Place of birth Afghanistan Current team Retired ?–1980 Afghanistan Role Footballer | Playing position Years Team Name Mohammad Rohparwar Position Forward | |
Full name Mohammad Saber Rohparwar | ||
Mohammad Saber Rohparwar (Persian: محمد صابر روح پرور) is a retired Afghan footballer. He was the captain of the Afghanistan national team until 1980. He has been Afghanistan's most successful football player, scoring 25 goals as a footballer in his national team.
Furthermore, he was the coach of the Kaur club. During his time as a coach he trained players such as Najib Kohyar.
In 1980, during the Soviet invasion and two years after the communist war, he fled to Hamburg in Germany and founded a taxi business. He then created a local Afghan football club called Ariana SV which he is currently a chairman.
His son Rohollah Rohparwar is also a footballer.
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