Mohammad Rouyanian

Mohammad Reza Rouyanian is an Iranian businessman, football administrator and former Revolutionary Guard commander. He was the chairman of multisport club Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club from 20 September 2011 until his resignation on 22 January 2014. He was Head of Transportation Management Center from 2007 to 2011. Before that, he was Commissioner of the City of Tehran Transportation Police between 2005 and 2007.

Early life He was born on 12 May 1960 in Noor, Mazandaran province, Imperial State of Iran. He joined the City of Noor Police in 1981 and became Commissioner ten years later. After serving two years as Commissioner of Noor Police, he was appointed as Commissioner of Mazandaran Province Police in 1993.

Police career He was Commissioner of Mazandaran Province Police from 1993 to 2000. He was appointed as first Head of Social Section and was in office until 2005. He became Commissioner of the City of Tehran Transportation Police in 2005. Rouyanian retired in 2007 and was appointed as the head of the Transportation Management Center by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the same year. He resigned from this position in 2011.

Sports career He was a member of Iran military team from 1985 to 1990. He was Ahmadinejad's candidate as head of National Sports Organization in 2009 to succeeding Mohammad Aliabadi but he was refused and withdrawn from this position. He was appointed as one of the board of directors of the Persepolis club on 19 September 2011 and was elected as chairman of Persepolis and succeeded Habib Kashani, a day after on 20 September 2011.

He managed to attract major players in the transfer season, summer 2012. Shahab Gordan, Jalal Hosseini, Hossein Mahini, Mehrdad Pouladi, Mohsen Bengar, Mohammad Ghazi, Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh, Afshin Esmaeilzadeh, Roberto Sousa, Karim Ansarifard, Amir Abedzadeh, Mehrzad Madanchi and Nilson Corrêa, are an example of his purchase. Since then, the team was dubbed the Red Galaxy. After Denizli's resignation, he open talks with Manuel José, Bruno Metsu, Gérard Houllier and Gabriel Calderón and finally signs with Manuel José. In middle of that season José was fired and Yahya Golmohammadi who was the second team coach accepted the president's offer to lead Persepolis. On 20 May 2013, Ali Daei was officially announced as the club's manager for the next three seasons by Rouyanian. On 22 January 2014, Rouyanian resigned as the club's chairman and his resignation was accepted by the board of directors.

Signings Rank Player From Year1. Saeid Ghadami Foolad 20112. Éamon Zayed Derry City 20113. Mehdi Mahdavikia Damash Gilan 20124. Hossein Hooshyar Shahrdari Yasuj 20125. Hossein Kanaani Youth System 20126. Mehrdad Pooladi Mes Kerman 20127. Asmir Avdukić Borac Banja Luka 20128. Mohammad Ghazi Zob Ahan 20129. Shahab Gordan Zob Ahan 201210. Hossein Mahini Zob Ahan 201211. Jalal Hosseini Sepahan 201212. Mohsen Bengar Sepahan 201213. Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh Rah Ahan 201214. Afshin Esmaeilzadeh Damash 201215. Karim Ansarifard Saipa 201216. Roberto Sousa Marítimo 201217. Amir Abedzadeh LA Blues 201218. Mehrzad Madanchi Al-Shaab 201219. Nilson Corrêa Guimarães 201220. Reza Haghighi Fajr Sepasi 201321. Adel Kolahkaj Sepahan 201322. Marko Perović Red Star Belgrade 201323. Reza Mohammadi Sepahan 201324. Vlatko Grozdanoski Liaoning Whowin 201325. Omid Alishah Rah Ahan 201326. Mehdi Seyed-Salehi Tractor Sazi 201327. Meysam Hosseini Naft Tehran 201328. Mehrdad Kafshgari Rah Ahan 201329. Milad Gharibi Saipa 201330. Mohammad Abbaszadeh Nassaji 201331. Younes Shakeri Aboomoslem 201332. Payam Sadeghian Zob Ahan 201333. Ghasem Dehnavi Tractor Sazi 201334. Marko Šćepanović FK Mladost Podgorica 201335. Milad Kamandani Youth System 201336. Farshad Ghasemi Youth System 201337. Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Ajman 201338. Farzad Hatami Foolad 2013