Sergey Ponomarev
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Sergey Ponomarev was a Russia
n football
player.
. In 1994 he was invited to Isfahan, Iran
by his countrymen Yevgeny Liyadin who was coach of F.C. Zob Ahan at the time, where he played for one season.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player.
Club career
Ponomarev was the first foreign professional footballer to play in the Iranian Football League (Azadegan League) after the Iranian RevolutionIranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
. In 1994 he was invited to Isfahan, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
by his countrymen Yevgeny Liyadin who was coach of F.C. Zob Ahan at the time, where he played for one season.