page_title: Parviz Ghelichkhani
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Parviz Ghelichkhani / Football career / International career
caption_attribution_description: Antal Dunai vs Parviz Ghelichkhani, 1972 Olympics
context_page_description: Parviz Ghelichkhani is an Iranian-French retired football player and former captain of Iran national football team. He is now based in France, where he is the editor and publisher of a political magazine.
context_section_description: Ghelichkhani made his debut for the Iranian national team in the 1964 Summer Olympics match against East Germany. Aged 19, Ghelichkhani was the youngest Iranian player at those Games. Later he was Iran's captain at 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.
  Ghelichkhani won the Asian Nations Cup three consecutive times with Iran, in 1968 (where he scored the 2-1 victory goal), in 1972, and in 1976, when he captained the team. In 1966 he won the silver medal of the Asian Games in Thailand, in 1974 he captained the Iranian team to win the football tournament of the Asian Games in Tehran.
  His last game for Iran was a friendly match against Hungary in March 1977. He scored 12 goals for Iran and has 64 caps for Team Melli. One of his most memorable goals was in a 1974 World Cup qualification match against Australia, in a 2-0 win in Tehran.
  For the 1978 season, Ghelichkhani moved to the United States to play for the San Jose Earthquakes, then part of the North American Soccer League. During this time, Ghelichkhani retained his number 5 jersey and was credited only by his first name.
caption: Antal Dunai vs. Parviz Ghelichkhani at the 1972 Olympics
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