Hassan Habibi, is a retired Iranian football

Football (soccer)

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 player and football manager.

He immigrated to Tehran

Tehran

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 as a four year old, when his father found a job as Clerk for the Ministry of Health.

Playing career

He started his player career with Shahin F.C.

Shahin F.C.

Shahin Tehran Football Club was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran that existed until the early 1990s. Shahin A.C. is located at Narmak, Golestan Street. They currently compete in the 2011–12 Iran Football's 3rd Division.-History:...

 and in 1958 got called up to the national team.
In 1960, he joined Taj S.C. where he played for a few seasons.
In 1964, he joined PAS Tehran and played there until 1971, when he retired.

He was the captain of national team at 1964 Summer Olympic Games as well as the teams, which won the silver medal of the Asian Games in Thailand

Football at the 1966 Asian Games

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 in 1966 and won the gold medal of the Asian Nations Cup in 1968, when Iran won the final match against Israel 2–1.

International goals

#	Date	City	Opponent	Score	Result
1	6 June 1964	Tehran, Iran		3–0	Win
2	19 June 1964	Calcutta, India		3–1	Win
3	6 October 1964	Tokyo, Japan		0–4	Lost
4	11 October 1964	Tokyo, Japan		1–1	Draw
5	23 July 1965	Tehran, Iran		4–1	Win
6	25 July 1965	Tehran, Iran		0–0	Draw
7	16 March 1966	Tehran, Iran		0–0	Draw
8	10 December 1966	Bangkok, Thailand		2–0	Win
9	11 December 1966	Bangkok, Thailand		8–0	Win
10	13 December 1966	Bangkok, Thailand		1–3	Lost
11	16 December 1966	Bangkok, Thailand		4–1	Win
12	17 December 1966	Bangkok, Thailand		1–0	Win
13	18 December 1966	Bangkok, Thailand		0–1	Lost
14	20 December 1966	Dhaka, Bangladesh		2–0	Win
15	24 November 1967	Dhaka, Bangladesh		0–1	Win
16	26 November 1967	Tehran, Iran		2–0	Win
17	10 May 1968	Tehran, Iran		4–0	Win
18	13 May 1968	Tehran, Iran		3–1	Win
19	16 May 1968	Tehran, Iran		2–1	Win
20	19 May 1968	Ankara, Turkey		4–2	Win
21	13 September 1969	Ankara, Turkey		0–4	Lost
22	17 September 1966	Istanbul, Turkey		2–0	Won
23	1 September 1970	Tehran, Iran		7–0	Win
24	3 September 1970	Tehran, Iran		1–1	Draw
25	10 December 1970	Bangkok, Thailand		2–2	Draw
26	11 December 1970	Bangkok, Thailand		0–1	Lost

Coaching career

He coached PAS Tehran after retirement.In 1979 he successfully coached Iran national football team

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 and qualified for 1980 Summer Olympic Games. However Iran Football Federation boycotted the event due to occupation of Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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 by the red army. He then guided the national team to Third Place finish at 1980 Asian Cup. He quit from coaching after the resignation of Nasser Noamooz who was Iranian Football Federation's General Secretary.

He returned to coaching 11 years later, this time managing the Iran national under-23 football team

Iran national under-23 football team

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 for qualification for 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

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 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
He introduced many talented players to Iran national teams such as Karim Bagheri

Karim Bagheri

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, Mehrdad Minavand

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, Khodadad Azizi

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, Mehdi Mahdavikia

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, Yahya Golmohammadi

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, Reza Shahroudi

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, Afshin Peyrovani

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, Nima Nakisa

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 and Javad Manafi.

Achievements

• Participation in 1964 Summer Olympic Games as a footballer
• Qualification to 1980 Summer Olympic Games as Manager of Iran national football team
  Iran national football team
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• Third Place at 1980 Asian Cup as Manager of Iran national football team
  Iran national football team
  The national football team of Iran represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran...