Abbas Torabian (عباس ترابیان, born 12 January 1952,

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

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) is the former team manager of Iran national football team and the current head of futsal committee in Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation. He was deputy chairman of the

Esteghlal FC Esteghlal Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال استقلال, ''Bâšgâh-è Futbâl-è Esteqlâl''), commonly known as Esteghlal ( fa, استقلال, meaning 'The Independence'), is an Iranian football club based in capital Tehran th ...

from 1998 to 2008, and was appointed as head of the futsal committee by

Ali Kafashian Ali Kafashian ( fa, علی کفاشیان, born on 6 August 1954 in Nain) is an Iranian businessman, economist, a retired athlete and former president of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, a position he had held from 1 March 2008 ...

in November 2008. He became team manager and director of Iran national football team in April 2011 after his successful talks with Carlos Queiroz to become head coach of the national team but resigned in November 2011 to continue his career at the futsal committee. He was an employee in the

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before starting football careers.

Suspension

In June 2019, Abbas Torabian and

were suspended by the Iranian Football Federation's Ethic Committee for financial corruption.

References

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