Mostafa Mokri

Mostafa Mokri

Personal information
Full name	Mostafa Mokri
Date of birth	December 6, 1921
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Date of death	January 3, 2005 (aged 83)[1]
Place of death	Tehran, Iran
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1940–1944	Toufan[1]
National team
1944	Tehran XI[1]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Mostafa Mokri (Persian: مصطفی مکری‎‎; December 6, 1921 – January 3, 2005) is a retired Iranian footballer. He served most of his career at Toufan. He was also former chairman of IRIFF and Persepolis.^[1]

Playing career

Mokri joined Toufan in 1940, when Hossein Sadaghiani was a member of the team. 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.^[1]

Chairmaning career

Iran football federation

Mokri became chairman of Iran football federation twice.^[2] He made a good contribution and caused a revolution in Iranian football system in his chairmaning career.^[1] 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 Iran_ in that. in the second period, between 1967 and 1972, Iran national football team won Asian Cup twice. Masoud Boroumand was his deputy during this time.^[1]

Persepolis F.C.

Mokri was selected as chairman of Persepolis F.C. by Ali Abdeh in 1972, and remained at the post until Iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979.^[3]

Personal life

Mokri retired from football in 1944. He went to France and graduated in physical education. Then he married a French woman. His wife died in 1993.^[1]

References

1. Afshar, Ebrahim. مصطفی مکری; نوه سردار قاجار (in Persian). Etemad Newspaper. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
2. تاریخچه فوتبال ایران (in Persian). Football association of Iranian club. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
3. انصاریفرد رکورد دار مدیر عاملی پرسپولیس (in Persian). Farda News. Retrieved 2009-03-27.