Mostafa Arab

Mostafa Arab

Personal information
Full name	Mostafa Arab
Date of birth	(1941-08-13) August 13, 1941
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958	Daraei F.C.	?	(?)
?–1958	Shahpar	?	(?)
1958–1973	Oghab FC
International career
1959–1972	Iran	48	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mostafa Arab PhD (born August 13, 1941 in, Tehran Iran) is a retired Iranian footballer. He usually played as a defender.

After Hossein Kaebi, Arab is the second youngest Iran national football team player of all time debuting at the age of 16.

Arab played for Iran at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Education

Arab has six different Master degrees from Colleges and Universities in Iran and U.S. He also has a Ph.D. in Philosophy, Leadership and Human Behavior.

Arab teaches as a professor in a private academy, he is furthermore the President and Publisher of his own publication company in Southern California ("Pajouhesh" monthly and "Arya" newsletter).

Achievements

• Selected All Star team in the Continental of Asia twice (1966–1968)
• Athlete of the Year 3 times in Iran
• Bronze medallist in the World Armed Forces Championship in 1968, Athens, Greece
• Silver medallist in the Asian games in 1966, Bangkok, Thailand
• Gold medallist in the Asian Nations Cup 1972, Bangkok, Thailand
• Gold medallist in the Asian Nations Cup 1968, Tehran, Iran
• Captain/Player of Iranian national team in pre Olympic games in 1972, Germany
• Captain/Player of Iranian national team in Olympic games in 1964, Tokyo, Japan
• Captain/Player in the Iranian Imperial Air Force team for 18 years
• Captain/Player and Iranian Armed Forces for 16 years
• Recipient of the presidential Sports Award honored by President Ronald Reagan

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hassan Habibi	Iran national football team captain 1970-1972	Succeeded by Parviz Ghelichkhani