Sharu Naraji

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Personal information
Sharu Naraji
Full name	Shahruz Hajmollah Ahmad Naraji
Date of birth	1985
Place of birth	Bolton, England
Playing position	Right Winger
Club information
Current club	Sheffield United F.C.
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004 2004-2005 2005	Esteghlal FC Torino F.C. Real Zaragoza (loan) Sheffield United F.C.	0 (0)
National team²
2003	Iran U20
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 26 October 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Shahruz Hajmollah Ahmad Naraji (commonly known as Sharu Naraji, Persian: شهرو‎ , born 1985 in Bolton, England to an Iranian father and English mother) is a Professional British/Iranian football player who usually plays as a right winger.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Naraji currently plays for Sheffield United F.C in the English Premier League.

Naraji started his career at Iranian Giants Esteghlal FC where he caught the eye of Italian outfit Torino F.C. and enjoyed 3 months of valuable experience with the serie B club, before being loaned out for one season to Real Zaragoza where he played for the 'B' Team .

In July 2005, Naraji went for a trial at Sheffield United F.C. and impressed Neil Warnock enough to land a one-year contract with Warnock saying : "He's another young, exciting player we would like to look at for a long period".

Unfortuantely, other than a handful of appearances because of a devastating knee ligament injury, Naraji failed to break into the first team. Warnock showed his faith in Naraji by holding onto him until the end of the 06/07 FA Premier League season where Sheffield United are newly promoted. However Naraji`s knee injury re-occured in his first game back which meant another season on the sidelines. A clip of this injury can be viewed on You Tube.

[edit] International career

Naraji played for Iran national football team at U20 level, Naraji's dream of making the Iranian Squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup was in tatters after he suffered a bad knee ligament injury, although it had been said that IRIFF had been keeping tabs on him before hand to check his progress.

[edit] Trivia

Sharu has a younger brother Shana Haji who currently plays for Hibernian F.C. in the Scottish Premier League.
Naraji is the second Iranian footballer after Karim Bagheri who had a brief stint at Charlton Athletic F.C. to have signed for an FA Premier League club.