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Comebacks & Recovery

Ster Habibzadeh Guides OH Leuven To Champions League Qualification

Football coach Ster Habibzadeh has guided Belgian club OH Leuven to UEFA Champions League qualification after beginning her football journey on the streets of Tehran.

HEROIC BREAKING NEWS, written by our newsroom28 October 2026 at 07:160 views

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Ster Habibzadeh has qualified for the UEFA Champions League as the coach of Belgian professional football club OH Leuven, Goal.com reported. She grew up playing football on the streets of Tehran in Iran, where she cut her hair short to look like a boy so she could play. [1]

According to Goal.com, Habibzadeh has not returned to Iran for seven years. Her family remains in Iran, where conflict continues to unfold, making regular contact difficult. Goal.com reported that she last saw her mother two years ago when her mother travelled to Belgium to attend her wedding. They currently stay in touch through video calls. [1]

OH Leuven was created in 2002 through the merger of three clubs: F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee, Daring Club Leuven, and Stade Leuven. The Belgian team plays its home matches at Den Dreef in Heverlee and competes in the country's first division, the Belgian Pro League. [2]

The UEFA Champions League is an annual European club football competition organized by UEFA. It features a round robin league phase followed by two-legged knockout rounds, culminating in a single-leg final. OH Leuven and Habibzadeh are now set to play matches in European cities including Paris and Turin during their Champions League campaign, Goal.com reported. [1][3]

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In short

Ster Habibzadeh coached OH Leuven to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.
Habibzadeh grew up playing football on the streets of Tehran in Iran.
She has not returned to Iran for seven years.
OH Leuven was formed in 2002 from the merger of three football clubs.

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[1]'I cut my hair to look like a boy' - Ster Habibzadeh's incredible journey from playing on the streets of Tehran to coaching OH Leuven in the Champions LeagueGoal.com, 1d ago (the report this story comes from)

Background

[2]Oud-Heverlee Leuven on Wikipedia
[3]UEFA Champions League on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 3 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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