Abbas Ansarifard (; 25 April 1956 – 8 September 2021) was an Iranian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

administrator who was chairman of multisport club

Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club (Persian language, Persian:باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس) is an Iranian multisport club based in Tehran, Iran. It was established by Ali Abdo (football chairman), Ali Abdo. The club i ...

between 1990 and 1993, January 2001–October 2001 and again briefly 2009. He was brother of

Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard (; born 9 September 1962) is an Iranian former footballer who played for Persepolis and the Iranian national team. He is currently the president of Persepolis F.C. since 27 August 2019. He was also president of Pers ...

, a former player and chairman of

Persepolis Persepolis (; ; ) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (). It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros mountains, Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and ...

. He died of COVID-19 on 8 September 2021.

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Iranian football chairmen and investors 1956 births 2021 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran {{Iran-business-bio-stub