Aadel Kardooni

Aadel Kardooni
Full name Aadel Kardooni
Date of birth 17 May 1968[1]
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 12 st 2 lb (76 kg)
School Clayesmore School
Sherborne School
University De Montfort University
Occupation(s) Futures broker
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Scrum-half
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team

2002-2003
North Dorset RFC
Rugby Lions
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1987-1988
1988-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
London Wasps
Leicester Tigers
Bedford Blues
Blackheath F.C.

300+
16
10


(0)
(5)
correct as of 21 September 2009.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (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 and only 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]

References

  1. http://www.le.ac.uk/leicester/tigers/players/ak1.html
  2. http://www.leicestertigers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11472&sid=059264be53396d67b7842f39866410c5&PHPSESSID=7d02e0d8d1f4315...