Mohammad Saber Rohparwar
Mohammad Saber Rohparwar (Persian: محمد صابر روح پرور) is an Afghan retired 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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohammad Saber Rohparwar | ||
| Place of birth | Afghanistan | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Hindukush Kabul F.C. | 200 | (65) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| ?–1980 | Afghanistan | 56 | (25) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 March 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 March 2009 | |||
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.[1][2]
His son Rohollah Rohparwar is also a footballer.
References
- Latsch, Gunther (24 August 2007). "Global City Hamburg: Kabul an der Elbe". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- GmbH, ErFuba. "SportNord - Amateurfussball". ergebnisdienst-fussball.de. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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