Ali Parvin
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ali Parvin | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1962–1965 | Aref | ||
| 1965 | Alborz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1968 | Kian | 42 | (28) |
| 1968–1970 | Paykan | 47 | (30) |
| 1970–1988 | Persepolis | 278 | (95) |
| Total | 367 | (153) | |
| National team | |||
| 1970–1980 | Iran | 76 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1982–1993 | Persepolis | ||
| 1989–1993 | Iran | ||
| 1998–2003 | Persepolis | ||
| 2005–2006 | Persepolis | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ali Parvin (Persian: علی پروین, born 25 ُSeptember 1946 in Tehran) nicknamed "Sultan", is a retired Iranian football player and coach. He is one of the most famous footballers ever to play in Iran, and is regarded as one of the best from Iran. During his career, he has been associated mainly with Persepolis, played for the team for eighteen years, managed the club for seventeen years in three occasion and also the club's president.
He was selected as one of the seventeen Asian football elites by AFC and received a statue from this confederation. He was named as one of the members of Persepolis Hall of Fame and the club thanked him for his great performance during his senior career at Persepolis. The club gave him a statue of his face and named him as one of the twelve great players of Persepolis in the 1970s.
He was discovered whilst playing street football with neighbourhood club Aref. After being scouted he joined Alborz FC, the reserve team of Kayan FC, where he would be called up very quickly. Eventually he made his way to Paykan F.C. and was one of the star players in the team in its short run in Iranian football. He moved to Persepolis FC as many other Paykan players did after the club was dissolved in 1970. After the Iranian Revolution and during the Iran–Iraq War Parvin was instrumental in helping the Persepolis club survive. By the end of his playing career he was operating in a player/manager position. He retired from competitive football in 1988.
He played for the Iran national football team and was part of the Iranian Asian Cup winning squads of 1972 and 1976.
Parvin participated in the 1972 Munich Olympics and played in all three of Iran's matches. He also participated at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, again playing in all three of Iran's matches, and he scored in the group game against Poland.
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