Nasrollah Abdollahi

Nasrollah Abdollahi
Personal information
Full nameNasrollah Abdollahi
Date of birthSeptember 2, 1951
Place of birthAhvaz, Iran
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionDefender (retired)
Youth career
1960-1965Guard
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1965-1970Guard
1970-1974Taj
1974-1976Rah Ahan
1976-1985Shahbaz/Shahin
National team
1976–1980Iran39(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Nasrollah Abdollahi (Persian: نصرالله عبداللهی , born September 2, 1951 in Ahvaz, Iran) is an Iranian football coach and former player.

Playing career

Club career

Abdollahi played for Guard F.C. before he changed to Taj SC. There he could win the Iranian league in 1971 as well as the second place in 1974.

After playing for Rah Ahan F.C. for two years he joined Shahbaz F.C., where he played many successful years reaching the third place in the Iranian league in 1976/77 and winning the Tehran Cup in 1981.

International career

Abdollahi participated in 1976 Olympics in Montreal, when Iran reached the quarterfinals. He also played all three matches of Team Melli at the 1978 World Cup.[1] Abdollahi was capped 39 times for the Iranian national team between 1976 and 1980; he won the 1976 Asian Cup in Iran and captained the team to third place in the 1980 Asian Cup in Kuwait.

Coaching career

For a brief period during Nasser Hejazi's time as Esteghlal F.C. manager, Abdollahi was the assistant manager.

References

  1. Nasrollah AbdollahiFIFA competition record