Misagh Medina Bahadoran is a Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

–Iranian footballer who plays as a forward for Global FC

Global F.C.

Global Football Club is a Filipino association football club. The team started in Division 2 of the United Football League inaugural season.On that same season, the team managed to finish top of the Second Division with an unbeaten record. As a result, the team was automatically promoted to...

 and the Philippines national team

Philippines national football team

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. Since 2006, he has also been a regular member of the Philippines national futsal team

Philippines national futsal team

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International career

Bahadoran first got called up to the Philippines squad in 2007, but his father urged him not to play for the team due to conflicts with his studies. After graduating from university in 2011, his father allowed him to pursue football and was again called up to the national team. He was eventually named in the final squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification first round

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round

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 against . However, over the two-legged match, he was not able to get his debut. As the Philippines advanced to the second round qualifiers

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round

This page provides the summaries of the AFC Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.- Format :In this round the eight winners from the first round joined the 22 AFC sides seeded 6–27 in the AFC World Cup rankings. The teams were drawn into 15 home-and-away ties...

 against , he made his debut in the first-leg, coming on as a substitute for Ángel Guirado

Ángel Guirado

Ángel Guirado Aldeguer is a Spanish–Filipino professional footballer who plays for Global F.C. as a midfielder or a second striker. He also represents the Philippines at international level.-Club career:...

 in the second minute of second half stoppage time in a 3–0 defeat. In the second-leg, he came on as an 80th minute substitute for Guirado but was not able to help the Philippines make a come back as they lost 2–1.

Personal life

Bahadoran's mother is Filipina and his father is Iranian.

At the end of the 2010–11 school year, Bahadoran graduated from Centro Escolar University

Centro Escolar University

Centro Escolar University is a private university in the Philippines. It was founded on June 3, 1907 by two women, Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna, and was originally called Centro Escolar de Señoritas. It became a university in 1933...

 in Manila, with a degree in Dentistry

Dentistry

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