Top Iranian scorer critically injured in car crash

Former IRI football squad's captain and Bayern Munich striker Ali Daei has been critically injured in a car accident while returning to Tehran from Isfahan. The crash happened on Saturday night when Rah Ahan’s manager Daei was in his personal car with his brother and Rah Ahan’s coach Miach. Daei was on the way to Tehran after losing an away match at Isfahan in central Iran He is in a stable condition after he went under surgery for his head injury on Sunday morning, doctors in a hospital in Kashan said. Daei is currently lying at the intensive care unit. The other two were released from the hospital.

"Former IRI football squad's captain and Bayern Munich striker Ali Daei has been critically injured in a car accident while returning to Tehran from Isfahan"The cause of the accident was violating speed limit, police said. The 42-year-old is a legendary Iranian footballer that has been entitled as World's top goal scorer of all time. He scored 109 goals in 149 international games