Mohammad Saber Rohparwar | |
Fullname: | Mohammad Saber Rohparwar |
Birth Place: | Afghanistan |
Clubs1: | Hindukush Kabul F.C. |
Position: | Striker |
Caps1: | 200 |
Goals1: | 65 |
Nationalyears1: | ?–1980 |
Nationalteam1: | Afghanistan |
Nationalcaps1: | 56 |
Nationalgoals1: | 25 |
Pcupdate: | 6 March 2009 |
Ntupdate: | 6 March 2009 |
Mohammad Saber Rohparwar (fa|محمد صابر روح پرور) is an Afghan retired footballer. He was the captain of the Afghanistan national team until 1980. He has been Afghanistan's most successful football player, scoring 25 goals as a footballer in his national team.
Furthermore, he was the coach of the Kaur club. During his time as a coach he trained players such as Najib Kohyar.
In 1980, during the Soviet invasion and two years after the communist war, he fled to Hamburg in Germany and founded a taxi business. He then created a local Afghan football club called Ariana SV which he is currently a chairman.[1] [2]
His son Rohollah Rohparwar is also a footballer.