Mohammad Dadkan
Dadkan in 2013
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| Personal information | |||||
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| Full name | Mohammad Hossein Dadkan | ||||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1956 | ||||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||
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Current team
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Retired | ||||
| Youth career | |||||
| 1970–1974 | Persepolis | ||||
| Senior career* | |||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||
| 1974–1975 | Bhutan FC | ||||
| 1975–1983 | Persepolis | ||||
| National team | |||||
| 1978–1982 | Iran | 6 | (0) | ||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dr. Mohammad Hossein Dadkan (born 2 February 1953 in Tehran, Iran) is a former football player, having spent most of his playing career in Persepolis FC. He served as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation from April 2002 until April 2006.
He was born on 2 February 1953 in Tehran, Iran. His family was from Mashhad. He graduated from Shiraz University in 1977.
He started his footballing career in the now dissolved Bootan F.C. in Iran. Before long he moved to Persepolis F.C., one of the two Iranian powerhouses, and spent 8 years playing for Persepolis. He hung his boots at 27 and ended his career playing for Persepolis F.C.
He was invited to the national team in 1978. He made his debut in a match against Germany. He played his last national match during the 1982 Asian Games and retired from international matches after that tournament.
In 2002 Mohsen Safaei Farahani, the President of IRIFF at the time, appointed Dadkan as the head of Iran's Premier Football League (IPL). Later on Dadkan became Farahni's assistant as well. But the alliance didn't last, and before long Dadkan started criticizing his boss publicly. This was a surprise as Farahani still remains one of the best, most creative and devoted IRIFF Presidents to this date. Mohsen Farahani resigned from his position after Iranian national team failed to reach the World Cup Finals which was held in Korea and Japan in 2002. Dadkan took the position and promised to refine all those things that he thought were wrong.
At the start of his presidency Dadkan sacked Branko Ivanković, the manager of the Iranian national football team, and replaced him with his close friend Homayoon Shahrokhi. The decision came as huge surprise to both fans and critics since Shahrokhi's coaching career is not a respectable one and managing the national team was and still is way out of his league. But Dadkan insisted that he has made the right choice, but the results showed something else. The national team lost at home to Jordan and came very close to being eliminated from 2006 FIFA World Cup (qualification) in the very first round. Dadkan was forced to bring back Branko Ivanković, but didn't sack Shahrokhi. Instead, he appointed Shahrokhi as Directing Manager of national team, a title that never existed before. This is among one of many controversial decisions that Dadkan has made. In fact, forcing the former manager in the new manager's coaching staff has never happened before in history of football.
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