Javad Allahverdi

{{short description|Iranian footballer}} {{Multiple issues| {{Category unsourced|Iranian Azeris|date=April 2016}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2016}}}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Javad Allahverdi | image = | fullname = Javad Allahverdi | height = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|6|16}} | birth_place = [[Saveh]],<ref name="melli">{{cite web |url=http://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/player.php?id=232 |title=Statistics: Iran [ Team Melli] |website=Teammelli.com |date=1975-07-14 |accessdate=2016-07-02 |archive-date=2017-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921124142/http://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/player.php?id=232 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Iran]] | currentclub = | position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1970–1974 | years2 = 1974–1981 | clubs1 = [[Taj SC|Taj]] | clubs2 = [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] | caps1 = 32 | caps2 = 52 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1978 | nationalteam1 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]]<ref name="melli"/> | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}

'''Javad Allahverdi''' is a retired [[Iran]]ian [[Association football|footballer]] of [[Taj SC|Taj]] and [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]. Also he was a member of [[Iran national football team]] in [[World Cup 1978]].

==Club career== Allahverdi started his career playing for [[Taj SC|Taj]]. There he could win the [[1970 Asian Champion Club Tournament|Asian Championship Club Tournament in 1970]]; he also won the Iranian league in [[1970–71 Local League|1971]] as well as the second place in [[1973–74 Takht Jamshid Cup|1974]].

After the disastrous 0-6 against [[Persepolis F.C.]] in September 1973, where he was identified as the weakest player of Taj, he was kicked out of the team, so he changed to [[Persepolis F.C.]] in summer 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tacklesevvom.com/view-2334.html |title=داستان کامل شش تائی ها - تکل سوم - فوتبال - سایت تخصصی فوتبال-اخبار فوتبال - یادداشت های ویژه فوتبال- نقد و بررسی حاشیه دنیای فوتبال ایران و جهان- فوتبال ایران و جهان- فوتبال خارجی-- آنالیز فوتبال-اقتصاد فوتبال-طنز-تیتر سوم |accessdate=October 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909004810/http://tacklesevvom.com/view-2334.html |archivedate=September 9, 2010 }}</ref> There he could win the [[1975–76 Takht Jamshid Cup|Iranian championship in 1976]] and reach runner-up position in [[1974–75 Takht Jamshid Cup|1975]], in [[1976–77 Takht Jamshid Cup|1977]] and in [[1977–78 Takht Jamshid Cup|1978]].

After the [[Iranian Revolution]] he remained playing for Persepolis winning the Iranian nationwide tournament [[1979 Shahid Espandi Cup|Espandi Cup]] and the [[Tehran Hazfi Cup]] in 1979 as well as reaching the runners-up position in [[Tehran Province League]] and in [[Tehran Hazfi Cup]] in 1981.

==International career== Allahverdi was a member of the Iranian team competing in the football tournament of the [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Olympic Tournament in Munich in 1972]]. He also participated at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] as a member of the squad, where he played the third and last match Irans against [[1978 FIFA World Cup#Group 4|Peru]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=50/results/matches/match=2405/report.html |title=FIFA.com - 1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina ™ |accessdate=April 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528120625/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=50/results/matches/match=2405/report.html |archivedate=May 28, 2010 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.planetworldcup.com Planet World Cup] * [https://www.rsssf.org/ RSSSF] * Kayhan Publishing,Special Edition: 30 years of History of Persepolis Soccer Club: From Shahin til Piroozi.

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