Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
# Ali Asghar Modir Roosta

Ali Asghar Modirrousta (Persian: علی اصغر مدیر روستا, born July 25, 1968) is a retired Iranian football striker and now coach.

Modir Roosta is a former member of Iran national football team. He was also a Futsal player and appeared for Iran national futsal team at the FIFA Futsal World Cup 1992.

## Club career

He played for a few clubs in Iran, most notably Pas Tehran, and later in his career Paykan F.C. In season 1996/97, he became the top goalscorer in Iran's top division football league by scoring 18 goals for Bahman FC, helping the club to finish second in the overall standings, just behind the season's champion Persepolis FC.

## International career

He played for the Iranian national football team on several occasions during the 1990s, earning an impressive record of 18 goals scored in 32 appearances.

## Career statistics

### International goals

| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | 13 Jun 1993 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran | Tajikistan | 1–0 | W | 1993 ECO Cup |
| 2. | 14 Jun 1993 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran | Turkmenistan | 2–1 | W | 1993 ECO Cup |
| 3. | 25 Jun 1993 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran | Chinese Taipei | 6–0 | W | 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifier |
| 4. | 25 Jun 1993 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran | Chinese Taipei | 6–0 | W | 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifier |
| 5. | 25 Jun 1993 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran | Chinese Taipei | 6–0 | W | 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifier |
| 6. | 25 Jun 1993 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran | Chinese Taipei | 6–0 | W | 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifier |
| 7. | 27 Jun 1993 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran | Syria | 1–1 | D | 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifier |
| 8. | 13 Sep 1997 | Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian, China | China | 4–2 | W | 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifier |
| 9. | 17 Oct 1997 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran | China | 4–1 | W | 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifier |
| Correct as of 24 July 2021 |||||||

## Coaching career

He was appointed as the coach of Paykan in 2008 where he stayed for about a year but was sacked in the last few weeks of the 2008–09 season. He was appointed as the coach of Pas in October 2009 and was sacked by club in June 2011. He was appointed as head coach of Shahrdari Tabriz on 24 December 2011 and took the reins of the club on 1 January 2012 in a match against Mes Kerman which his team lost 1–0. He was sacked at the end of the season when Shahrdari was relegated to the Azadegan League.

### Coaching career

    As of 9 March 2013

| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | From | To | G | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | +/- |
| Peykan | 1 May 2008 | 15 June 2009 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 45% | 43 | 42 | +1 |
| Pas | 8 October 2009 | 18 June 2011 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32% | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Shahrdari Tabriz | 1 January 2012 | 1 June 2012 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 27% | 8 | 11 | –3 |
| Total | Total | Total | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 38% | 36 | 39 | –3 |
