Mohsen Bengar

Mohsen Bengar

Bengar playing for Persepolis in December 2015
Personal information
Full name	Mohsen Bengar
Date of birth	(1979-07-06) July 6, 1979
Place of birth	Nur, Iran
Height
Position(s)	Centre Back
Team information
Current team	Persepolis
Number	6
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2001	Nassaji
2001–2004	Shamoushak
2004–2012	Sepahan	205	(12)
2012–	Persepolis	104	(2)
International career‡
2003–2014	Iran	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2014

Mohsen Bengar (Persian: محسن بنگر‎‎, born 6 July 1979 in Noor) is an Iranian Football Defender who currently plays for Persepolis in Iran's Premier Football League.

Club career

Early Career

He began his career in Shamoushak Noshahr, then moved to Sepahan in 2004 and won two Hazfi Cup titles, also playing in the AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup for Sepahan. He could not play as many matches as before in the 2008–09 season due to injuries, but in the next season he was a regular player in the defence despite the signing of Jalal Hosseini. He won the league with Sepahan three times in a row in 2010, 2011 and 2012. He announced that he will leave the team after eight years at the end of the 2011–12 season.

Persepolis

He signed a two-year contract with Tehran's reds until end of 2013–14 Season. On 24 May 2014, he extended his contract with Persepolis for two years, keeping him in the team till 2016. Bengar scored his first goal for Persepolis on 5 September 2014 in 3–1 loss to Tractor Sazi. He also scored Persepolis' first goal in the 2015 AFC Champions League on 24 February 2015 in a 3–0 win against Lekhwiya.

Club career statistics

As of 31 December 2015.

Club	Division	Season	League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shamoushak	Pro League	2003–04	22	2			–	–
Sepahan		2004–05	22	0			5	1
		2005–06	26	0			–	–
		2006–07	22	4			10	0
		2007–08	29	2	2	0	4	0	35	2
		2008–09	18	0	1	0	4	0	23	0
		2009–10	32	1	2	0	5	1	39	2
		2010–11	28	4	4	0	8	0	40	4
		2011–12	28	1	1	0	7	2	36	3
Persepolis		2012–13	24	0	5	0	–	–	29	0
		2013–14	29	0	2	0	–	–	31	0
		2014–15	23	2	3	1	4	1	30	4
		2015–16	23	0	3	0	–	–	28	0
Career Totals			317	16			47	5

• Assist Goals

Season	Team	Assists
05–06	Sepahan	2
07–08		1
09–10		3
10–11		1
11–12		2
12–13	Persepolis	1
13–14		0
14–15		0

International career

He was invited to Team Melli for some matches but he did not play that much finally after good games for sepahan in different competitions he found some place for himself and started the game against Kuwait in 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying. He won the West Asian Football Federation Championship 2008 with Team Melli. He played a match against UAE in 2011 Asian Cup.

Honours

Bengar in match against Naft Tehran, 23 August 2013

Club

Sepahan

• Iran Pro League (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, runner-up 2007–08
• Hazfi Cup (2): 2005–06, 2006–07
• AFC Champions League runner-up: 2007

Persepolis

• Iran Pro League runner-up: 2013–14, 2015–16
• Hazfi Cup runner-up: 2012–13

Country

Iran

• WAFF Championship (1): 2008

External links

• Mohsen Bengar at PersianLeague.com
• Mohsen Bengar at National-Football-Teams.com