13 Facts About Parviz Ghelichkhani

Parviz Ghelichkhani is an Iranian-French retired football player and former captain of Iran national football team.

Parviz Ghelichkhani is based in France, where he is the editor and publisher of a political magazine.

Parviz Ghelichkhani played for Alborz FC, Kian FC, Taj, Pas FC, Oghab FC, Daraei FC and finally Persepolis FC, before leaving for the United States where he played for the San Jose Earthquakes in the North American Soccer League.

Parviz Ghelichkhani made his debut for the Iranian national team in the 1964 Summer Olympics match against East Germany.

Aged 19, Parviz Ghelichkhani was the youngest Iranian player at those Games.

Parviz Ghelichkhani won the Asian Nations Cup three consecutive times with Iran, in 1968, in 1972, and in 1976, when he captained the team.

Parviz Ghelichkhani's last game for Iran was a friendly match against Hungary in March 1977.

Parviz Ghelichkhani scored 12 goals for Iran and has 64 caps for Team Melli.

Parviz Ghelichkhani was arrested by SAVAK in February 1972, but was released after two months.

Parviz Ghelichkhani was opposed to the Pahlavi regime and the system that was put in place after the Iranian revolution.

Parviz Ghelichkhani missed out on World Cup 1978 because of his opposition to the regime.

Between 1991 and 2014, Parviz Ghelichkhani was the editor of Arash, a political and cultural commentary magazine concentrating mainly on Iranian issues, which was published in France.

Parviz Ghelichkhani was honored in December 2007 in Sydney, in celebration of the 100th edition of Arash magazine, in a ceremony where Rale Rasic was a guest speaker.