Hossein Sadaghiani
{{Short description|Iranian footballer and manager}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hossein Sadaghiani
| image = Hossein Sadaghiani.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption =
| fullname = Amir Hossein Sadaghiani
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|1|1}}
| birth_place = Salmas, Qajar Iran
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|12|1|1903|1|1|mf=yes}}
| youthyears1 = 1920–1923 | youthyears2 =1923–1924
| youthclubs1 = Fenerbahçe | youthclubs2 = Rapid Vienna
| years1 = 1924–1925 | years2 = 1929–1930 | years3 = 1930–1932 | years4 = 1932–1933 | years5 = 1933–1934 | years6 = 1934–1935 | years7 = 1935–1936 | years8 = 1937–1939
| clubs1 = Ferdowsi Club | clubs2 = CS Marchienne-Monceau | clubs3 = Charleroi | clubs4 = Fenerbahçe | clubs5 = Charleroi| clubs6 = Moignelée | clubs7 = Peruwelz | clubs8 = Toofan
| currentclub =
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| position = Striker
| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 28[https://www.facebook.com/groups/144318929473686 Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)] | caps4 = | goals4 = | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 7[https://www.facebook.com/groups/144318929473686 Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)] | caps6 = | goals6 = | caps7 = | goals7 = | caps8 = | goals8 =
| nationalyears1= 1926
| nationalteam1= Tehran XI
| nationalcaps1= 4 | nationalgoals1 =
| managerclubs1 = Iran | managerclubs2 =University of Tehran
| manageryears1 = 1941–1951 | manageryears2 = 1945–1964
}}
Dr. Amir Hossein Sadaghiani (1 January 1903 – 1 December 1982) was an Iranian football player and manager. He was a striker during his playing career and afterwards was Iran national football team's head coach from 1941 till 1950.
Playing career
=Club career=
Dr. Sadaghiani is the first ever Iranian soccer player to play abroad in a European league. He played for youth teams of Fenerbahçe and Rapid Wien then returned to Iran and established Ferdowsi Club in Mashhad, but his stay was short as he returned to Tehran a year later.
At 26, he moved Europe to study in Belgium. He arrived at the Université du travail de Charleroi in 1929. He joined CS Marchienne-Monceau, a provincial second division team. He proved to be a very gifted player so he made his mark in Belgium's second Division (1930-1932) and third division (1932-1933) playing for R. Charleroi S.C. for two successful seasons.
In the 1930s, his premature baldness earned him the nickname of "Panne de verre", a walloon folklore expression used for bald people.
After Charleroi, he moved to Turkey for a year with Fenerbahçe then back to Belgium after 1,5 year where he played in Division III back by Charleroi SC and lower level. In 1936 he left Belgium and finished his football career with Toofan in Tehran.
=National career=
Managerial career
- Head Coach of Iran national football team 1941–1950
- Head Coach of the University of Tehran's Soccer Team 1945–1964
References
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- [http://www.irankicks.com/ikboard/archive/index.php/t-32313.html Irankick Forum Article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103114102/http://www.irankicks.com/ikboard/archive/index.php/t-32313.html |date=2009-01-03 }}
- [http://www.aftab.ir/articles/sport/sport_knowing/c6c1169543495_iran_football_history_p1.php Aftab Magazine]
- [http://aftab.ae/articles/sport/football/c6c1195818673_footbal_iran_p1.php Aftab Magazine]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.tebyan.net/Sports/SpecialReports/SpecialReports/2005/6/29/12024.html گزارشى از زندگى اولین لژیونر فوتبال ایران]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/players/as-players-in-eur.html ]
- [http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1259375/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A2%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C-%DA%AF%D9%84-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA- اولین آقای گل ایرانی در اروپا کیست؟]
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