Javad Nekounam

What gets me about Javad Nekounam is the sheer durability of his career. Holding the record for the most caps for Iran's national team isn't something you stumble into; it means showing up, fit and trusted, across more than a decade of qualifiers and tournaments. I find that kind of consistency more impressive than any single highlight. The fact that fans simply call him Neku tells me he became a fixture, not just a player. And watching him move from the midfield into management feels like a natural extension of a guy who clearly read the game from the inside out.

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Name (English)

Javad Nekounam

Name (Japanese)

ジャバド・ネクナム

Reading

じゃばど・ねくなむ

Born

September 7, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Ray, Tehran Province, Iran

Height

186 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javad%20Nekounam
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%90%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8A%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315008

Tags

• Tehran Province
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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