Babak Movassaghi

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Babak Movassaghi (born September 6, 1971 ) is a former German American football player of Iranian descent.

career

Movassaghi went to the United States in 1986 to attend school in Knoxville , Tennessee , where his father wanted him to be promoted as a tennis player. There he came into contact with the sport of American football.

He played for the Ratingen Raiders, then until 1999 for the Düsseldorf Panther . With the latter team he won the 1995 Eurobowl . The German national football player and European champion in 2001 was also part of the Rhein Fire squad in the World League of American Football and NFL Europe in 1997, 1998 and 1999 . In 1998 he won the World Bowl with the Rhein Fire .

From 1999 to 2002 the 1.79 meter wide receiver played for the Hamburg Blue Devils in the football Bundesliga and won the German championship with the Hanseatic League in 2001 and 2002. Following the 2002 season, the “gentleman among German football players ”, according to the Hamburger Abendblatt, ended his competitive sports career .

Movassaghi, who studied physics at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf , completed a doctorate in medical physics after his football career at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and moved to the United States, where he worked in the healthcare industry.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b https://alumni-panther.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PPH-EB-Finale-07.07.1995.pdf
  2. ↑ HUDDLE editions. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  3. ^ Hamburger Abendblatt: A devilishly strong team. August 23, 1999, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  4. ^ Football History. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  5. ↑ EM. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  6. ↑ EM. Retrieved January 27, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Babak Movassaghi - Pro Football Archives. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  8. ↑ 1998 Rhein Fire - Pro Football Archives. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  9. ↑ http://www.fk-hbd.de/HBD2013-180515.pdf
  10. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/2002/pdf/20021014.pdf/HAHA20021014lf025.pdf
  11. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/babakmovassaghi
personal data
SURNAME Movassaghi, Babak
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German American football player
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1971