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Having won world champion with Les Bleus in 2018, Steven Nzonzi has chosen to continue his career in Iran.
He was part of the victorious campaign of Didier Deschamps’ men in Russia in 2018, crowned world champion after taking part in two group matches, but also in the quarter-final against Uruguay, the semi-final against Belgium and the final against Croatia. Steven Nzonzi, at 35, has not yet hung up his boots.
Having spent the last few years in Turkey (Galatasaray, Konyaspor) and Qatar (Al-Rayyan), the midfielder who played in France for Amiens and Rennes has decided to extend his playing career in Iran, with Sepahan SC. The winner of the 2024 Iran Cup, entered last season in the Asian Champions League.
A seventh country to his credit
The club from the city of Isfahan, in the center of the country, finished third in the last Iranian championship and did not miss such a windfall on the market for players at the end of their careers who are fond of exotic destinations. Like the former Montpellier and Saint-Etienne player Bryan Dabo, who has been playing there for a year.
Sepahan SC has been coached since 2022 by José Morais, José Mourinho’s former assistant at Inter, Real Madrid and Chelsea. For Steven Nzonzi, who has played for Blackburn, Stoke City, Sevilla and AS Roma, this will be the tenth team of his career – in a seventh different country. Quite a globetrotter.
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