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| Full name |
Ali Jabbari Nickname. =King | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1946-07-20) 20 July 1946 (age 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | Rahahan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1975 | Taj | 173 | (89) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1965–1974 | Iran | 37 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *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. 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. one of the most important members of the Iranian national team in the championship of the Asian Nations Cup in 1968 and 1972 and Asian Games 1974 and captain of the Taj(Esteghlal tehran) club in the championship of the AFC Champions League in 1970.
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) Club
Record at Olympic Games
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Iran | 1972 | 1 | 0 |
Honours
Iran
- Winner: 2
- 1968, 1972
Taj
- Winner: 1
- Third place: 1
- Winner: 3
- 1969
- 1970–1971
- 1972–73
Individuals
- Golden elite of Asian Football Federation: 2013
References
- Ali Jabbari at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ali Jabbari". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Ali Jabbari at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ali Jabbari at TeamMelli.com
| Iran squad – 1968 AFC Asian Cup winners (1st title) | ||
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| Iran squad – 1972 AFC Asian Cup winners (2nd title) | ||
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- 1946 births
- Living people
- Iran men's international footballers
- Iranian men's footballers
- Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players
- Esteghlal F.C. players
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Iran
- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
- Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 1966 Asian Games
- AFC Asian Cup–winning players
- 1968 AFC Asian Cup players
- 1972 AFC Asian Cup players
- Footballers at the 1970 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games
- Men's association football midfielders
- Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games
- Footballers from Tehran