{{short description|Iranian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Safar Iranpak | image = | fullname = Safar Iranpak | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1946|12|23}} | birth_place = Masjed Soleyman, Iran | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|1|30|1946|12|23}} | death_place = Stockholm, Sweden | height = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = 1960–1962 | youthclubs1 = Shahin Ahvaz | years1 = 1961–1970 | clubs1 = Shahin Ahvaz | caps1 = 98 | goals1 =23 | years2 = 1970–1980 |clubs2 =Persepolis<ref>[http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/pages/?cid=54714 ده گلزن برتر تاریخ پرسپولیس<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304005657/http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/pages/?cid=54714 |date=4 March 2012 }}</ref> | caps2 = 143 | goals2 = 74 | totalcaps = 241 | totalgoals = 97 | nationalyears1 = 1971–1975 | nationalteam1 = Iran | nationalcaps1 = 17 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | }}
'''Safar Iranpak''' (23 December 1946 – 30 January 2009) was an Iranian football striker who played for Persepolis and the Iran national football team.
==Early life== Iranpark was born in Masjed Soleyman on 23 December 1946. He started his playing career for his hometown team Shahin Ahvaz at the age of 12.
==Club career== Iranpark was promoted to the first team squad of Shahin Ahvaz and joined Persepolis in summer 1968. He played twelve seasons for Persepolis and is the best goalscorer at Tehran derby. He is also the third all-time goalscorer of Persepolis.{{cn|date=February 2026}}
==International career== thumbnail|right|250px|Safar Iranpak (seated) beside his teammates Behzadi and Kalani He represented the Iran national football team in 1971 and was a part of the title winning team at the 1972 AFC Asian Cup. One of his best international games was against North Korea, where he scored twice and led Iran to qualify for the 1972 Summer Olympics. He retired from national football in 1975.
==After retirement and death== After he retired from football in 1980, he moved to Stockholm, Sweden where he died on 30 January 2009 from lung cancer.<ref name="Mehr News">{{cite web|url=http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=825586|title=Former Iran striker dies from lung cancer|publisher=Mehr News|access-date=30 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524082938/http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=825586|archive-date=24 May 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> His body was sent to Ahwaz to be buried in the Behesht-Abad cemetery.
==Honours==
===Club===
*Iranian Football League: **Winners (3): 1971–72 1973–74, 1975–76 **Runners-up (3): 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78 *Espandi Cup: **Winner: 1979
===International=== *AFC Asian Cup: **Winners (1): 1972
==See also== *{{NFT player|pid=21046}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Iran_Squad_1972_Summer_Olympics}} {{Iran squad 1972 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iranpak, Safar}} Category:1947 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Iranian men's footballers Category:Iran men's international footballers Category:Persepolis F.C. players Category:Shahin Ahvaz F.C. players Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Sweden Category:Olympic footballers for Iran Category:1972 AFC Asian Cup players Category:Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:AFC Asian Cup–winning players Category:Footballers from Masjed Soleyman Category:Men's association football forwards