Hossein Sadaghiani Explained

Hossein Sadaghiani
Fullname:Amir Hossein Sadaghiani
Birth Date:1 January 1903
Birth Place:Salmas, Qajar Iran
Death Place:Tehran, Iran
Youthyears1:1920–1923
Youthyears2:1923–1924
Youthclubs2:Rapid Vienna
Years1:1924–1925
Years2:1929–1930
Years3:1930–1932
Years4:1932–1933
Years5:1933–1934
Years6:1934–1935
Years7:1935–1936
Years8:1937–1939
Clubs1:Ferdowsi Club
Clubs5:Charleroi
Clubs6:Moignelée
Clubs8:Toofan
Position:Striker
Caps3:42
Goals3:28[1]
Caps5:9
Goals5:7[2]
Nationalyears1:1926
Nationalteam1:Tehran XI
Nationalcaps1:4
Managerclubs2:University of Tehran
Manageryears1:1941–1951
Manageryears2:1945–1964

Dr. Amir Hossein Sadaghiani (1 January 1903 – 1 December 1982) was an Iranian football player and manager. He was a striker during his playing career and afterwards was Iran national football team's head coach from 1941 till 1950.

Playing career

Club career

Dr. Sadaghiani is the first ever Iranian soccer player to play abroad in a European league. He played for youth teams of Fenerbahçe and Rapid Wien then returned to Iran and established Ferdowsi Club in Mashhad, but his stay was short as he returned to Tehran a year later.

At 26, he moved Europe to study in Belgium. He arrived at the Université du travail de Charleroi in 1929. He joined CS Marchienne-Monceau, a provincial second division team. He proved to be a very gifted player so he made his mark in Belgium's second Division (1930-1932) and third division (1932-1933) playing for R. Charleroi S.C. for two successful seasons.

In the 1930s, his premature baldness earned him the nickname of "Panne de verre", a walloon folklore expression used for bald people.

After Charleroi, he moved to Turkey for a year with Fenerbahçe then back to Belgium after 1,5 year where he played in Division III back by Charleroi SC and lower level. In 1936 he left Belgium and finished his football career with Toofan in Tehran.

National career

Although Sadaghiani never played for the Iranian national team as it was not created until 1941, he has 4 caps to his name when in 1926 he played for a Tehran XI team that traveled to Baku, USSR. Tehran XI lost three games and drew one.

Managerial career

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.facebook.com/groups/144318929473686 Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)
  2. https://www.facebook.com/groups/144318929473686 Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)