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Hassan Rowshan was the star of the Iranian football team and the Taj Club, Technically gifted , distinguished attacker unrivaled during his era, highly creative and a complete athlete. He was the discovery of the seventies. His goals for club and country are among the most enduring moments of Iranian football history.
Like many Iranians of his generation, Hassan was born in a family of football fans. His father would buy him his own plastic ball, so that he would not bother them while playing football. Hassan played in the neighborhood, and during one of the matches with SaadAbad team, he was approached by none other than Homayoon Behzadi , the famous national team forward, who whispered to him " You are a complete player".
Later on, Behzadi recruited Rowshan for "Sharq " a team playing in the third division of Tehran league. His contribution to this team was not too successful and the team failed to gain promotion to the second division and subsequently it was disbanded.
Since little Rowshan tasted competitive football, he was determined to join a club in the league rather than going back to street football. In 1969 Rowshan joined Taj club, one of the two big clubs of Iran.
Born in Tehran in Ikhtiyariyeh Shamiran on the 2nd of 1956, Hassan was only 13 when he first joined Taj youth team. He initially faced many problems at Taj and the most critical was the logistics, His house was quite far from the Taj training ground in Nazi Abad. However, Hassan was determined to succeed. His passion, willingness to compete at the highest level, his hunger for victory and not to mention his extreme love for football at an early age, made him forget all the problems he was facing at the time.
The logistics were taken care of by his father,...[Read more]
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Club:
Al Ahli (UAE)
D.O.B:
02-Jun-1955
Born:
Tehran
Height:
169< cm
Weight:
63 Kg
International Debut:
Burma 5.Sep.1974
Position:
Forward
International Caps:
41
International Goals:
13
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