Mohammad Khakpour ( fa, محمد خاکپور, born February 20, 1969) is a retired Iranian football player.

Playing career

Khakpour played for a few clubs, including

Persepolis FC Persepolis Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پرسپولیس, Bâšgâh-e Futbâl-e Perspolis) is an Iranian professional association football, football club based in Tehran, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Persepo ...

Pas Tehran Pas Tehran Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پاس تهران, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Pas Tehran'') was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. Pas F.C. was the football club of the multisport Pas Cultural and Sports Club. ...

, Vanspor,

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and MetroStars (United States). He played 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 ...

and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. After his season long stay at MetroStars, he lived in

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where he decided to start a football club, known as ''MK Soccer Club''.

Coaching career

Early career

He has a national "A" coaching license. In early August 2006, Khakpour signed as Foolad's assistant coach under

Mohammad Mayeli Kohan Mohammad Mayeli Kohan ( fa, محمد مایلی کهن, born 5 June 1953) is a retired Iranian football player and a current coach. He recently managed Malavan in Azadegan League. Early life He was born on 5 June 1953 in Bandar-e Anzali in Iran ...

for the 2006–07

Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

season, but left the club after Mayeli Kohan's departure from Foolad.

Steel Azin

He was appointed as the head coach of Steel Azin on 1 December 2010. He resigned from his post on 3 March 2011.

Iran under-23

Khakpour was

Iran national under-23 football team Iran national under-23 football team, also known as Iran U-23 or Iran Olympic Team; represents Iran in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and AFC U-22 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-23 international footba ...

's technical manager before being appointed as team head coach on 16 December 2014 for the 2016 Olympic qualifiers. He led Iran's under-23 team to win the 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship.

Career statistics

International goals

Manager

Honours

Player

;Persepolis *

Asian Cup Winners' Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winne ...

(1): 1990-91, 1992-93 (Runner-up) * Tehran Province League (1): 1990-91 *

Hazfi Cup Hazfi Cup (Jām-e Hazfi; ) is the Iranian football knockout cup competition, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, hence the winner of Hazfi Cup represented Iran in the Asian Club Ch ...

(1): 1991-92 ;Iran *

Asian Games Gold Medal Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

(1):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

Individual

* AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 1996

Manager

* WAFF U23 Championships : '' Gold Medal (1)'': 2015

References

External links

MK Soccer Club Official Website
1969 births Living people Iranian footballers Iran international footballers Association football defenders 1992 AFC Asian Cup players 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players Pas players Persepolis F.C. players Geylang International FC players Vanspor footballers Bahman players New York Red Bulls players Azadegan League players Singapore Premier League players Süper Lig players Major League Soccer players Iranian expatriate footballers Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Iranian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate footballers in Singapore Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate soccer players in the United States Iranian football managers American soccer coaches Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 20th-century Iranian people {{Iran-footy-defender-stub