Mehdi Mahdavikia named Iranian Player of the Year

http://www.irangoals.com/site/fullstory/20051228255899015756.php

Iranian winger Mehdi Mahdavikia was named the 2005 Iranian Player of the Year by PFDC & IG.

The Hamburger SV star had a very impressive start this season and was already named three times in the Bundesliga Team of the Week so far. Nobody expected Mahdavikia to see in HSV after the HSV management told him they don't want him anymore but he stayed and fought to be a regular starter again and he is now.

The other two nominees to win this award were Ali Karimi and Rahman Rezaei.

Rahman Rezaei had a good season so far for Messina and he is currently one of the keyplayers of the Sicilian team. Although Rezaei is probably the most consistent Iranian player so far 18.52% of the votes were not for him being the best Iranian player of the year 2005.

Ali Karimi which earlier won the Asian Player of the Year contest only managed to get 27.78% of the votes in this contest and that was also not enough as Mehdi Mahdavikia got an impressive 53.7% of the total votes.
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