What is Ebrahim Ashtiani?
{{Infobox football biography | name = Ebrahim Ashtiani | image =Ebrahim Ashtiani 2.jpg | image_size = 240 | fullname = Ebrahim Ashtiani | height = 1.72 m | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|1|4|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|24|1942|1|4|mf=yes}} | death_place = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]] | youthyears1 = 1961–1965 | youthclubs1 = [[Shahin F.C.|Shahin]] | years1 = 1964–1968 | years2 = 1968–1976 | years3 = 1969–1970 | clubs1 = [[Shahin F.C.|Shahin]] | clubs2 = [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] | clubs3 = → [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] (loan) | caps1 = 59 | goals1 = 5 | caps2 = 147 | goals2 = 11 | caps3 = 21 | goals3 = 3 | totalcaps = 227 | totalgoals = 19 | nationalyears1 = 1968–1974 | nationalteam1 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps1 = 35 | nationalgoals1 = 1 }} '''Ebrahim Ashtiani''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: ابراهیم اشتیانی; January 4, 1942<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/18755/Ebrahim_Ashtiani.html|title=Ebrahim Ashtiani|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=www.national-football-teams.com}}</ref> – October 24, 2017) was an [[Iran]]ian [[association football|football]] player. He played for the [[Iran national football team]] and spent most of his career at [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]. His son [[Ardalan Ashtiani|Ardalan]] is also a professional football player. After the retirement of Persepolis captains [[Jafar Kashani]] and [[Homayoun Behzadi]], Ashtiani became captain of the club when he was only 28 making him the youngest captain of Persepolis, a record that was broken by [[Alireza Haghighi]] in 2010. He retired in the summer of 1976 at the age of 30. Ashtiani won the [[1972 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup]] in Thailand in 1972 as well as the football tournament of the [[Football at the 1974 Asian Games|1974 Asian Ga