Full name Abbas Qarib Years Team Playing position | Place of birth Tehran, Iran Date of birth 1916 Name Abbas Qarib | |
Date of death September 16, 2009(2009-09-16) (aged 93) | ||
Abbas Qarib (Persian: عباس قریب) born 1916 in Tehran, Iran and died on September 16, 2009 was the last surviving member of Iran's first national football team.
In 1941, he played as a left wing defender in games against Afghanistan and British Raj (India). In 1942, he played in a friendly in Tehran versus a British Army XI.
He was a clerk employed by Bank Melli and played for Bank Melli F.C. and Daraei F.C. in the 1940s.
He died following weeks of hospitalization for a broken pelvis.
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