Alireza Azizi born January 12, 1950 in Abadan

Abadan

Abadan is a city in and the capital of Abadan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. It lies on Abadan Island , from the Persian Gulf, near the Iraqi-Iran border. The civilian population of the city dropped to near zero during the eight-years Iran–Iraq War. In 1992, only 84,774 had returned to live...

 is a retired Iranian footballer.

He started his professional career in Homa, where he could reach the third place in the Iranian league in 1975. Afterwards he changed to Persepolis F.C., where he could win the Iranian championship in 1976 and reach the runner-up position in 1977 and in 1978. After the Iranian Revolution

Iranian Revolution

The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

 he remained playing for Persepolis winning the Iranian nationwide tournament Espandi Cup

1979 Shahid Espandi Cup

Shahid Espandi Cup was a nation-wide football tournament in Iran that was played in 1979 in a format of 5 Groups for the group stage followed by a second round and then semi-finals and final. The tournament was won by Persepolis F.C. of Tehran.-Group 2:...

 before changing to Bank Melli F.C.

Bank Melli F.C.

Bank Melli F.C. was an Iranian football club based in Tehran as the Sports subordinate of Bank Melli Iran. The club which was famous for having a weighty Youth system, is now dissolved.- Players :...

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He was a member of the Iranian squad competing in the football tournament of the Olympic Tournament in Munich in 1972

Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Football competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Nürnberg, Passau, and Regensburg.-Medalists:-Group A: ---- -----------------Group B: ---- ----------------...

, winning the Asia Cup 1976

1976 AFC Asian Cup

-Group B:---------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-Goalscorers:3 goals: Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Nasser Nouraei Fathi Kamel2 goals: Alireza Azizi Alireza Khorshidi Hassan Roshan...

 in Tehran and reaching the quarterfinals of the Olympic Tournament in Montreal in 1976

Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Football competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, and Sherbrooke. Groups A, C and D had only three teams instead of four, as Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia national teams adhered to African-led boycott of the Games against the participation of New...

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