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,

Vanspor Vanspor A.Ş. was a Soccer, football team of Van, Turkey, Van in eastern Turkey. History They played in the Süper Lig, top division of Turkish football between 1994 and 1998, playing once more in 1999–2000 season. After relegation from the fi ...

Geylang United Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, which plays in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 with the purpose of building a s ...

and MetroStars (United States). He played for the

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and was a participant at the

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. 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 Foolad Khuzestan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال فولاد خوزستان, ''Bāshgāh-e Futbāl-e Fulād-e Khuzestān'') is an Iranian football club, based in Ahwaz, Khuzestan that plays in Persian Gulf Pro League. Foolad F.C. w ...

's assistant coach under Mohammad Mayeli Kohan 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 footbal ...

'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 The 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time. Ten nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 30 September 30 to 14 October with the draw for the tournament on 6 September 2015. Iran won the title after ...

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 Tehran Provincial League, formerly known as Tehran Clubs Championship, is the premier football league of Tehran Province and is 5th in the Iranian football pyramid after the 3rd Division. It is part of AFC's Vision Asia program. Stablished in 19 ...

(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 ...

(1): 1991-92 ;Iran * Asian Games Gold Medal (1):

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Individual

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

Team of the Tournament:

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Manager

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

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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