Mohammad Khakpour (, born February 20, 1969) is a retired Iranian

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who played for the

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and later became a football coach.

Playing career

Khakpour played for a few clubs, including

Persepolis FC Persepolis Football Club () is an Iranian professional association football, football club based in Tehran that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Persepolis F.C. is the football club of the multisport club, multisport Persepolis Athl ...

Pas Tehran Pas Tehran Football Club (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Pas Tehran'') was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. Pas F.C. was the football club of the multisport Pas Cultural and Sports Club. The club has a long and rich history and has alwa ...

Vanspor Vanspor A.Ş. was a football team of Van in eastern Turkey. History They played in the Süper Lig, top division of Turkish football, between 1994 and 1998, playing once more in 1999–2000 season. After relegation from the first division, Vans ...

Geylang United Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, that competes in Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 and played their first season in 1 ...

and MetroStars (United States). He played for the

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and was a participant at the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 1 ...

. After his season long stay at MetroStars, he lived in

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where he decided to start a football club, known as ''MK Soccer Club''.

Coaching career

Early career

He has a national "A" coaching license. In early August 2006, Khakpour signed as

Foolad Foolad Khuzestan Football Club (, ''Bāshgāh-e Futbāl-e Fulād-e Khuzestān'') is an Iranian professional football club based in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, that plays in Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 1971 and is owned by Foolad Khuze ...

's assistant coach under

Mohammad Mayeli Kohan Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (, born 5 June 1954) is an Iranian football coach and former player. He recently managed Malavan in Azadegan League. Early life He was born on 5 June 1954 in Bandar-e Anzali in Iran. His father was a farmer. He has two ...

for the 2006–07

Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League (, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is a professional association football league in Iran and the highest level of the Iranian football league s ...

season, but left the club after Mayeli Kohan's departure from Foolad.

Steel Azin

He was appointed as the head coach of

Steel Azin Steel Azin Football Club (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Estil Âzin'') was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. The club was owned by Hossein Hedayati, owner of Steel Azin Iranian Holding Co. Steel Azin club also had a volleyball team, spo ...

on 1 December 2010. He resigned from his post on 3 March 2011.

Iran under-23

Khakpour was

Iran national under-23 football team Iran national under-23 football team, also known as Iran U-23 or Iran Olympic Team; represents Iran in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and AFC U-22 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-23 international footba ...

's technical manager before being appointed as team head coach on 16 December 2014 for the 2016 Olympic qualifiers. He led Iran's under-23 team to win the

2015 WAFF U-23 Championship The 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time. Ten nations took part. The competition was held in Qatar from 30 September to 14 October with the draw for the tournament on 6 September 2015. Iran won the title after t ...

Career statistics

International goals

Manager

Honours

Player

;Persepolis *

Asian Cup Winners' Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an Asian football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-Asian club competition organised by Asian Football Confedera ...

(1): 1990-91, 1992-93 (Runner-up) * Tehran Province League (1): 1990-91 *

Hazfi Cup Hazfi Cup (, ) formerly known as Pahlavi Cup () is an Iranian knockout football competition held annually by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran. The Iranian Football League, Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, h ...

(1): 1991-92 ;Iran * Asian Games Gold Medal (1):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

Individual

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 ...

Team of the Tournament:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Manager

* WAFF U23 Championships : ''

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(1)'':

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

References

External links

MK Soccer Club Official Website
1969 births Living people Iranian men's footballers Iran men's international footballers Men's association football defenders 1992 AFC Asian Cup players 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players PAS Tehran F.C. players Persepolis F.C. players Geylang International FC players Vanspor footballers Bahman F.C. players New York Red Bulls players Azadegan League players Singapore Premier League players Süper Lig players Major League Soccer players Iranian expatriate men's footballers Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Iranian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Iranian football managers American soccer coaches Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games footballers for Iran Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 20th-century Iranian sportsmen Footballers from Tehran Persian Gulf Pro League managers Asian Games gold medalists in football {{Iran-footy-defender-stub