Abdolreza Barzegari (; born 3 July 1958) is a former Iranian football player.

Playing career Barzagari known as "The Black Pearl of Iran", he started playing football at a young age in his neighborhood of Ahmad Abad in Abadan. After changing a few teams during his earlier years, he joined Sanat Naft, the most popular team of Khuzestan. He made his debut at 17 against Tractor Sazi in Takhte Jamshid League, but his debut was not too promising and did not go well for the young player. He was benched for the next game but figured in the team which hosted Persepolis in 1975 touching shoulders with the greats such as Ali Parvin and Parviz Ghelichkhani. After that, Barzagari quickly became a famous player particularity for his excellent dribbling skill. He was selected for the Youth team and he Represented Iran in the Inaugural FIFA youth World Cup in Tunisia. He scored on that tournament. Then came national team and later many years of playing club football abroad in UAE, Qatar and Egypt. He played two seasons for Al-Nasr, then moved to Qatar SC and remained there until he joined Al-Masry in 1992 together with his friend Ebrahim Ghasempour.

International career He was a member of the Iran national under-20 football team at 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship. He made his debut for Iran national football team in Tehran on 6 September 1978 versus USSR. After that he played for national team in 1980 Olympic Games Qualification and 1980 AFC Asian Cup.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barzegari goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Abdolreza BarzegariNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore1–02–21980 Summer Olympics qualification2National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore1–02–01980 Summer Olympics qualification3National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore?–011–01980 Summer Olympics qualification4?–05National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore3–04–01980 Summer Olympics qualification6Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates3–03–0Friendly7Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait3–07–01980 AFC Asian Cup87–0

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