Hossein Fekri (

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: حسین فکری, March 15, 1924 – July 1, 2003) was an Iranian football player and coach for the

Iran national football team ) ''(the national team)' other nicknames'' , Badge = Flag_of_Iran.svg , Badge_size = 190px , Association = Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran , FIFA Trigramme = IRN , FIFA Rank ...

. As an international player he won a silver medal at the 1951 Asian Games. At the club level he competed for Daraei and Shahin and then established Tehranjavan. He is third manager in the history of

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, and managed football teams until he was 77 years old.Hossein Fekri dies
Aftab.ir. Retrieved on 2017-07-04. Fekri had two brothers, Hassan and Mohammad, and five sons, Saeed, Masoud, Hamid, Pirouz and Iran; Masoud played football at the national level.

Honours

Iran *

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Silver medal:

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

References

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