Babak Masoumi (; 13 July 1972 – 10 August 2011) was an Iranian professional

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player and coach who captained the Iran national team.

Career

Masoumi began his career playing

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for Fath. He then changed codes and began to play futsal, where he played for Fath Tehran, PAS Tehran and Tam Iran Khodro. Despite suffering from cancer, Masoumi was head coach of

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futsal team in the 2008–09 season and a few weeks afterwards was appointed as technical manager of Steel Azin futsal team. He was head coach of Dabiri at the time of his death.

Death

On 10 August 2011, Masoumi died from

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from which he had been suffering since 2008. Despite this, Masoumi believed beforehand that he was cured of the disease. Masoumi had struggled to pay for his medical care and in November 2008, an

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was played between Esteghlal and a ''Selection of

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'' team in order to raise money for the medical treatment of Masoumi and Mohammad Parsa. In addition to this Iranian football star Ali Karimi paid for Masoumi's medical bills. His body was buried on 12 August 2011, in

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Honours

Iran futsal * AFC Futsal Championship:

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

Individual * Best Asian Futsal Player of the Year: 2003

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Masoumi, Babak 1972 births 2011 deaths Footballers from Tehran Iranian men's footballers Iranian men's futsal players Deaths from blood cancer Deaths from cancer in Iran PAS Tehran F.C. players Esteghlal FSC players Shahid Mansouri FSC players Tam Iran Khodro FSC players Iranian futsal coaches Persepolis FSC coaches Men's association football forwards