Gholam Hossein Mazloumi

Iranian footballer (1950-2014)

Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (13 January 1950 – 19 November 2014) was an Iranian football player, coach and football administrator. He was born in Abadan, Iran.

Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
Mazloumi with Taj in 1975
Personal information
Full name Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Tangestani
Date of birth (1950-01-13)13 January 1950
Place of birth Abadan, Iran
Date of death 19 November 2014(2014-11-19) (aged 64)
Place of death Tehran, Iran
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1962–1965 Taj Abadan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1968 Taj Abadan 33 (20)
1968–1975 Taj 245 (88)
1975–1978 Shahbaz 41 (26)
National team
1969–1977 Iran 48 (37)
Teams managed
1980–1988 Esteghlal (youth)
1988–1989 Esteghlal
1989–1990 Iran U-20
1993–1995 Esteghlal Ahvaz
1995–1997 Moghavemat Tehran
1997–1999 Petroshimi Mahshahr
1999–2000 Payam Tehran
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played for three clubs - Taj Abadan, Taj Tehran (Esteghlal), and Shahbaz FC, as well as the Iranian national team. He also managed Esteghlal from 1988 to 1989.

During his time as a football player, he scored 37 goals for Iran national football team and was Iran's all-time top scorer for twelve years before his record was broken by Ali Daei. He was top scorer at the 1974 Asian Games and 1976 AFC Asian Cup.

He was chairman of Shahin Bushehr from 2011 to 2013 and also honorary deputy chairman of Esteghlal. He died on 19 November 2014 in Tehran, Iran, aged 64, two years after being diagnosed with stomach cancer.[1][2]

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