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Mohammad Saber Rohparwar

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Mohammad Saber Rohparwar
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Saber Rohparwar
Place of birth Afghanistan
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hindukush Kabul F.C. 200 (65)
International career
?–1980 Afghanistan 56 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 March 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 March 2009

Mohammad Saber Rohparwar (Persian: محمد صابر روح پرور) is an Afghan retired footballer. He was the captain of the Afghanistan national team until 1980. He has been Afghanistan's most successful football player, scoring 25 goals as a footballer in his national team.

Furthermore, he was the coach of the Kaur club. During his time as a coach he trained players such as Najib Kohyar.

In 1980, during the Soviet invasion and two years after the communist war, he fled to Hamburg in Germany and founded a taxi business. He then created a local Afghan football club called Ariana SV which he is currently a chairman.[1][2]

His son Rohollah Rohparwar is also a footballer.

References

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  1. ^ Latsch, Gunther (24 August 2007). "Global City Hamburg: Kabul an der Elbe". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. ^ GmbH, ErFuba. "SportNord - Amateurfussball". ergebnisdienst-fussball.de. Retrieved 19 January 2017.