Büyük Vatankhah (Persian: بیوک وطنخواه) or Ezzatollah Vatankhah (Persian: عزت الله وطنخواه) (born February 1, 1942, in Tabriz, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player and currently a scouter.
[2] Büyük Vatankhah is part of the first generation of contemporary Iranian football players.
According to interviews he has given to Iranian press, football was his passion from an early age, a sentiment which angered his traditional father who wanted his son to pursue more "mainstream" activities.
He continues to live in his beloved Tehran, although he has made many visits to Europe and the Persian Gulf States.
Büyük has a son, Alex Vatankha, currently a Senior Fellow at Middle East Institute and Jamestown Foundation.