Amir Masoud Boroumand ( fa, امیرمسعود برومند; 12 November 1928 – 8 March 2011) was an Iranian

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who played as a striker. He was the Iran national team's captain during the 1950s.

Club career

In 1945, Boroumand he started his club career with Shahbaz, the third team of Shahin. The following year, he became a reserve player for Shahin, before becoming a starter in 1947. He stayed at the club until 1958. Whilst studying for a PhD at

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in the United States, he played for the university's football team, the

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, and won the double 1958 Eastern USA Soccer League and Eastern USA Soccer Cup. Boroumand played football whilst studying at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, between 1959 and 1961, and became known as "the Iranian Prince" ( ar, امیر الایرانی).

International career

Boroumand won his first cap for the Iran national team on 26 October 1947, in a

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played in

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between Iran and

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. He scored Iran's only goal in that match when Iran lost 3–1. He was the captain of

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during the 1950s. He participated in the

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and

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Personal life

Boroumand studied at the

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, holding a bachelor in judicial law and a PhD. In 1958 Boroumand studied for a PhD in administrative management at Washington University, in the United States. Between 1959 and 1961 Boroumand lived in Lebanon, and majored in management at the American University of Beirut, holding a bachelor's and

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. He had been part of Board of Directors of Shahin, from 1984 until his death in 2011. On 8 March 2011, Boroumand was taken to a hospital in

, Iran, due to a

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and

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, where he died. He was laid to rest at the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran.

Career statistics

International

: ''Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Boroumand goal''.

Honours

Shahin FC *

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: 1948, 1949, 1950; runner-up: 1953, 1957 * Tehran Football League runner-up: 1947, 1949, 1951, 1956 Washington University Bears * Eastern USA Soccer League: 1958 * Eastern USA Soccer Cup: 1958 Iran * Asian Games Silver medal:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boroumand, Masoud 1928 births 2011 deaths Sportspeople from Tehran Iranian footballers Association football forwards Shahin FC players Iranian expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate footballers in Lebanon Iranian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Iran international footballers Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1951 Asian Games Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games Persepolis F.C. non-playing staff Washington University in St. Louis alumni American University of Beirut alumni