Mostafa Arab PhD is a retired Iran

Iran

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ian footballer

Football (soccer)

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. He usually played as a defender

Defender (football)

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After Hossein Kaebi, Arab is the second youngest Iran national football team

Iran national football team

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 player of all time debuting at the age of 17.

Arab played for Iran at the 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

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 in Tokyo

Tokyo

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Education

Arab has six different Master degrees from Colleges and Universities in Iran and U.S. He also has a Ph.D. of Philosophy, Leadership and Human Behavior from National University

National University (California)

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, California

California

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Arab teaches as a professor in a private academy, he is furthermore the President and Publisher of his own publication company in Southern California ("Pajouhesh" monthly and "Arya" newsletter).

Achievements

• Selected All Star team in the Continental of Asia twice (1966–1968)
• Athlete of the Year 3 times in Iran
• Bronze medallist in the World Armed Forces Championship in 1968, Athens, Greece
• Silver medallist in the Asian games in 1966, Bangkok, Thailand
• Gold medallist in the Asian Nations Cup 1972, Bangkok, Thailand
• Gold medallist in the Asian Nations Cup 1968, Tehran, Iran
• Captain/Player of Iranian national team in pre Olympic games in 1972, Germany
• Captain/Player of Iranian national team in Olympic games in 1964, Tokyo, Japan
• Captain/Player in the Iranian Imperial Air Force team for 18 years
• Captain/Player and Iranian Armed Forces for 16 years
• Recipient of the presidential Sports Award honored by President Ronald Reagan