TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio, an Italian association football club, has showed interest in signing Iran number one goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi. Haghighi featured in all three of Iran's games at the World Cup in Brazil. Sassuolo goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo is set to miss a significant chunk of the Serie A season after ...

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Iran have produced a number of excellent goalkeepers down the years, stalwarts between the sticks who left their mark on an era and helped the national team impress on the continental and global stage. Having won the trust of Carlos Queiroz to start against Nigeria, Alireza Haghighi is beginning to look like he could follow in that fine tradition. The ...