- Hossein Sadaghiani
Football player infobox
playername = Hossein Sadaghiani
fullname = Amir Hossein Sadaghiani
nickname = Panne de verre
dateofbirth = 1903
dateofdeath =December 1 ,1982
cityofbirth =Tehran | countryofbirth =Iran
years= 1921-1924 1924-1929
1929-1930 1930-1933 1933-1934 1934-1935 1937-?
clubs = flagicon|TURFenerbahce SK
flagicon|IRN|1925Ferdowsi Club Mashhad
flagicon|BEL CS Marchienne-Monceau
flagicon|BELR. Charleroi S.C.
flagicon|TURFenerbahce SK
flagicon|AUTRapid Vienna
flagicon|IRN|1925Toofan F.C.
currentclub =| clubnumber =
position =Striker
caps(goals) =
54 (34)
nationalyears = 1926
nationalteam = Tehran XI
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (0)
managerclubs = flagicon|IRN|1925Iran
flagicon|IRN|1925University of Tehran
manageryears = 1941-1950 1945-1964Dr. Amir Hossein Sadaghiani (b. 1903 in
Tehran ,Iran - d.1 December 1982 ) was anIran ian football player and manager. He was astriker during his playing career and afterwards wasIran national football team 's head coach from 1941 till 1950.Playing career
Club career
Dr. Sadaghiani is the first ever Iranian soccer player to play abroad in a European league. He played for Fenerbahce for 3 seasons then returned to Iran and back to Europe. In his return to europe, he played three successful seasons in
Belgium , one inTurkey and one inAustria in the first half of the 1930s.At 26, he moved Europe to study in Belgium. He arrived at the Université du travail de Charleroi in 1929. He joined CS Marchienne-Monceau, a provincial second division team. He proved to be a very gifted player so he made his mark in Belgium's First Division playing for
R. Charleroi S.C. for three successful seasons.In the 1930s, his premature baldness earned him the nickname of “Panne de verre”, a wallon folkore expression used for bald people.
National career
Although Sadaghiani never played for Iranian national team as it didn't get created until 1941, he has 3 caps to his name when in 1926 he played for a Tehran XI team that traveled to
Baku ,USSR . Tehran XI lost two games and drew one.Managerial career
* Head Coach of
Iran national football team 1941-1950
* Head Coach of University of Tehran's Soccer Team 1945-1964References
* [http://www.irankicks.com/ikboard/archive/index.php/t-32313.html Irankick Forum Article]
* [http://www.aftab.ir/articles/sport/sport_knowing/c6c1169543495_iran_football_history_p1.php Aftab Magazine]
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