballer who captains the Iran national football team and playing for Iranian club Tractor as a midfielder. [custom_adv] He represented Germany at youth levels between 2001 and 2009, going on to win the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. [custom_adv] He has played for the Iranian national team since 2011, helping them qualify for the 2014 World Cup, 2015 Asian Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, although he did not play in the last. [custom_adv] Tractor general manager Mirmasoum Sohrabi said on Monday Dejagah will not return to Tabriz due to coronavirus fears, however the Iranian player has recently published a picture in a restaurant in Berlin, Germany with his friends, while he has ignored coronavirus health protocols. [custom_adv] Dejagah, who will turn 34 on July 5, has played at the highest level of football in his 17-year career.Winning Bundesliga title in 2009 with Wolfsburg and to lift trophy of the UEFA European U21 Football Championship in the same year as a player of Germany are the most memorable moments of his career. [custom_adv] He joined Fulham in 2012 and became only the third Iranian, after Andranik Teymourian and Karim Bagheri, to play in the Premier League. Now, the iconic midfielder has reached the end of the rope and will likely retire since he is so tired.
