One of the most famous goalkeepers in the history of Iranian soccer, he won the 1972 and 1976 AFC Asian Cup games and was capped over sixty times while playing for Iran's National Football Team. He also competed in two Olympic Games, as well as in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. At the start of his career, he played for the Nader F.C. for one season. He subsequently became a decade-long member of the Taj Tehran Football Club.
