Hossein Kanaanizadegan
Soccer Player
Iranian soccer defender who left Saipa in 2018 to become a member of Machine Sazi Tabriz F.C. He made his debut with the senior Iranian national team in a friendly match against Uzbekistan in 2015.
He began his youth career with Persepolis F.C. Academy in 2009.
His teams finished as the runner-up in the Persian Gulf Pro League during the 2013-14 and 2016-17 seasons.
He was born in Mahshahr, Iran.
Ali Daei and Nasser Hejazi are other well-known soccer players with Iranian ancestry.