Masoud Boroumand


Dr. Amir Masoud Boroumand was an Iranian footballer. He played as a forward and was the Iran national team's captain during the 1950s. Whilst studying in Lebanon, he also played for the Lebanon national team for three years, two as captain.

Club career

In 1945, Boroumand he started his club career with Shahbaz F.C. which was Shahin F.C.'s Third Team. The following year he became a reserve player for Shahin F.C. and in 1947 he became a starter in Shahin's team and stayed with the club until 1958.
Whilst studying for a PhD at Washington University, he played club football in the US and won the double 1958 Eastern USA Soccer League and Eastern USA Soccer Cup.
He has been part of Board of Directors of Shahin F.C. from 1984 until his death in 2011.

International career

He won his first cap for Iran national football team on 26 October 1947 in a friendly match played in Tehran between Iran and Turkey. He scored Iran's only goal in that match when Iran lost 3–1. He was the captain of Iran national football team during the 1950s. He participated in 1951 Asian Games and 1958 Asian Games.
He holds a bachelor's and master's degree majoring in management from American University of Beirut whilst studying in Lebanon, he played for Lebanon national football team for a period of three years. In his second year wearing the Lebanese jersey he became captain of the Lebanon national football team and became known as "the Iranian Prince". His most memorable game for Lebanon was against Yugoslavia, when he scored both of Lebanon's goals in a 3–2 defeat.

Career statistics

International

Iran
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
126 October 1947Tehran, Iran—1–3Friendly
228 October 1948Tehran, Iran—1–1Friendly
330 May 1950Istanbul, Turkey—2–2Friendly
426 October 1950Tehran, Iran—4–0Friendly
527 October 1950Tehran, Iran—5–1Friendly
64 March 1951New Delhi, India—2–01951 Asian Games
79 March 1951New Delhi, India—3–21951 Asian Games

Lebanon
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1Beirut, Lebanon—2–3Friendly
2Beirut, Lebanon—2–3Friendly

Honours

Club

Shahin FC
Washington University Bears
Iran