Mostafa Arab (born August 13, 1941) is a retired Iranian association football defender. After Hossein Kaebi, Arab is the second youngest Iran national football team player of all time, debuting at the age of 16. He played three games at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in Tokyo, won a silver medal at the

1966 Asian Games The 1966 Asian Games (), also known as the V Asiad, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 9 to 20 December 1966, in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 142 events in 16 sports were contested by athletes during the games. Taiwan and Isr ...

, and held the

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

and

1972 AFC Asian Cup The 1972 AFC Asian Cup was the 5th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), that was hosted in Thailand . The finals were held in Thailand between 7 May ...

Education

Arab is married and has five children. He holds six different master's degrees from colleges and universities in Iran and U.S. He also has a Ph.D. in philosophy, leadership and human behavior. Arab teaches at a private academy and runs a publication company in Southern California ("Pajouhesh" monthly and "Arya" newsletter).

Achievements

* Selected All Star team in the Continental of Asia twice (1966–1968) * Athlete of the Year 3 times in Iran * Bronze medalist at the World Armed Forces Championship in 1968, Athens, Greece * Silver medalist of the Asian games in 1966, Bangkok, Thailand * Gold medalist of the Asian Nations Cup 1972, Bangkok, Thailand * Gold medalist of the Asian Nations Cup 1968, Tehran, Iran * Captain/Player of Iranian national team in pre Olympic Games in 1972, Germany * Captain/Player of Iranian national team in Olympic Games in 1964, Tokyo, Japan * Captain/Player in the Iranian Imperial Air Force team for 18 years * Captain/Player and Iranian Armed Forces for 16 years

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* * 1941 births Olympic footballers for Iran Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Iran men's international footballers Iranian men's footballers Living people Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in football 1968 AFC Asian Cup players 1972 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers at the 1966 Asian Games Footballers at the 1970 Asian Games Men's association football defenders Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Footballers from Tehran {{Iran-footy-defender-stub