{{Short description|Iranian football administrator (1939–2025)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kambiz Atabay | image = Kambiz Atabay 2.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Atabay in 2023 | order = 6th [[List of Presidents of AFC|President of AFC]] | office = | term_start = 1 August 1976 | term_end = 9 December 1978 | predecessor = [[Tunku Abdul Rahman]] | successor = [[Hamzah Abu Samah]] | order2 = [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|President of FFI]] | office2 = | term_start2 = 17 October 1972 | term_end2 = 17 February 1979 | predecessor2 = [[Mostafa Mokri]] | successor2 = Naser Noamooz | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|2|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tehran]], Iran | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|11|3|1939|2|2|df=y}} | death_place = | spouse = | native_name_lang = fa | native_name = {{nobold|كامبيز آتابای}} }}

'''Kambiz Atabay''' ({{langx|fa|كامبيز آتابای}}; 2 February 1939 – 3 November 2025) was an Iranian football administrator who served as the private secretary to Her Majesty [[Farah Pahlavi]]'s office in [[New York City|New York]]. He was also an athlete and administrator who was President of the [[Asian Football Confederation]] from 1 August 1976 until his resignation on 9 December 1978. Atabay was also President of [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Football Federation of Iran]] from 17 October 1972 to 17 February 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.magiran.com/npview.asp?ID=1354256|title = Magiran &#124; روزنامه اعتماد (1385/12/03): کامبیز آتابای: باران افتخارات آسیایی}}</ref> He died on 3 November 2025, at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite news |title=رئیس اسبق فدراسیون فوتبال درگذشت |url=https://www.bartarinha.ir/بخش-اخبار-ورزشی-123/1559720-رئیس-اسبق-فدراسیون-فوتبال-درگذشت |access-date=3 November 2025 |publisher=Bartarinha |date=3 November 2025}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080401001838/http://fifa.com/aboutfifa/ Official FIFA website] * [http://www.the-afc.com/ Official AFC website]

{{s-start}} {{s-civ}} {{succession box | before = [[Mostafa Makri]]|title = [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|President]] of [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Football Federation of Iran]] | years = 1972–1979 | after = Naser Noamooz}} {{succession box | before = [[Tunku Abdul Rahman]]|title = [[List of Presidents of AFC|President]] of [[Asian Football Confederation]] | years = 1976–1978 | after = [[Hamzah Abu Samah]]}} {{S-end}}

{{AFC Presidents}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Atabay, Kambiz}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2025 deaths]] [[Category:People from Tehran]] [[Category:Association football executives]] [[Category:Iranian sports executives and administrators]] [[Category:Presidents of the Asian Football Confederation]] [[Category:Presidents of Iranian Football Federation]] [[Category:Iranian emigrants to the United States]]

{{Iran-footy-bio-stub}}