Babak Masoumi (Persian: بابک معصومی; 13 July 1972 – 10 August 2011) was an Iranian professional futsal player and coach who captained the Iran national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Babak Masoumi Daraki | ||
| Date of birth | 13 July 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Date of death | 10 August 2011 (aged 39) | ||
| Place of death | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | Fath | ||
| PAS | |||
| Esteghlal | |||
| –2006 | Shahid Mansouri | ||
| 2006–2007 | Tam Iran Khodro | ||
| International career | |||
| 1999–2007 | Iran | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Persepolis | ||
| 2010–2011 | Dabiri | ||
| 2011 | Steel Azin | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Masoumi began his career playing football for Fath. He then changed codes and began to play futsal, where he played for Fath Tehran, PAS Tehran[2] and Tam Iran Khodro.
Despite suffering from cancer, Masoumi was head coach of Persepolis futsal team in the 2008–09 season and a few weeks afterwards was appointed as technical manager of Steel Azin futsal team.[3] He was head coach of Dabiri at the time of his death.
Death edit
On 10 August 2011, Masoumi died from blood cancer from which he had been suffering since 2008.[4] Despite this, Masoumi believed beforehand that he was cured of the disease.[5]
Masoumi had struggled to pay for his medical care and in November 2008, an exhibition game was played between Esteghlal and a Selection of Karaj team in order to raise money for the medical treatment of Masoumi and Mohammad Parsa.[6] In addition to this Iranian football star Ali Karimi paid for Masoumi's medical bills.[7] His body was buried on 12 August 2011, in Karaj.[8]
Honours edit
Iran futsal
Individual
- Best Asian Futsal Player of the Year: 2003
References edit
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ "Babak Masoumi". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ بابک معصومی درگذشت
- ^ "FarsNewsAgency - ط®ط¨ط±ع¯ط²ط§ط±ظٹ ظپط§ط±ط³". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Esteghlal wins benefit match". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ http://forum.iran-egold.com/showthread.php?t=3536[permanent dead link]
- ^ Funeral of Masoumi: Tomorrow, 12 August 2011 in Karaj
External links edit
- Babak Masoumi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Babak Masoumi at Futsal Planet