Full name Hossein Fekri Name Hossein Fekri Place of birth Tehran, Iran Role Football player | Place of death Tehran, Iran Position Midfielder Playing position | |
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Date of birth (1924-03-15)March 15, 1924 Date of death July 1, 2003(2003-07-01) (aged 79) Died July 1, 2003, Tehran, Iran | ||
Hossein Fekri (Persian: حسین فکری, March 15, 1924 — July 1, 2003) was an Iranian football player and coach for the Iran national football team. As an international player he won a silver medal at the 1951 Asian Games. At the club level he competed for Daraei and Shahin and then established Tehranjavan. He is third manager in the history of Persepolis, and managed football teams until he was 77 years old.
Fekri had two brothers, Hassan and Mohammad, and five sons, Saeed, Masoud, Hamid, Pirouz and Iran; Masoud played football at the national level.
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