Mohammad Reza Heidarian (; born 17 February 1974) is an Iranian professional

futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...

coach and former player. He was a Winger for Esteghlal, Ceccano, Qatar SC, Elmo Adab,

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and was the captain of

Iran national futsal team The Iran national futsal team represents Iran in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Iranian Football Federation. According to the FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking, it is ranked 4th in the world, and 1s ...

. He has been awarded the most valuable player of the

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. Heidarian played for ''Ceccano Calcio a 5'', a Serie A2 futsal side based in the small town of

Ceccano Ceccano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, central Italy, in the Latin Valley. History The town had its origins as an ancient Volscian citadel that surrendered to the Romans in 330 BC (424 Ab Urbe Condita).''The History ...

. He was highly successful at the club and was selected as captain of the club in the 2004–05 season. Following Iran's success in the

2008 AFC Futsal Championship The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 11 to 18 May 2008. The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil. Qualification Venues Draw The draw for the 2008 AFC Futsal ...

, Heidarian decided to bid farewell from international futsal and retired from the national side.

Iran National Futsal Team

Heydarian was suggested to Iran football federation by

Mohammad Nazemasharieh Seyyed Mohammad Nazemasharieh (; born 22 September 1969) is an Iranian professional futsal coach and former player. He is currently head coach of Kuwait national futsal team. Honours National * Third-place, FIFA Futsal World Cup, 2016 * Champi ...

, current head coach of

to join his team, and became coach of National team on 30 of June 2020 by decision of futsal and beach football technical committee of Iran Football Federation.

Honours

Team

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** Champions (9):

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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 ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Individual

* Most Valuable Player,

, 2004

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heidarian, Mohammad Reza 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Tehran Iranian men's futsal players Futsal forwards Iranian futsal coaches Esteghlal FSC players Elmo Adab FSC players Persepolis FSC players Shahrvand Sari FSC players Persepolis FSC coaches Iranian expatriate futsal players Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar