Ali Jabbari

Ali Jabbari

Personal information
Full name	Ali Jabbari NickName. =King of Iran Football
Date of birth	(1946-07-20) 20 July 1946
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1965	Rahahan
1965–1975	Taj	173	(89)
International career
1965–1974	Iran	37	(13)
Medal record Representing  Iran AFC Asian Cup Winner 1968 Winner 1972 Asian Games 1974
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ali Jabbari is an Iranian former football midfielder who played for Iran in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also played for Taj SC.^[1] On 13 May 1972 during a group match at the 1972 AFC Asian Cup, Iran were trailing 2–0 to Thailand. Ali Jabbari turned the match around with a hat-trick in the space of 8 minutes, with goals in 80', 86' and 88', giving Iran first place in the group. He scored again in the final in which Iran beat South Korea,He is one of the best players of all time in Iran and Asia.He was one of the Best Players in Asia in the 1970s.

one of the most important members of the Iranian national team in the championship of the 1968 AFC Asian Cup and 1972 AFC Asian Cup and Asian Games 1974 and captain of the Taj(Esteghlal F.C.) club in the championship of1970 Asian Champion Club Tournament (AFC Champions League in 1970).He is remembered as the Best Player of All Time for Esteghlal F.C. Club.

Along with Parviz Ghelichkhani, He was the Leader and Star of Iran's Golden Generation in the late 1960s and early 1970s

Regarded as one of the 50 best midfielders in the world in his prime. He's also the top scorer and assist-man in the history of the Esteghlal(Taj)vs Persepolis derby with 6 and 5 respectively.

He scored more than 100 goals as a midfielder for Taj(Esteghlal F.C.) Club

• Asian Nations Cup

Winner: 2

1968 AFC Asian Cup

1972 AFC Asian Cup

• Asian Games

Winner: 1

1974

Runner up: 1

1966

• Asian Champions League

Winner: 1

1970

Third place: 1

1971

• Iranian Football League

Winner: 2

1970–71

1974–75

Runner up: 1

1973–74

• Tehran Football League

Winner: 3

1969

1970–1971

1972–73

• Golden elite of Asian Football Federation: 2013
• During her playing career, the Asian Player of the Year Award had not yet been created, but according to many Experts, she would have been Selected as the Best Asian Player of the Year for Several Years.

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