Ebrahim Ghasempour (Persian: ابراهیم قاسمپور; born September 11, 1957 in Abadan, Iran) is an Iranian football coach and retired player who currently manages Mes Kerman in Iran Pro League.
[edit] Early life
He was born on 11 September 1957 in Abadan, Iran and began his playing career with playing in the youth team of Sanat Naft in 1972. He was joined to the senior team in 1974.
[edit] Playing career
After playing for Sanat Naft for three years, he became one of the famous player of the team but left the club in 1976 and was joined to the Shahbaz reaching the third place in the Iranian league in 1976-77 with the team as one of the key players. He was signed a two years contract with Pas in 1978. He played for clubs in Iranian, Emirati, Qatari and Egyptian leagues for 16 years with the deferent clubs. He was returned to the Pas in 1994 and was retired in 1996.
[edit] International career
Ghasempour was invited to the Iran national football team and was made 31 appearances for the Iran national football team from 1975 to 1978[1] and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
He was a member of the Iranian team winning the Asia Cup 1976 in Tehran and reaching the quarterfinals of the Olympic Tournament in Montreal in 1976.
[edit] Coaching career
In 1994, Ghasempour was returned to the Pas as a player-manager and was managed the team until 1995. After he was retired from playing in the club, he was appointed as head coach of B team of Pas club and was selected again as head coach of Pas in 1997 but was resigned after six months to become head coach of Iran national under-23 football team. He was sacked in 1999. Two months after he was sacked from Iran Olympic team, he was returned again as head coach of Pas. He was appointed as head coach of Sanat Naft in July 2001 and was managing the team until February 2002. Bargh Shiraz signed a contract with Ghasempour in February 2002 and was head coach until December 2002. He became head coach of United Arab Emirates side Hatta Club in January 2006. He was resigned in April 2007 and was appointed as head coach of Sanat Naft in July 2007.[2] After bad results, Ghasempour was sacked by the club in March 2008. In June 2008, he was appointed as head coach of Homa and was resigned on the same year. He was returned to the Hatta in November 2008 but was resigned and became head coach of Emirates Club.[3] He left the club after differences with club's chairman. He was appointed as head coach of Iran Pro League side Damash Gilan on 20 September 2011 replaced Mehdi Dinvarzadeh but he was resigned on 31 December 2011 after just five months in charge.[4] He was appointed as Mes Kerman's new head coach on 15 February 2012. He began his career in Mes with a 1-1 draw with Persepolis.
[edit] Statistics
- As of 17 March 2012
| Nat |
Team |
From |
To |
Record |
| G |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
+/- |
 |
Pas |
June 1994 |
June 1995 |
22 |
6 |
13 |
3 |
32 |
22 |
+10 |
|
Pas |
January 1997 |
June 1997 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
|
Iran U-23 |
June 1997 |
June 1999 |
23 |
13 |
7 |
3 |
37 |
22 |
+15 |
|
Pas |
November 1999 |
May 2000 |
14 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
15 |
11 |
+4 |
|
Sanat Naft |
July 2001 |
February 2002 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
10 |
–1 |
|
Bargh Shiraz |
February 2002 |
December 2002 |
26 |
9 |
5 |
12 |
28 |
37 |
–9 |
 |
Hatta |
January 2006 |
April 2007 |
26 |
25 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
10 |
+15 |
|
Sanat Naft |
July 2007 |
March 2008 |
30 |
8 |
8 |
14 |
30 |
37 |
-7 |
|
Hatta |
November 2008 |
December 2008 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
|
Emirates Club |
December 2008 |
December 2009 |
22 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
40 |
20 |
+20 |
|
Damash |
September 2011 |
January 2012 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
18 |
11 |
+7 |
|
Mes Kerman |
February 2012 |
Present |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
[edit] References
| Persondata |
| Name |
Ghasempour, Ebrahim |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
September 11, 1957 |
| Place of birth |
Abadan, Iran |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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