Mohammad Reza Rouyanian () is an Iranian businessman, football administrator and former Revolutionary Guard commander. He was the chairman of multisport club

Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club (Persian language, Persian:باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس) is an Iranian multisport club based in Tehran, Iran. It was established by Ali Abdo (football chairman), Ali Abdo. The club i ...

from 20 September 2011 until his resignation on 22 January 2014. He was Head of Transportation Management Center from 2007 to 2011. Before that, he was Commissioner of the City of Tehran Transportation Police between 2005 and 2007.

Early life

He was born on 12 May 1960 in Noor,

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. He joined the City of Noor Police in 1981 and became Commissioner ten years later. After serving two years as Commissioner of Noor Police, he was appointed as Commissioner of Mazandaran Province Police in 1993.

Police career

He was Commissioner of Mazandaran Province Police from 1993 to 2000. He was appointed as first Head of Social Section and was in office until 2005. He became Commissioner of the City of Tehran Transportation Police in 2005. Rouyanian retired in 2007 and was appointed as the head of the Transportation Management Center by

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the same year. He resigned from this position in 2011.

Sports career

He was a member of Iran military team from 1985 to 1990. He was Ahmadinejad's candidate as head of National Sports Organization in 2009 to succeeding

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but he was refused and withdrawn from this position. He was appointed as one of the board of directors of the Persepolis club on 19 September 2011 and was elected as chairman of Persepolis and succeeded

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, a day after on 20 September 2011. He managed to attract major players in the transfer season, summer 2012.

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, Mohammad Ghazi, Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh,

Afshin Esmaeilzadeh Afshin Esmaeilzadeh (; born April 21, 1992) is an Iranian football midfielder who last played for Esteghlal Jonoub in the Azadegan League. Club career Damash Esmaeilzadeh joined popular club, S.C. Damash on 4 November 2008 with a five-years ...

, Roberto Sousa,

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, Amir Abedzadeh,

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and Nilson Corrêa, are an example of his purchase. Since then, the team was dubbed the

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. After Denizli's resignation, he open talks with

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and

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and finally signs with

. In middle of that season José was fired and

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who was the second team coach accepted the president's offer to lead Persepolis. On 20 May 2013,

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was officially announced as the club's manager for the next three seasons by Rouyanian. On 22 January 2014, Rouyanian resigned as the club's chairman and his resignation was accepted by the board of directors.

Signings

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