Asghar Sadri ( fa, اصغر صدری; born 2 October 1957) is a former

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian

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player.

Playing career

He started playing at youth level for

Rah Ahan F.C. Rah Ahan Sports Club ( fa, باشگاه ورزشی راه‌آهن, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Rahâhen''), commonly known as Rah Ahan Football Club, is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran. They currently play in the Azadegan Lea ...

, then at senior level for

Bargh Shiraz F.C. , ''Lâlahhai-ye Naranji'') , shortname = , founded = , dissolved = , ground = Hafezieh StadiumShirazIran , capacity = 20,000 , chairman = Hadi Shirvani Shiri , owner = Hadi Shirvani Shiri and Amir Arsalan H ...

and Shahbaz. In 1979, at age of 22 moved to Germany to study architecture. Whilst in Europe he started his European football career with Dutch outfit MVV Maastricht which was then followed by a decade playing for clubs in Belgium.

International career

He was a member of the Iran national under-20 football team at

1977 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, hosted by Tunisia from 27 June to 10 July 1977, in three venues — Tunis, Sousse and Sfax. The 28 matches played were the smallest number in to ...

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/ref> He was a member of Iran national football team at qualifications for

1976 AFC Asian Cup The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Iran between 3 and 13 June 1976. The field of six ...

and

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by t ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadri, Asghar 1957 births Living people Iranian footballers Iran international footballers Iranian football managers Iranian expatriate footballers Rah Ahan players Bargh Shiraz players MVV Maastricht players K.V.C. Westerlo players Place of birth missing (living people) K.F.C. Diest players Association football defenders