Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard

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Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard
Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard
Date of birth	1962
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985–1992	Homayoun Shahin Takavar Persepolis
National team
1985–1992	Iran	14 (3)
Teams managed
2002–2004 2004–2005 2005	Fath Tehran Payanehaye Esfahan Partsazan Khorasan Iran futsal Persepolis futsal Iran Khodro futsal
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard (Persian: محمدحسن انصاری‌فرد, born 1962 in Tehran) is a former Iranian football player, having played in Persepolis F.C. and the Iranian national football team. He is currently the chairman of Rah Ahan F.C..

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 Administrative career 3.1 IRIFF 3.2 Persepolis 3.3 Rah Ahan 4 Notes

[edit] Playing career

He started his football career before the Iranian revolution, playing with Homayoun F.C.. After the revolution he played for Shahin F.C. and Takavar F.C.. In 1985 he moved to Persepolis F.C. and stayed there until 1992. He was a member of the Iranian national team during the same time.

[edit] Coaching career

He began his coaching career in Fath F.C., soon moving to Payanehaye Isfahan. He also had a brief coaching stint in Mashhad, coaching Partsazan. He then was asked to coach the Iranian national futsal team. He was very successful there, winning numerous Asian Championships and helping the team qualify to the World Cup of Futsal. He left the team after three years, and became head coach of Persepolis' futsal club. His time there was short, and he moved to Iran Khodro futsal club, helping them win the national league.

[edit] Administrative career

[edit] IRIFF

Ansarifard is a board member of the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation as of December 17, 2006.

[edit] Persepolis

On December 5, 2005, by three votes to two, he was chosen to be Persepolis' chairman after the resignation of Hojatollah Khatib. In April 2007, Ansarfar resigned from his post because of pressure from political board members.

In late April 2007 Ansarifard submitted his resignation to Ali Saeedlu in protest to the intervention of Physical Education on appointing several new managers into the club Management committee. It was reported that Persepolis management has accepted Ansarifar's resignation, however this was not the case, and Ansarifard will remained as chairman of Persepolis until the end of the 2006/07 season.

[edit] Rah Ahan

Ansarifard signed a contract as chairman of IPL side Rah Ahan F.C. on August 1, 2007.^[1]

In Ansarifar's time at Rah Ahan he has achieved much so far such as arranging a friendly between the club and German Bundesliga side F.C. Hansa Rostock. He has also arranged a sponsorship with kit manufacturer Merooj. Ansarifard also has made some of Rah Ahan's first foreign signings in the history of the club with Armenian internationals Gevorg Kasparov and Hamlet Mkhitaryan.

[edit] Notes