Steven Beitashour was born in San Jose, California. His parents Edward and Pari Beitashour are both from Iran. He is of Christian Assyrian descent from his father’s side and his mother is a Persian Muslim.
Beitashour majored in communication at San Diego State University, choosing it over several schools including San Jose State University and University of California, Santa Cruz.

Career College and Amateur

Beitashour attended Leland High School and played four years of college soccer at San Diego State University, redshirting his freshman season. During late college years (2007–2008) Beitashour also played for the San Jose Frogs in the USL Premier Development League.

Professional Career

Beitashour was drafted in the second round (30th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes. He made his professional debut on April 10, 2010 against the Chicago Fire, and scored his first professional goal on April 24, 2010 against Chivas USA. Beitashour was selected for the 2012 MLS All-Star Game and played 90 minutes against Chelsea in the 3–2 win.

International

Beitashour has Iranian Citizenship through Jus sanguinis principles and is eligible to play for Iran national football team. Since Beitashour was born in the United States, he’s also a Jus soli US Citizen and has the choice of either playing for Iran or the United States.
When asked about his choice in a 2012 interview, he stated:
“I think it’s a great position to be in to have two options, to say the least… I just got to keep playing well here [for the San Jose Earthquakes]. I think that’s the main thing, and good things will come from that.”
Since Carlos Queiroz takeover of Iran national team, he was always seeking Iranian diaspora talented players to reinforce the team and he eventually Invited Iranian-German Ashkan Dejagah and Iranian-Swedish Omid Nazari to Team Melli. In June 2012, it was reported that he is interested to invite Beitashour as well, but Political issues concerning Beitashour’s US Citizenship has become a barrier to procrastinate his invitation.
He was called up for an international friendly by the United States national football team against Mexico on August 15, 2012;[12] however he did not make his debut for Team USA.[13] Coach Jurgen Klinsmann later explained about his “surprise callup”:
“Steven has built his case over the last couple of months and talking with Frank Yallop [Beitashour’s coach at Earthquakes] and getting his information was the most important step… We are pleased to bring him in. He will be welcomed here and he’ll see it is a very positive and comfortable environment where he can settle in with no problems. We are curious to see him in the couple training sessions that we have. It’s not much because we have two and a half days to prepare for a game, but obviously I’d love to see him over a longer period of time. It will be curious to get his first impression.”

On 5 October 2013, Beitashour was called up for Iran national football team to be part of the squad in match against Thailand.