Abdolreza Barzegari

Abdolreza Barzegari (Persian: عبدالرضا برزگری‎; born 3 July 1958[1] in Abadan, Iran) is a former Iranian football player.

Abdolreza Barzegari
عبدالرضا برزگری
Personal information
Full name Abdolreza Barzegari
Date of birth (1958-08-18) 18 August 1958
Place of birth Abadan, Iran
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1973–1974 Shahrdari Abadan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1980 Sanat Naft
1980–1982 Al-Nasr
1982–1992 Qatar SC
1992–1994 Al-Masry
National team
1977 Iran-U20
1978–1980 Iran 15 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Barzagari known as "The Persian Black Pearl", he started playing football at a young age in his neighborhood of Ahmad Abad in Abadan. After changing a few teams during his earlier years, he joined Sanat Naft, the most popular team of Khuzestan. He made his debut at 17 against Tractor Sazi in Takhte Jamshid League, but his debut was not too promising and did not go well for the young player. He was benched for the next game but figured in the team which hosted Persepolis in 1975 touching shoulders with the greats such as Ali Parvin and Parviz Ghelichkhani. After that, Barzagari quickly became a famous player particularity for his excellent dribbling skill. He was selected for the Youth team and he Represented Iran in the Inaugural FIFA youth World Cup in Tunisia. He scored on that tournament.[2] Then came national team and later many years of playing club football abroad in UAE, Qatar and Egypt. He played two seasons for Al-Nasr, then moved to Qatar SC and remained there until he joined Al-Masry in 1992 together with his friend Ebrahim Ghasempour.[3]

International career

He was a member of the Iran national under-20 football team at 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.[4] He made his debut for Iran national football team in Tehran on 6 September 1978 versus USSR. After that he played for national team in 1980 Olympic Games Qualification and 1980 AFC Asian Cup.

International goals
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
#DateCityOpponentResult
127 February 1980Singapore, Singapore China PR2-2
27 March 1980Singapore, Singapore India2–0
39 March 1980Singapore, Singapore Sri Lanka11-0
49 March 1980Singapore, Singapore Sri Lanka11-0
512 March 1980Singapore, Singapore Singapore4-0
67 September 1980Abu Dhabi, UAE United Arab Emirates3-0
722 September 1980Kuwait City, Kuwait Bangladesh7-0
822 September 1980Kuwait City, Kuwait Bangladesh7-0

References
  1. Abdolreza Barzegari at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Statistics: Iran [ Team Melli]".
  3. Administrator. "نخستین گل تیم ملی فوتبال را من زدم". Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
  4. "FIFA Player Statistics: Abdolreza BARZEGAR - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
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