Mohsen Bengar

Summary

Mohsen Bengar (Persian: محسن بنگر, born 6 July 1979 in Nowshahr) is a retired Iranian football defender and current coach.

Mohsen Bengar
Bengar in 2019
Personal information
Full name Mohsen Bengar
Date of birth (1979-07-06) July 6, 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Nowshahr, Iran
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre Back
Team information
Current team
Omid Vahdat (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Shamoushak 88 (6)
2004–2012 Sepahan 205 (12)
2012–2016 Persepolis 318 (2)
2016–2017 Tractor 12 (0)
2017–2018 Naft Tehran 38 (4)
2018–2019 Pars Jonoubi 12 (1)
2019–2020 Karoon Arvand 13 (0)
International career
2003–2014 Iran 14 (0)
Managerial career
2020–2021 Pars Jonoubi (assistant)[1]
2021–2022 Shahrdari Noshahr[2]
2022– Omid Vahdat[3]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2014

Club career edit

Early career edit

He began his career in Shamoushak Noshahr, then moved to Sepahan in 2004 and won two Hazfi Cup titles, also playing in the AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup for Sepahan. He could not play as many matches as before in the 2008–09 season due to injuries, but in the next season he was a regular player in the defence despite the signing of Jalal Hosseini. He won the league with Sepahan three times in a row in 2010, 2011 and 2012. He announced that he would leave the team after eight years at the end of the 2011–12 season.

Persepolis edit

 
Mohsen Bengar and Ramin Rezaeian in Persepolis training

He signed a two-year contract with Tehran's reds until the end of the 2013–14 Season.[4] On 24 May 2014, he extended his contract with Persepolis for two years, keeping him in the team till 2016. Bengar scored his first goal for Persepolis on 5 September 2014 in a 3–1 loss to Tractor. He also scored Persepolis' first goal in the 2015 AFC Champions League on 24 February 2015 in a 3–0 win against Lekhwiya.

Club career statistics edit

As of 8 May 2018.
Club Division Season League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shamoushak Pro League 2003–04 22 2
Sepahan 2004–05 22 0 5 1
2005–06 26 0 0 0 26 0
2006–07 22 4 2 0 10 0 34 4
2007–08 29 2 2 0 4 0 35 2
2008–09 18 0 1 0 4 0 23 0
2009–10 32 1 2 0 5 1 39 2
2010–11 28 4 4 0 8 0 40 4
2011–12 28 1 1 0 7 2 36 3
Persepolis 2012–13 24 0 5 0 29 0
2013–14 29 0 2 0 31 0
2014–15 23 2 3 1 4 1 30 4
2015–16 23 0 3 0 28 0
Tractor 2016–17 15 0 0 0 15 0
Naft Tehran 2017–18 23 4 1 0 24 4
Pars Jonoubi 2018–19 8 1 0 0 8 1
Career totals 372 21 47 5
  • Assist Goals
Season Team Assists
05–06 Sepahan 2
07–08 1
09–10 3
10–11 1
11–12 2
12–13 Persepolis 1
13–14 0
14–15 0

International career edit

He was invited to Team Melli for some matches but he did not play that much; finally after good games for Sepahan in different competitions he found some place for himself and started the game against Kuwait in 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying. He won the West Asian Football Federation Championship 2008 with Team Melli. He played a match against UAE in 2011 Asian Cup.

Honours edit

 
Bengar in a match against Naft Tehran, 23 August 2013

Club edit

Sepahan
Persepolis

Country edit

Iran

References edit

  1. ^ کاپیتان سابق پرسپولیس در کادرفنی افاضلی
  2. ^ "پایان کار محسن بنگر در تیم شهرداری نوشهر".
  3. ^ "محسن بنگر سرمربی امید وحدت خراسان شد". 23 August 2022.
  4. ^ Bengar joins Persepolis Archived 2013-01-02 at archive.today

External links edit

  • Mohsen Bengar at PersianLeague.com
  • Mohsen Bengar at National-Football-Teams.com