#Proud woman iran football fan verification#

In recent years, accusation of countries deliberately using 'younger' players in men's teams and 'male players' in women's teams have become commonplace in world football. What was the Jordanian Prince Referring to?

#Proud woman iran football fan verification#

This Sunday, Prince Ali bin Hussein, the third son of King Hussein of Jordan and president of the Jordan Football Association (JFA), submitted a written complaint to the Asian Football Confederation demanding that “a player” – widely thought to refer to Koudaei – be subject to a “gender verification check”.īin Hussein further wrote: 'Considering the evidence submitted by JFA and given the importance of this competition, we request the AFC initiate a transparent and clear investigation by a panel of independent medical experts to investigate the eligibility of the player in question and others on the team, particularly the Iranian women's football team has a history with gender and doping issues.” In the end it was Zohreh Koudaei, Iran’s brilliant goalkeeper, who won it for Iran after successfully batting away two shots from the Jordanian side.īut in the immediate aftermath, the mood soured. It will be Iranian female footballers’ first appearance in the tournament and comes after a challenging summer for the team.īoth teams were in with an equal change of making it through.

Nearly two months ago on Saturday, September 25, 2021, the Iranian national women’s football team beat Jordan 4-2 in a penalty shootout, earning itself a spot in the 2022 AFC Women’s Asia Cup.