According to IRNA, Hassan Habibi, the captain and head coach of Iran's national soccer team, died in a hospital in Tehran at the age of 86 after several years of illness. Habibi was born in 1318 in Kerman and was one of the enduring faces of football in the country, who had a history of playing for Shaheen, Taj and Fez teams. As a coach, he led Tehran to win the Takht Jamshid Cup, became the first head coach of the national team after the 1987 revolution, led the national team to third place in the 1980 Asian Cup of Nations in Kuwait, and for many years led the national teams of Ararat, Estegalal Ahvaz, Barak Shiraz and the Olympic team of Iran.

According to IRNA, Hassan Habibi, the captain and head coach of Iran's national soccer team, died in a hospital in Tehran at the age of 86 after several years of illness. Habibi was born in 1318 in Kerman and was one of the enduring faces of football in the country, who had a history of playing for Shaheen, Taj and Fez teams. As a coach, he led Tehran to win the Takht Jamshid Cup, became the first head coach of the national team after the 1987 revolution, led the national team to third place in the 1980 Asian Cup of Nations in Kuwait, and for many years led the national teams of Ararat, Estegalal Ahvaz, Barak Shiraz and the Olympic team of Iran.