Jafar Ashraf Kashani (, March 21, 1944 – October 2, 2019) 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 ...

player. He was scouted by Abbas Ekrami, Shahin F.C.'s founder when he was 16. After Shahin's dissolution, he joined

Persepolis F.C. Persepolis Football Club () is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Persepolis F.C. is the football club of the multisport Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club. The club was ...

and played until 1974 when he was captain. Then he was employed by

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and worked in embassies in

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and

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. He was also a member of board of directors at IRIFF and

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 on 2 October 2019 due to a heart attack. He was board secretary of

at the time of his death.Iran and Persepolis football great Kashani dies
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1944 births 2019 deaths Footballers from Tehran Shahin Tehran F.C. players Persepolis F.C. players Iranian men's footballers Iran men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Iran Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1970 Asian Games Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games 1968 AFC Asian Cup players 1972 AFC Asian Cup players Men's association football defenders Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games 20th-century Iranian sportsmen AFC Asian Cup–winning players {{Iran-politician-stub