Aadel Kardooni

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Aadel Kardooni
Birth nameAadel Kardooni
Date of birth (1968-05-17) 17 May 1968 (age 56) [1]
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight12 st 2 lb (76 kg)
School Clayesmore School
Sherborne School
University De Montfort University
Occupation(s)Futures broker
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
North Dorset RFC ()
2002-2003 Rugby Lions 5 (0)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1987-1988 London Wasps ()
1988-1997 Leicester Tigers 300 ()
1997-1998 Bedford Blues 16 (0)
1998-1999 Blackheath F.C. 10 (5)
Correct as of 21 September 2009
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1992 England A 2
Correct as of 21 September 2009

Aadel Kardooni (Persian : عادل کردونی, born 17 May 1968 in Tehran) is a British-Iranian former professional rugby union player.

He is the first Iranian rugby union player to ever play professionally.

Playing career

Iranian born Aadel left his homeland to avoid national service, and eventually wound up in Leicester where he became Tigers' long-serving scrum half. A very agile scrum half with a bullet pass, Aadel was a regular in the Midlands and England A squads but a full cap eluded him throughout his career. Aadel could always be relied on throughout the early to mid nineties but struggled when the game became professional, and slipped down the pecking order behind Austin Healey and Jamie Hamilton before moving on to pastures new. His last appearance in a Tigers shirt was as a late substitution in the Pilkington Cup final triumph over Sale in 1997. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Player Profiles: Aadel Kardooni". Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
  2. ↑ http://www.leicestertigers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11472&sid=059264be53396d67b7842f39866410c5&PHPSESSID=7d02e0d8d1f4315 Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine ...
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