Courtesy: Tehran Times


Ahmadinejad scores for Iranian-Bolivian presidential team

TEHRAN - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played along with his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales in a futsal match on Tuesday night.

Iran's Physical Education Organization President Ali Saeidlu and well-known Iranian football players such as Karim Bagheri, Farhad Majidi, Mojtaba Jabbari, Mohammad Nouri and Gholamreza Rezaei and Vahid Taleblu took part in the futsal friendly match which held at the Imam Ali University.

Ahmadinejad scored a goal for the Iranian-Bolivian presidential team in the match, receiving a pass from Morales.

Fifty-year-old Bolivian president is a football fan and plays the game frequently, often with local teams.

It is the Bolivian president’s second trip to Iran over the past two years. In recent years, Iran has tried to expand its ties with countries in Latin America.


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