Behtash Fariba

{{short description|Iranian footballer and coach}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2009}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Behtash Fariba | image = Behtash Fariba-16th January 2017 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | fullname = Behtash Fariba | height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1955|2|11}} | birth_place = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]] | currentclub = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] (technical director) | youthyears1 = 1973–1976 | youthclubs1 = [[Alborz]] | years1 = 1976–1977 | clubs1 = [[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1977–1979 | clubs2 = [[Pas F.C.|Pas]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1979–1988 | clubs3 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | caps3 = | goals3 = | nationalyears1 = 1977–1986 | nationalteam1 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps1 = 16 | nationalgoals1 = 12 | manageryears1 = 1997–2000 | manageryears2 = 2000–2001 | manageryears3 = 2002–2004 | manageryears4 = 2005–2010 | manageryears5 = 2010–2012 | managerclubs1 = [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] (Assistant) | managerclubs2 = [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] | managerclubs3 = [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Battery]] (Assistant) | managerclubs4 = [[Mehrkam Pars F.C.|Mehrkam Pars]] | managerclubs5 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] (Assistant) }}

'''Behtash Fariba''' ({{langx|fa|بهتاش فریبا}}; born February 11, 1955) is a retired [[Iran]]ian football player and now coach

==Club career== He played for a few clubs, including [[Rah Ahan F.C.]], [[PAS Tehran F.C.|Pas Tehran]] and [[Esteghlal F.C.]]

With Pas F.C. he won the Iranian [[Iran Pro League|Takht Jamshid]] in [[1977–78 Takht Jamshid Cup|1978]].

With Esteghlal F.C. he won the [[Tehran Province League]] in 1983 and 1985.

==International career== He played for the [[Iran national football team]] and was a participant at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]], where he was substituted in Iran's last match against Peru.

He also competed at the [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980 Asian Cup]] in Kuwait where Iran placed third and Fariba was one of the top scorers of the tournament.

==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=20957}}

{{AFC Asian Cup top scorers}} {{Navboxes |title= International tournaments |list1= {{Iran squad 1978 FIFA World Cup}} {{Iran squad 1980 AFC Asian Cup}} }} {{Saipa F.C. managers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fariba, Behtash}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Iranian men's footballers]] [[Category:Esteghlal F.C. players]] [[Category:PAS Tehran F.C. players]] [[Category:Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players]] [[Category:1978 FIFA World Cup players]] [[Category:1980 AFC Asian Cup players]] [[Category:Iran men's international footballers]] [[Category:Men's association football forwards]] [[Category:Footballers from Tehran]]