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(2005-01-03) (aged 83)[1]
Place of death	Paris, France
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. † Appearances (Goals).

Mostafa Mokri (Persian: مصطفی مکری, December 6, 1921 - January 3, 2005) was 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 joind 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. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Afshar, Ebrahim. "مصطفی مکری; نوه سردار قاجار" (in Persian). Etemad Newspaper. http://www.etemaad.com/Released/85-11-05/145.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-27. 
2. ^ "تاریخچه فوتبال ایران" (in Persian). Football association of Iranian club. http://www.faic.ir/fa/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=71&Itemid=44. Retrieved 2009-03-27. 
3. ^ "انصاریفرد رکورد دار مدیر عاملی پرسپولیس" (in Persian). Farda News. http://fardanews.com/fa/pages/?cid=71424. Retrieved 2009-03-27. 

Business positions
Preceded by Fatemeh Pahlavi	Persepolis chairman 1975–1979	Succeeded by Abbas Vakil

Persondata
Name	Mokri, Mostafa
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	December 6, 1921
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Date of death	January 3, 2005
Place of death	Tehran, Iran