Alireza Mansourian
 Mansourian in 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 December 1971 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Damghan, Iran | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Esteghlal (manager) | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1993–1995 | Pars Khodro | |||||||||||||
| 1995-1996 | Esteghlal | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | Balestier Central | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | Geylang United | |||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Esteghlal | |||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Skoda Xanthi | 23 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Apollon Smyrnis | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | FC St. Pauli | 35 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2008 | Esteghlal | 130 | (8) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Iran | 46 | (8) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Pas Hamedan | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Iran (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Iran (caretaker) | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Iran U23 | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Naft Tehran | |||||||||||||
| 2016– | Esteghlal | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Alireza Mansourian (Template:Lang-fa, born 2 December 1971) is an Iranian football coach and retired player. He is currently manager of Esteghlal F.C. in Persian Gulf Pro League.
Club career
Mansourian was born in Tehran. During his career, he played for Singapore S.League clubs: Balestier Khalsa FC and Geylang United along with the Iranian club Esteghlal F.C.. He moved to Greek club Xanthi in 1998 after Xanthi fans contributed to raise the amount of money needed to complete the transfer. He played for Skoda Xanthi for one and a half seasons, taking part in 23 games. In December 1999, Mansourian went to Apollon Athens for six months where he played seven games and scored once. After Apollon's relegation, he continued his career in Germany's St. Pauli where he remained for two seasons. Finally he returned to Iran and Esteghlal F.C. where he was appointed as the team's captain. Mansourian said farewell to professional football at the end of the 2007–08 season where Esteghlal became Hazfi Cup Champions.
International career
Mansourian made 46 appearances for the Iran national football team and scored eight goals.[1] He also participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2]
Coaching career
Early years
He was head coach of Pas for four months in 2009. In August 2010, Afshin Ghotbi chose Mansourian as his assistant coach for the Iran national football team. After resignation of Ghotbi as head coach of national team, Mansourian was named as interim head coach until the appointment of Carlos Queiroz. He also coached Iran in a 1–0 win against Russia.
Iran U-23
On 28 April 2011, he became head coach of the Iranian national under-23 football team. On 2 January 2014, Mansourian resigned as head coach of Iran's under-23 side. He was replaced with Nelo Vingada.
Naft Tehran
He became manager of Iran Pro League club Naft Tehran on 31 May 2014.[3][4] He led Naft Tehran to the third position and final game of Hazfi Cup in his first season at the club. They lost Hazfi Cup final to Zob Ahan. Mansourian's team also showed a good performance at AFC Champions League. Naft Tehran qualified from group stage after finishing second in their group. They also defeated Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli in Round of 16 by away goals rule. However, they lost to Al-Ahli Dubai in Quarter-finals. At the end of the season, Esteghlal offered Mansourian to take the charge of their team after sacking of Amir Ghalenoei. The negotiations broken after Naft Tehran refused to release Mansourian. Mansourian signed a contract extension on 19 August 2015 for next two years. Naft Tehran began the season with selling of some of their squad stars, like Kamal Kamyabinia to Persepolis, Hossein Ebrahimi to Foolad and Leandro Padovani to Sepahan. Unless Naft facing financial problems during the season, Mansourian finished the season with Naft in fifth position. After the end of the season, Mansourian officially resigned and left the club.
He received offers from English team Brighton & Hove Albion in late 2015, but he turned it down to take over his former club Esteghlal Tehran. There was a tremendous pressure from the fans to bring him back to Esteghlal Tehran.
Esteghlal
On 1 June 2016, Mansourian was named as head coach of Esteghlal, signed a three-year contract with the club.
Statistics
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Greece | League | |||
| 1998–99 | Skoda Xanthi | Alpha Ethniki | 23 | 0 |
| 1999–20 | Apollon Smyrnis | 7 | 1 | |
| Germany | League | |||
| 2000–01 | FC St. Pauli | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iran | League | |||
| 2002–03 | Esteghlal | Iran Pro League | 16 | 0 |
| 2003–04 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | 26 | 2 | ||
| Country | Iran | 130 | 8 | |
| Total | 175 | 9 | ||
Managerial statistics
- As of 11 August 2017
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Win % | |||
| Pas | 6 July 2009 | 4 October 2009 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 10.00 |
| Iran | 22 January 2011 | 9 February 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Iran U-23 | 28 April 2011 | 17 February 2012 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 66.67 |
| Iran U-22 | 1 March 2012 | 2 January 2014 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | +22 | 85.71 |
| Naft Tehran | 1 June 2014 | 1 June 2016 | 77 | 39 | 20 | 18 | 112 | 73 | +39 | 50.65 |
| Esteghlal | 1 June 2016 | Present | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 54.35 |
| Total | 151 | 80 | 36 | 35 | 230 | 148 | +82 | 52.98 | ||
Honours
Player
- Esteghlal
- Iranian Football League (2): 1997–98, 2005–06, Runners-up (1): 2003–04
- Hazfi Cup (2) 1995–96, 2007–08, Runners-up (1): 2003–04
Manager
- Naft Tehran
- Esteghlal
- Persian Gulf Pro League runner-up: 2016–17
Individual
- IFCA Manager of the Month: March 2015
References
- ^ Panahi, Majeed (16 July 2009). "Iran – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- ^ Ali Reza Mansourian – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Official: Ali Reza Mansourian, new manager of Naft Tehran
- ^ Mansourian became head coach of Naft Tehran
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- Use dmy dates from June 2013
- 1971 births
- Living people
- 1996 AFC Asian Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- Apollon Smyrni F.C. players
- Esteghlal F.C. players
- Esteghlal F.C. captains
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- FC St. Pauli players
- Association football midfielders
- Iran international footballers
- Iranian expatriate footballers
- Iranian footballers
- Xanthi F.C. players
- S.League players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Balestier Khalsa FC players
- Asian Games gold medalists for Iran
- Expatriate footballers in Singapore
- Geylang International FC players
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games