 Beshkar at home in Khorramshahr in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 August 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Khorramshahr, Imperial State of Iran | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1978 | Rastakhiz Khorramshahr | 34 | (18) |
| 1978–1979 | Shahbaz | 22 | (14) |
| 1979–1981 | East Bengal | 71 | (62) |
| 1982–1987 | Mohammedan | 115 | (58) |
| 1987 | Mohammedan | 13 | (4) |
| Total | 245 | (156) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1976–1978 | Iran | 2 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:55, 21 May 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:55, 20 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
Majid Beshkar (Persian: مجید بیشکار; born 6 August 1956) is a retired Iranian professional footballer. He is best known for his contributions towards the Indian football clubs East Bengal[1] and Mohammedan,[2][3] both based in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal. He was popularly known as "Badshah" in Calcutta Maidan.[4] An attacking midfielder, Bishkar also played as a forward in a 4–2–4 formation, and guided SC East Bengal to win the Indian Federation Cup in 1980. He represented the Iranian national football team at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.[5][6][7][8]
- ^ "Majid Bishkar: The 'Prince of Persia' who cast a spell with his magic". East Bengal Football Club official website. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Majid Bishkar visits Mohammedan Sporting. Kolkata Today. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Indian football: Fred Pugsley, Chima Okorie, Ranti Martins – the foreign strikers who shone in India". Scroll.in. 25 January 2021. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "East Bengal Football Club – Famous Players". www.eastbengalfootballclub.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ^ Ved Sen (13 October 2014). "Long before the Indian Super League, there was an Iranian boy who mesmerized Kolkata". Quartz India. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ KC McElroy (13 October 2014). "Former Iranian international Majid Bishkar". www.persianfootball.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ Sengupta, Somnath (9 November 2018). "Majid Bishkar And Jamshid Nassiri : Indian Football's Iconic Iranian Duo". Goalden Times. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Banerjee, Ritabrata (16 May 2020). "Indian Football - The 10 best foreigners to have played for East Bengal". Goal. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.