Hadi Aghily

Hadi Anvar Aghily (Persian: هادی عقیلی; born 15 January 1981) is a former Iranian professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

After three years at Saipa, he moved to Sepahan where he won the Hazfi Cup and also played in the AFC Champions League final in 2007.

After his good games, he was linked with a move to Japanese teams and also with a return to Persepolis, but he decided to extend his contract with Sepahan.

Prior to a 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Lebanon, Aghily left the team camp because he knew he would not be in the starting lineup.

Before the last three World Cup qualifying matches in June 2013, he publicly apologised to Queiroz and Iranian fans but was still not called up.

In July 2013, he revealed that the Iranian FA and Queiroz wanted him to sign an apology letter, but Mehdi Rahmati advised him not to as he believed that Iran would lose the first match and would then beg him to return.

Aghily in a match against South Korea in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification phase
Hadi Aghily as Al-Arabi captain with Cabore