Adel Ferdosipour
عادل فردوسی‌پور
Born
Adel Ferdosipour

(1974-10-03) 3 October 1974 (age 49)
NationalityIranian
EducationSharif University of Technology, Tehran
OccupationTelevision sports commentator
EmployerIRIB & Sharif University of Technology
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Adel Ferdosipour (Persian: عادل فردوسی‌پور; born 3 October 1974) is an Iranian journalist, football commentator, translator, university professor, and television show host and producer. He was the host and producer of the popular TV show Navad. He is a producer of the popular TV show Football 120.

Life

Ferdosipour was born on 3 October 1974 in Rafsanjan, Kerman province. Ferdosipour attended Zoghi Elementary School, before graduating to attend Alborz High School. He received his master's degree in industrial engineering from Sharif University of Technology. Adel is a close friend of Ali Daei as they both attended the same university. He is a member and the captain of the celebrities football team in Iran.[2] Ferdosipour voted for Mir Hossein Mousavi in the 2009 Iranian presidential elections.[3]

Performances

TV programs

Year Title Job Network
1999–2019 Navad Presenter, Producer IRIB TV3
2013–2023 Football 120 Producer, Narrator IRIB Varzesh
2014 Bist Chahardah Presenter, Producer IRIB TV3
2018 Bist Hejdah Presenter, Producer IRIB TV3
2018–2020 UEFA Champions League magazine Narrator IRIB Varzesh

Internet programs

Year Title Job Network
2016 Hattrick Presenter, Producer Aio Internet TV
2019 Clasico Producer Cafe Bazaar, Filimo, Namava
2020–present UEFA Champions League magazine Narrator Filimo (2020–2022), Football 360 (2022–present)
2022–present Football 360 Producer, Presenter, Editor-in-chief Football 360 website and application

Film

Year Title Job Role Director
2017 Farshad, The Top Scorer Actor Himself Jaafar Sadeghi

Theatre

Year Title Role Director
2005 Fenz Narrator Mohammad Rahmanian

Popularity

Adel Ferdosipour is considered to be one of the most popular public figures in Iran,[according to whom?] due to his honesty, sincerity, his unique kind of reportage and even questioning and disagreeing with high authority officials.[opinion] His program, which airs on Monday nights, has an audience of over 30 million (40 million has also been stated by some sources).[attribution needed] Newsweek Magazine considered Ferdosipour among 20 powerful persons of Iran in 2009 because of his widespread popularity.[4]

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