Keyvan Motaqian, the Iranian goalkeeper of the second team of Paris Saint-Germain, has been invited by Ashley Westwood to the selection camp of the Afghanistan national team. This goalkeeper's mother is from Afghanistan, and for this reason, he responded positively to the answer of the head coach of our country's national football team to join the national team.
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Sports Service: It was a few months ago that the name of an Iranian goalkeeper in the second team of Paris Saint-Germain came to the fore. Born to an Iranian father, Keyvan Mottaghian grew up in Paris and started his football career by participating in the junior teams of French clubs.
Some time ago Motaghian talked about his dreams to play in the uniform of the big teams of the Iranian Premier League and to wear the national team shirt of this country, but for some time now he has chosen a new path for his national football and plans to play football for Afghanistan.
This tall goalkeeper started his football career by attending one of the prestigious French academies and then at a young age, he went to the Cyprus league. But his presence in this country did not last long and then he went to Sweden for another short time, but due to the incompatibility with the weather conditions of this country, he went to Cyprus again.
In a situation where this player had signed a pre-contract with the Doxa Cyprus team, he attended the training of the second team of Paris Saint-Germain on a trial basis in order to train for a few weeks in the team's camp, but in one of the team's games, he broke his hand and This issue caused his contract with Doxa to be canceled and the Parisians signed a contract with this goalkeeper to compensate for what happened.
This year, this player went on loan to the App Pitsilia team in the third division league of Cyprus, and now it has been reported that Keyvan Motaghian has decided to continue his national football in Afghanistan because his mother is from this country, and for this reason, he did not respond to the federation officials. Afghan football has given a positive response to participate in the national team.
Currently, a training camp to select members of the Afghanistan national football team is being held in the city of Abha, Saudi Arabia. It is said that this camp will be held with the financial support of the Saudi Football Federation, and among the 35 invited players, 25 finalists will be selected for the two The crucial World Cup qualifier against India will be selected.
Ashley Westwood, the English head coach of the Afghanistan national team, decided to add this player's name to his list after learning about the conditions of the Afghan national team, and it remains to be seen how the situation will go for him in Saudi Arabia, and in case of final confirmation, the Iranian-born goalkeeper of the second team Paris Saint-Germain will play for Afghanistan from now on.