Akbar Kargarjam is an Iranian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

defender who played for

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

. He also played for Rah Ahan and

Taj SC Esteghlal Football Club (استقلال), commonly known as Esteghlal (meaning 'The Independence'), is the oldest Iranian professional football club based in Tehran that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 1945 as 'T ...

Honours

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* Iran Football League: 1970, 1975 * Tehran Football League: 1972 * AFC Champions League: 1970

National

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second-oldest c ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

Individuals

*Iran Footballer of the Year: 1973

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kargarjam, Akbar Iran men's international footballers Iranian men's footballers Esteghlal F.C. players Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players 1944 births Living people Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Olympic footballers for Iran Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics 1972 AFC Asian Cup players Asian Games medalists in football Men's association football defenders Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games 20th-century Iranian sportsmen Footballers from Tehran