Majid Bishkar

Majid Beshkar
Beshkar at home in Khorramshahr in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-08-06) 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 119 (107)
1982–1987 Mohammedan 91 (58)
1987 Mohammedan 13 (4)
Total 279 (201)
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 and Mohammedan, both based in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal. He was popularly known as "Badshah" in Calcutta Maidan. 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.