Farshad Pious is a retired Iran

Iran

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ian football

Football (soccer)

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 player who was a striker

Striker

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 for a number of clubs in Iran, most notably Persepolis F.C., as well as Iran national football team

Iran national football team

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.

Club career

He was top scorer of Azadegan League in 1991/92 season with 11 goals and in 1994/95 season with 20 goals. He was also the top scorer of the Qatari League during the 1988/89 season with 9 goals.

He is also Persepolis F.C.'s all-time top goal scorer, having scored 153 goals in 211 games.

Club career statistics

• Last update: 18 May 2011

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|1980-81||rowspan="3"|Rah Ahan||rowspan="4"|Tehran Provincial League

Tehran Football Competitions

-Tehran Football League :-Tehran Hazfi Cup :...

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|1981-82||9||8||-||-||-||-||9||8
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|1982-83||11||8||-||-||-||-||11||8
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|1983-84||Shahin

Shahin F.C.

Shahin Tehran Football Club was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran that existed until the early 1990s. Shahin A.C. is located at Narmak, Golestan Street. They currently compete in the 2011–12 Iran Football's 3rd Division.-History:...

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|1984-85||rowspan="1"|Niroo Havaei

Nirooye Havaei F.C.

Nirooye Havaei Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. It is the football team of Iran's Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.In the 1950s, it was among the top three football clubs of the country.-1956 Tehran Hazfi Cup:...

||rowspan="1"|Tehran 2nd Division||20||24||-||-||-||-||20||24

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|1985-86||rowspan="3"|Persepolis||rowspan="3"|Tehran Provincial League

Tehran Football Competitions

-Tehran Football League :-Tehran Hazfi Cup :...

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|1986-87||15||13||3||2||-||-||18||15
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|1987-88||15||13||5||6||-||-||20||19
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|1988-89

17th of Shahrivar league

The following is the final results of the 17th of Shahrivar league's 1988/89 football season.-Results:-Top goalscorers:16 Goals Farshad Pious 8 Goals Samad Marfavi Mohammad Falahati...

||rowspan="1"|Persepolis||rowspan="1"|17th of Shahrivar league

17th of Shahrivar league

The following is the final results of the 17th of Shahrivar league's 1988/89 football season.-Results:-Top goalscorers:16 Goals Farshad Pious 8 Goals Samad Marfavi Mohammad Falahati...

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|1988-89||rowspan="1"|Al-Ahly||rowspan="1"|Qatar Stars League||12||9||0||0||-||-||12||9

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|1989-90||rowspan="1"|Persepolis||rowspan="1"|Tehran Provincial League

Tehran Football Competitions

-Tehran Football League :-Tehran Hazfi Cup :...

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|1989-90||rowspan="1"|Persepolis||rowspan="1"|Qods League||8||3||4||2||-||-||12||5
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|1990-91||rowspan="1"|Persepolis||rowspan="1"| No League ||-||-||6||5||4||7||10||12
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|1991–92||rowspan="6"|Persepolis||rowspan="6"|Azadegan League||22||11||0||0||-||-||22||11
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|1992–93||12||4||0||0||4||1||16||5
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|1993–94||13||8||4||2||2||1||19||11
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|1994–95||22||20||3||2||-||-||25||22
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|1995–96||15||4||3||2||-||-||18||6
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|1996–97||2||2||2||1||2||2||6||5
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20||24||-||-||-||-||20||24
104||91||5||3||-||-||109||94
12||9||-||-||-||-||12||9
94||52||30||22||12||11||136||85
230||176||35||25||12||11||277||212

International career

He made his Team Melli debut on June 25, 1984 in a friendly against China, and his last cap was on October 9, 1994 in Asian Games against Yemen.

Manager career

He was coach of Azadegan League side Teraktor Sazi F.C. for two seasons of 2005-2007. Before Teraktor Sazi he was the head coach of Shemushack Noshahr F.C. until he was resigned on May 29, 2005.

Honors

• Gold Medalist at 1990 Asian Games
  1990 Asian Games
  The 11th Asian Games also known as XI Asiad were held from September 22, 1990 to October 7, 1990 in Beijing, China. It was the first large-scale international sports event to be held in the People's Republic of China. A total number of 6,122 athletes, coming from 37 countries, competed in 29 sports...
  
  
• Third place with Iran national team at 1988 AFC Asian Cup
  1988 AFC Asian Cup
  The Asian Football Confederation's 1988 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar between December 2 and December 18. Saudi Arabia defeated Republic of Korea in the final match in Doha.-Qualification:...
  
  
• Asian Cup Winners Cup with Persepolis F.C.

Winner: 1991

Asian Cup Winners Cup 1991

The 1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup was the first edition of the continental football competition for cup winners of member nations of the AFC. Persepolis of Iran were duly crowned champions after defeating Muharraq of Bahrian 1:0 over two legs in the final....

Runner-Up: 1993