You can not really compare two players in the same position/role in terms of achievements when they play in different countries that are world apart in term of quality of the game. At best you can say what they achieve in their respective countries (Taj v. Juventus, Asia v. Europe). There is probably no great Asian players that can be compared to their top European counterparts (specially back in 70s when the clubs usually hired players from their own country) and Hejazi is no exception. However, and hypothetically if he was born in Italy or England or Germany then he would be known worldwide.
You are saying kind of what I am saying .
we can't compare Juventus and Italy to Taj and team melli ,even in the 70s they were planets apart .
I was just comparing their ability as a goalkeepers , as we know goalkeeping is about shot stopping ,interception of the ball in the box and sometimes even outside the box .about being smart and anticipate well and make the right decision with perfect timing most of the time ,about staying calm and composed and lead your defenders in front of you as goalie is the one standing behind the rest of the team and watching it on wide screen .
It is about having a great physique and agility and speed in your movement ,like a fast car from 0 to your maximum velocity as fast as possible like a sparrow and being fast to recover yourself and be ready for the next move .
To me both keepers have that ability ,Buffon plays against the best in the world and you see even he sometimes lets in 3-4 goals that are unstoppable ,Hejazi also proved he has the nerves and ability to play against the best in the world showing the same kind of attitude as if he was playing in the local league ,as you read what Arie Haan said in the post that Kasra contributed.
shame he could not play for United ,he would have made a bigger name for himself in the world of football.
A goalie that saves a shot from his own foot has to be something special !
he went to his right on the floor saving the shot with his foot , the ball flew off his leg in a curve heading for underneath the bar in the opposite direction to where he fell and he was up in no time and knew where he had to go and went there in a dive and punched the ball over the bar and landed and rolled over in the goal !
Looks easy ? have you ever seen it done before ?
Gholamreza Fathabadi recently in an interview said Ali parvin next day in training made Perspolis keepers try that out and acoarding to him they trid it about 100 times and coudn't do it once ,
Lucky for us he was born in Iran but if he was born in Europe then as you said ...
