Ebrahim Ashtiani
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ebrahim Ashtiani | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Playing position | Defender (retired) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1961–1965 | Shahin | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1964–1968 | Shahin | ||
| 1968–1976 | Persepolis | ||
| 1969–1970 | → Paykan (loan) | ||
| National team | |||
| 1968–1974 | Iran | 35 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ebrahim Ashtiani (born 4 January 1942 in Tehran) is a former Iranian football player. He had played for Iran national football team and spent most of his careers at Persepolis.
Early life and Family
He was born on 1 December 1946 in Tehranno, Tehran. He is graduated in sports and now teaches at schools. His son Ardalan is also a football player.
Club career
First years
He began his playing career with Boostan and Poolad (under-19 and under-23 team of Shahin) and was promoted to the first team in 1964, first time by Abbas Ekrami. He showed good performances and became one of the starting players after 1966–67 season. He received a red card in match against Tehranjavan, this led to an involvement between players and coaches. Two days after the match, IFF (Iran's football association) ruled a one year suspension for Shahin but club officials announced the dissolution of Shahin.
Persepolis
After Shahin was dissolved, Ashtiani and many other players of the team joined to another Tehran based club, Persepolis. He played with the team in Asian Club Championship in his first season. After he recalled from loan in 1970, he showed a good form in friendly match against Hamburg SV which the German club offered him a contract to join to the team, which Ashtiani rejected to play for Persepolis until his retirement. He had also bids from Manchester City and Al-Arabi. He assisted the first goal of Persepolis in historical 6–0 derby win to Hossein Kalani. After the retirement of Persepolis captains, Jafar Kashani and Homayoun Behzadi, Ashtiani becomes captain of the club when he was only 28 making him the youngest captain of Persepolis, a record that was broken by Alireza Haghighi in 2010. He was retired in summer 1976 when he was at the age of 30.
Loan to Paykan
Ashtiani and many other players of Persepolis was joined to Paykan on loan after an agreement between the two club's presidents. He played one season for Paykan and was invited for the first time to the Iran national football team when he was played for Paykan.
International career
Ashtiani won the Asia Cup in Thailand in 1972 as well as the football tournament of the Asian Games 1974 in Tehran. He made 35 appearances for the Iran national football team from 1969 to 1974 and was part of the Iranian team competing in the football tournament of the Olympics in Munich 1972.[1]
After retirement
He was assistant coach of Büyük Vatankhah at Persepolis in 1974–75 season, while he was also club captain. After this, he was chosen as assistant coach of Iran national under-23 football team. He managed Poora for two seasons in 2nd Division. After the resignation of Persepolis' longtime team manager, Mahmoud Khordbin, he was appointed as team manager of Persepolis which held the post until Khordbin's reappointment. He is currently part of the club's technical committee.
Honours
Club
- Shahin
- Tehran football league: 1965
- Persepolis
- Iranian Football League: 1971–72 1973–74, 1974–75 (Runner-up), 1975–76
National
Individual
References
- ↑ Panahi, Majeed (16 July 2009). "Iran - Record International Players". RSSSF.
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