Abbas Qarib

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Abbas Qarib
Personal information
Full name Abbas Qarib
Date of birth 1916
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Date of death Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Position(s) Defender
Toofan F.C.
Bank Melli F.C.
Daraei F.C.
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1941-1942 Iran 3 (0)

Abbas Qarib (Persian: عباس قریب) born 1916 in Tehran, Iran and died on September 16, 2009 was the last surviving member of Iran's first national football team.

In 1941, he played as a left wing defender in games against Afghanistan and British Raj (India). In 1942, he played in a friendly in Tehran versus a British Army XI.[1]

He was a clerk employed by Bank Melli and played for Bank Melli F.C. and Daraei F.C. in the 1940s.[2]

He died following weeks of hospitalization for a broken pelvis.[3]

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