Majid Bishkar
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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 | 119 | (107) |
| 1982–1987 | Mohammedan | 91 | (58) |
| 1987 | Mohammedan | 13 | (4) |
| Total | 279 | (201) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1976–1978 | Iran | 2 | (0) |
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*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.