Mehdi Fonounizadeh

Mehdi Fononi Zadegan
Personal information
Full name	Mehdi Fononi Zadegan
Date of birth	19 May 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Rah Ahan
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1988	Niroo Zamini
1988–1990	Daraei
1990–1992	Esteghlal
1992–1994	Bank Tejarat
1994–1995	Fajr Sepah Tehran
1995–1996	Saipa
1996–1998	Pas
1998–1999	Bahman
International career
1986–1994	Iran
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mehdi Fononi Zadegan (Persian: مهدی فنونی زاده) (born 1962 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player.

Club career

Gold Medal winner at 1990 Asian Games, as member of the Iran national football team.
Nominated for 1993 Asian Footballer of the Year winning 13 votes losing to Fahad Al-Bishi who received 17 and Kazuyoshi Miura who won the award with 30 votes.^[2]
Winner of ECO Cup 1993, as member of the Iran national football team.
1993 Asian Footballer of the Year 3rd place