Reza Hassanzadeh ( fa, رضا حسن‌زاده; born 1964 in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

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) is a retired Iranian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player who played for

Esteghlal Tehran Esteghlal Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال استقلال, ''Bâšgâh-è Futbâl-è Esteqlâl''), commonly known as Esteghlal ( fa, استقلال, meaning 'The Independence'), is an Iranian football club based in capital Tehran t ...

for most of his career. He played defender in Esteghlal and

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for almost a decade in 90's. During his professional career he scored 2 important goals. one of them was against

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1990–91 Asian Club Championship The 1990–91 Asian Club Championship was the 10th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Representative clubs of 30 Asian countries played games in this tournament. Esteghlal FC from Iran w ...

Final. Reza scored Tehran giants first goal which later

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scored second goal and helped

Esteghlal FC Esteghlal Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال استقلال, ''Bâšgâh-è Futbâl-è Esteqlâl''), commonly known as Esteghlal ( fa, استقلال, meaning 'The Independence'), is an Iranian football club based in capital Tehran t ...

to win Asian title for second time. Reza also scored

's first goal against Japan in Asia (AFC).

Beach Soccer career

After his retirement from professional football, he played for

in 2006. He was

's captain in

2006 AFC Beach Soccer Championship The 2006 AFC Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (AFC) was the first beach soccer championship for Asia, held in May 2006, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Bahrain won the championship, with ...

which was qualification for 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup which he helped

to secure place in world cup for a very first time.

After retirement

He is now working in Tehran Municipality as Sports Consultant.

References

1964 births Esteghlal F.C. players Iranian men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait 1992 AFC Asian Cup players Living people Iran men's international footballers Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Men's association football defenders Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Kuwait SC players Kuwait Premier League players Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Iranian expatriate men's footballers Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players Pegah F.C. players Footballers from Tehran {{Iran-footy-defender-stub