# Mohsen Bengar

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

## Club career
### Early career

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

He signed a two-year contract with Tehran's reds until the end of the 2013–14 Season. 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

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

## International career

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
### Club
#### Sepahan

* Iran Pro League (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, runner-up 2007–08
* Hazfi Cup (2): 2005–06, 2006–07
* AFC Champions League runner-up: 2007

#### Persepolis

* Iran Pro League runner-up: 2013–14, 2015–16
* Hazfi Cup runner-up: 2012–13

### Country
#### Iran

* WAFF Championship (1): 2008