Mostafa Mokri (; December 6, 1921 – January 3, 2005) was an Iranian

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. He served most of his career at Toufan. He was also former chairman of

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and

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Playing career

Mokri joined Toufan in 1940, when Hossein Sadaghiani was a member of the team. During those years, they had a huge contest with Daraei for Tehran League championship. He won Tehran League in 1944 and was called up for Tehran XI team.

Chairmaning career

Iran football federation

Mokri became chairman of Iran football federation twice. He made a good contribution and caused a revolution in Iranian football system in his chairmaning career. The first period was between 1958 and 1960, which he established "Iranian Regional cup" _The very first football league consisting teams from different parts of

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_ in that. in the second period, between 1967 and 1972,

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won

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twice.

Masoud Boroumand Amir Masoud Boroumand (; 12 November 1928 – 8 March 2011) was an Iranian footballer who played as a striker. He was the Iran national team's captain during the 1950s. Club career In 1945, Boroumand he started his club career with Shahbaz, ...

was his deputy during this time.

Persepolis F.C.

Mokri was selected as chairman of

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by Ali Abdeh in 1975, and remained at the post until

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in 1979.

Personal life

Mokri retired from football in 1944. He went to

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and graduated in

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. Then he married a

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woman. His wife died in 1993.

References

Presidents of Iranian Football Federation Iranian football chairmen and investors 2005 deaths 1921 births Iranian men's footballers Men's association football players not categorized by position Footballers from Tehran {{Iran-footy-bio-stub