Mohammad Adelkhani

February 13, 1947

Tehran, Central District, Iran

He began playing in football in 1960 playing at Shahin. Adelkhani played for SG Wattenscheid 09, Wuppertaler SV, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and VfL Klafeld-Geisweid before moving back to Iran. He is the first Iranian player, who moved to Europe to play football. In fact when he was in Turkey with Taj South Carolina for a friendly match, German talent scouts saw his performance and signed him for Bayern Munchen. Adelkhani"s first senior club in Iran was Taj South Carolina. There he could reach the second place in the Iranian league in 1974. After then he joined Shahbaz F.C., where he played many successful years reaching the third place in the Iranian league in 1976/77. Between 1973 and 1978, he played 17 times for the national team and scored 2 goals. He was a left-footed player.

Mohammad Adelkhani

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association football player

Background

He was born on 13 February 1947 in Tehran, Iran.

Career

He began playing in football in 1960 playing at Shahin. Adelkhani played for SG Wattenscheid 09, Wuppertaler SV, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and VfL Klafeld-Geisweid before moving back to Iran. He is the first Iranian player, who moved to Europe to play football.

In fact when he was in Turkey with Taj South Carolina for a friendly match, German talent scouts saw his performance and signed him for Bayern Munchen.

Adelkhani"s first senior club in Iran was Taj South Carolina. There he could reach the second place in the Iranian league in 1974.

After then he joined Shahbaz F.C., where he played many successful years reaching the third place in the Iranian league in 1976/77. Between 1973 and 1978, he played 17 times for the national team and scored 2 goals. He was a left-footed player.

Achievements

Adelkhani has achieved the Union of European Football Associations Pro Licence. His is the first Iranian to have gained this success. Iranian football fans will never forget the Asian football Olympic final 1974 in Aryamehr Stadium between Iran and Israel, in which Adelkhani forced Shum"s own goal, which led Iran to win this tournament. He was also part of the Iran squad that qualified for the 1978 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup. However an injury he sustained while saving his young daughter from falling down the stairs kept him out of the competition.

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