Abbas Ansarifard ( fa, عباس انصاری فرد; 25 April 1956 – 8 September 2021) was an Iranian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

administrator who was chairman of multisport club

Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club (Persian:باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس) is an Iranian multisport club based in Tehran, Iran. It was established by Shahab Nazifpour. The club is most known for its football team, Pers ...

between 1990 and 1993, January 2001–October 2001 and again briefly 2009. He was brother of

Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard ( fa, محمدحسن انصاری‌فرد; born 9 September 1962) is an Iranian former footballer who played for Persepolis and the Iranian national team. He is currently the president of Persepolis F.C. since 27 Aug ...

, a former player and chairman of

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. He died of COVID-19 on 8 September 2021.

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Iranian football chairmen and investors 1956 births 2021 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran {{Iran-business-bio-stub