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 | |||
| 1970–1980 | Afghanistan | 56 | (25) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mohammad Saber Rohparwar (Persian: محمد صابر روح پرور) is an Afghan former footballer who played as a striker. 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.[1]
Club career
[edit]Rohparwar represented Hindukush Kabul F.C. at domestic level, scoring almost 200 goals for his club.[2]
International career
[edit]Rohparwar represented Afghanistan for 10 years, scoring 25 goals during his stint with the national team.[1] He was the captain of the national team until 1980 when the Soviet Union invaded the country.[1][3] He also scored the lone goal against rivals Pakistan during the Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup in 1976, scoring the winning goal on a corner kick minutes before game's end.[4][5]
Coaching career
[edit]He was the coach of the Kaur club. During his time as a coach he trained players such as Najib Kohyar.
Personal life
[edit]Rohparwar graduated with a degree in Agricultural economics from the Kabul University.
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.[2][6]
His son Rohollah Rohparwar is also a footballer.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Afghan Footballers Return From Abroad Ahead of Pakistan Match". TOLOnews. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ a b Latsch, Gunther (24 August 2007). "Global City Hamburg: Kabul an der Elbe". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Afghans await football's return". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ Hodge, Nathan (20 August 2013). "A Pitch Battle Unites Afghans, Pakistanis". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan and Pakistan Braced to Face-Off in Kabul for First Time in 37 Years". TOLOnews. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ GmbH, ErFuba. "SportNord - Amateurfussball". ergebnisdienst-fussball.de. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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