Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard

Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard
Date of birth	September 9, 1962 (1962-09-09) (age 49)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1972-1974	Homayoun
1974-1976	Shahin
1976-1985	Takavar F.C.
1985–1992	Persepolis
National team
1985–1992	Iran	14	(3)
Teams managed
1996-1997	Fath Tehran
1997-2000	Payanehaye Isfahan
2000-2002	Partsazan Khorasan
2002–2004	Iran futsal
2004–2005	Persepolis futsal
2005	Tam Iran Khodro futsal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard (Persian: محمدحسن انصاری‌فرد, born 1962 in Tehran) is a former Iranian football player, having played in Persepolis F.C. and the Iranian national football team. He is currently the chairman of Rah Ahan F.C.. He is the younger brother of Abbas Ansarifard.

Playing career

He started his football career before the Iranian revolution, playing with Homayoun F.C.. After the revolution he played for Shahin F.C. and Takavar F.C.. In 1985 he moved to Persepolis F.C. and stayed there until 1992. He was a member of the Iranian national team during the same time.

Coaching career

He began his coaching career in Fath F.C., soon moving to Payanehaye Isfahan. He also had a brief coaching stint in Mashhad, coaching Partsazan. He then was asked to coach the Iranian national futsal team. He was very successful there, winning numerous Asian Championships and helping the team qualify to the World Cup of Futsal. He left the team after three years, and became head coach of Persepolis' futsal club . His time there was short, and he moved to Iran Khodro futsal club, helping them win the national league.

Administrative career

IRIFF

Ansarifard is a Transitory board member of the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation as of December 17, 2006.

Persepolis

On December 5, 2005, by three votes to two, he was chosen to be Persepolis' chairman after the resignation of Hojatollah Khatib. In April 2007, Ansarfar resigned from his post because of pressure from political board members.

In late April 2007 Ansarifard submitted his resignation to Ali Saeedlu in protest to the intervention of Physical Education on appointing several new managers into the club Management committee. It was reported that Persepolis management has accepted Ansarifar's resignation, however this was not the case, and Ansarifard remained as chairman of Persepolis until the end of the 2006/07 season.

Rah Ahan

Ansarifard signed a contract as chairman of IPL side Rah Ahan F.C. on August 1, 2007.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ "Ansarifard becomes Rah Ahan Chairman". http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-971239&Lang=P. Retrieved 2007-08-03. 

Business positions
Preceded by Hojatollah Khatib	Persepolis chairman 2005–2007	Succeeded by Habib Kashani
Preceded by Ahmad Ashena	Rah Ahan chairman 2007-Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Ansarifard, Mohammad Hassan
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Short description
Date of birth	1961
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Date of death
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