Nasser Mohammadkhani
Iranian footballer
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Nasser Mohammadkhani (Persian: ناصر محمدخانی, born 7 September 1957) is a retired Iranian footballer.[3] He was a striker during his playing days. He also worked as a coach for Tehran's Persepolis Club.[4]
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nasser Mohammadkhani | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1975 | Sanaati Behshahr | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1976 | Sanaati Behshahr | ||
| 1976–1981 | Rah Ahan | ||
| 1981–1986 | Persepolis[1] | ||
| 1986–1989 | Qatar Sports | ||
| 1989–1994 | Persepolis | 124 | (63) |
| International career | |||
| 1982–1990 | Iran[2] | 27 | (14) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Honours
Club
- Persepolis
- Asian Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1990–91
- Runner-up: 1992–93
- Hazfi Cup (1): 1991–92
- Tehran Province League (3): 1982–83, 1989–90, 1990–91
- Tehran Hazfi Cup (1): 1981–82
- Qatar SC
- Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup (1): 1987
National
- Iran
Personal life
Mohammadkhani was involved in a public court case in Iran, after his wife Laleh Saharkhizan was found murdered in her apartment on 9 October 2002. Shahla Jahed, his mistress in a temporary marriage arrangement was convicted of the murder of Laleh. Mohammadkhani was in Germany when the killing happened, but it emerged later that he was "temporarily married" to Jahed, a practice allowed under Shia Islam and thus under Iranian law. Jahed was executed in 2010, following the completion of the appeals procedure. In 2008, the then chief of Iran's judiciary, Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, ordered a fresh investigation and did not sanction her execution ruling that her initial conviction (based as it was on a confession she made under duress) was unacceptable.[4]
On 5 January 2026, Mohammadkhani publicly supported the 2025–2026 Iranian protests on his Instagram, stating: "Hand in hand for Iran. Freedom is closer to us than our jugular vein." [5]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 7 August 1984 | Jakarta, Indonesia |  Bangladesh | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 2. | 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 3–0 | |||||
| 4. | 4–0 | |||||
| 5. | 9 August 1984 | Surakarta, Indonesia |  Syria | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| 6. | 11 August 1984 | Jakarta, Indonesia |  Thailand | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
| 7. | 13 August 1984 |  Indonesia | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 8. | 15 August 1984 |  Philippines | 2–0 | 7–1 | ||
| 9. | 5–0 | |||||
| 10. | 1 December 1984 | Kallang, Singapore |  United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1984 AFC Asian Cup |
| 11. | 3 December 1984 |  China | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 12. | 16 December 1984 |  Kuwait | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p) | ||
