Mehdi Taj

Mehdi Taj
مهدی تاج
Taj in 2016
President of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 August 2022
Preceded byMirshad Majedi (acting)
In office
7 May 2016 – 30 December 2019
Preceded byAli Kafashian
Succeeded byHeydar Baharvand (acting)
President of Iran Football League Organization
In office
28 October 2013 – 7 May 2016
Acting: 14 January – 28 October 2013
Preceded byGholamreza Behravan
Succeeded byAli Kazemi (acting)
Personal details
Born (1960-01-20) January 20, 1960 (age 64)[1]
Isfahan, Iran
Alma materUniversity of Isfahan[citation needed]

Mehdi Taj (Persian: مهدی تاج) is an Iranian sports executive and administrator who is president of Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran since August 2022 for a second term.

Also he was president of the Iranian Football Federation from 2016 until 2019. As of May 2020, Mehdi has been appointed a member of the Asian Football Confederation Emergency Committee.[2]

He was previously First Vice President of Iranian Football Federation (2008–2012), President of the Iran Football League Organization (2013–2016), Secretary of the Board of Sepahan (1992–1994, 2002–2006) and president of the club (1994–1999) and Board Chairman of the Foolad Metil.[3] He was also editor-in-chief of Jahan Varzesh from 1991 until 2001. On 7 May 2016, he was elected as president of Iranian Football Federation with 51 votes, succeeding Ali Kafashian.[4][5] He resigned on 30 December 2019 due to illness.[6][better source needed]

on 30 August 2022, Taj was elected as new president of Iran Football Federation for a two-year term. Taj won the three-candidate race with 51 votes.[7]

Women's football in Iran

Taj has visited the training camp of the Iranian women's national football team. He also said that all Iranian clubs should try to start a women's section.[8] However, in the economic sector, the serious problems of Iranian women's football remained as before.[9]

Taj has watched the 2023 Women's World Cup final.[10]

References

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  2. ^ "Mehdi Taj becomes member of AFC Emergency Committee". Tehran Times. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. ^ "محمد ترابیان نهمین مدیر عامل تاریخ سپاهان". Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  4. ^ "۴ کاندیدای ریاست فدراسیون فوتبال فرم گرفتند/ تردید کفاشیان و تاج برای ثبت نام قطعی". Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  5. ^ "مهدی تاج رئیس فدراسیون فوتبال شد". Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  6. ^ "Mehdi Taj resigns as head of Iran football federation". Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  7. ^ "Mehdi Taj elected as head of Iran football federation". Tehran Times. 2022-08-30. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  8. ^ "تاج: همه باشگاه‌ها باید تیم زنان داشته باشند". ورزش سه (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  9. ^ "چرا توسعه فوتبال زنان در ایران با مشکل روبروست؟ - دارايان - داشته های اقتصادی ایران". www.daraian.com (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  10. ^ "مهدی تاج تماشاگر ویژه فینال جام جهانی زنان". ورزش سه (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2024-06-16.