Nasrollah Abdollahi

Nasrollah Abdollahi
Personal information
Full name	Nasrollah Abdollahi
Date of birth	2 September 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1960–1965	Guard
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1970	Guard
1970–1974	Taj
1974–1976	Rah Ahan
1976–1985	Shahin
International career
1976–1980	Iran
Managerial career
1985–1988	Shahin
1994–1995	Esteghlal
1997–2000	Saipa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nasrollah Abdollahi (Persian: نصرالله عبداللهی, born 2 September 1951 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football coach and former player.

Playing career

Abdollahi played for Guard F.C. before he changed to Taj SC. There he could win the Iranian league in 1971 as well as the second place in 1974. Also he won AFC Champions League 1970 with Taj SC. in 1970

After playing for Rah Ahan F.C. for two years he joined Shahbaz F.C., where he played many successful years reaching the third place in the Iranian league in 1976/77 and winning the Tehran Cup in 1981.

Abdollahi participated in 1976 Olympics in Montreal, when Iran reached the quarterfinals. He also played all three matches of Team Melli at the 1978 World Cup.^[1] Abdollahi was capped 39 times for the Iranian national team between 1976 and 1980; he won the 1976 Asian Cup in Iran and captained the team to third place in the 1980 Asian Cup in Kuwait.

For a brief period during Nasser Hejazi's time as Esteghlal F.C. manager, Abdollahi was the assistant manager.

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