Abdolreza Barzegari Explained

Abdolreza Barzegari
Fullname:Abdolreza Barzegari
Birth Date:1958 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Abadan, Imperial State of Iran
Youthyears1:1973–1974
Youthclubs1:Shahrdari Abadan
Years1:1974–1979
Years2:1979–1982
Years3:1982–1992
Years4:1992–1994
Clubs1:Sanat Naft
Clubs2:Al-Nasr
Clubs3:Qatar SC
Clubs4:Al-Masry
Position:Midfielder
Nationalyears1:1977
Nationalteam1:Iran-U20
Nationalyears2:1978–1980
Nationalteam2:Iran
Nationalcaps2:15
Nationalgoals2:8

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

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.[1] 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.[2]

International career

He was a member of the Iran national under-20 football team at 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.[3] 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.

Date City Opponent Result
1 27 February 1980 2-2
2 7 March 1980 2–0
3 9 March 1980 11-0
4 9 March 1980 11-0
5 12 March 1980 4-0
6 7 September 1980 3-0
7 22 September 1980 7-0
8 22 September 1980 7-0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics: Iran [Team Melli]].
  2. Web site: نخستین گل تیم ملی فوتبال را من زدم. . Administrator . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103141327/http://www.sedayeabadan.ir/principal/492-news.html . 3 November 2013 .
  3. Web site: FIFA Player Statistics: Abdolreza BARZEGAR . https://web.archive.org/web/20091106231615/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=192222/index.html. dead. 6 November 2009. FIFA.