Ali Fathollahzadeh

Ali Fathollahzadeh
Born (1959-01-09) January 9, 1959
Khoy, Iran
Residence Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Occupation Football administrator
Businessman

Ali Fathollahzadeh (Persian: علی فتح‌‌الله‌‌زاده‎, born 9 January 1959 in Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province) is an Iranian businessman and football administrator, who was formerly the chairman of the Esteghlal FC. He is also managing-director of Esteghlal Javan Newspaper.

Esteghlal

He was elected as chairman of the Esteghlal on 10 May 1996 and was in office until his term was end on 10 May 2003. On 1 May 2007, he was reelected but was resigned on 15 September 2008 due to poor results in Iran Pro League. He came back to the club after reelection on 1 June 2010 as chairman .[1] During his term as president of the club, he buy big stars like Farhad Majidi from Bahman, Arash Borhani from Pas Tehran, Rasoul Khatibi from Hamburg SV, Milad Meydavoudi from Esteghlal Ahvaz, Karrar Jassim and Andranik Teymourian from Tractor Sazi, Mehdi Rahmati and Khosro Heydari from Sepahan and also Javad Nekounam from Osasuna.

Trophies won by club during presidency

Electoral history

YearElectionVotes%RankNotes
2003City Council of Tehran31,6336.0026th Lost[2]
2008Parliament92,3355.3069th Lost[3]

Controversy

He was involved several cases of money laundry and embezzlement but because of his connections to establishment, they were not resulted in his arrest.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Official website of Esteghlal F.C.
  2. ↑ "Final election results of Islamic city council of Tehran" (PDF). Ettela'at International (in Persian). New York City: Page 1. 3 March 2003. ISSN 1353-8829. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "تعداد و درصد آراء 100 نامزد اول تهران", Asr Iran (in Persian), retrieved 10 February 2016
  4. ↑ http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1372707/%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AD%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%87%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B2-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85!


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