Najafnejad named Esteqlal managing director

MNA – Ali Yussefpur, Iran’s caretaker welfare minister, here Saturday appointed Meqdad Najafnejad as the managing director of Tehran’s Esteqlal Club.

Najafnejad succeeds Mohammad-Hossein Qarib, who offered his resignation.

Esteqlal’s football squad lifted the fifth Iran Pro League trophy last season.