Ali Asghar Modir Roosta

Ali Asghar Modir Roosta

Personal information
Full name	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
Date of birth	25 July 1968
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1985–1986	Naft
1986–1987	Daraei
1989–1993	Pas
1993–1995	Keshavarz		(16)
1995–2001	Bahman
2001–2003	Paykan
2003–2006	Shahab Zanjan
National team
1990–1998	Iran	32	(18)
1992	Iran futsal	2	(0)
Teams managed
2008–2009	Paykan
2009–2010	Pas Hamedan
2011	Pas Hamedan
2011–2012	Shahrdari Tabriz
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Ali Asghar Modir Roosta (Persian: علی اصغر مدیر روستا ‎‎, born July 25, 1968) is a retired Iranian football striker and now coach.

Modir Roosta is a former member of Iran national football team. He was also a Futsal player and appeared for Iran national futsal team at the FIFA Futsal World Cup 1992.

Club career

He played for a few clubs in Iran, most notably Pas Tehran, and later in his career Paykan FC. In season 1996/97, he became the top goalscorer in Iran's top division football league by scoring 18 goals for Bahman FC, helping the club to finish second in the overall standings, just behind the season's champion Persepolis FC.

Club Career Statistics

Last Update 18 June 2011

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Iran			League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
2001–02	Paykan	Persian Gulf Cup		11			-	-
2002–03				5			-	-
Total	Iran			16			0	0
Career total				16			0	0

International career

He played for the Iranian national football team on several occasions during the 1990s, earning an impressive record of 18 goals scored in 32 appearances.^[1]

Coaching career

He was appointed as the coach of Paykan in 2008 where he stayed for about a year but was sacked in the last few weeks of the 2008-09 season. He was appointed as the coach of Pas in October 2009 and was sacked by club on June 2011. He was appointed as head coach of Shahrdari Tabriz on 24 December 2011 and took the reins of the club on 1 January 2012 in a match against Mes Kerman which his team lost 1-0. He was sacked at the end of the season when Shahrdari was relegated to the Azadegan League.

Coaching career

As of 9 March 2012

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
	Pas	8 October 2009	18 June 2011	25	8	8	9	32%	28	28	0
	Shahrdari Tabriz	1 January 2012	1 June 2012	8	1	3	4	27%	8	11	–3
Total				33	9	11	13	38%	36	39	–3

References

1. Panahi, Majeed (2009-07-16). "Iran - Record International Players". RSSSF.