Naeim Saadavi

Naeim Sadavi

Personal information
Full name	Naeim Sadavi Saad
Date of birth	(1969-06-16) June 16, 1969
Place of birth	Ahvaz, Iran
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Foolad (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Bahman
1997–1999	Persepolis
1999–2004	Foolad
International career
1996–1998	Iran	22	(1)
Managerial career
2005	Sanat Naft
2005–2007	Shahin Bushehr
2007	Iran U23 (assistant)
2008–2009	Persepolis (assistant)
2009–2016	Foolad (assistant)
2016–	Foolad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Naeim Sadavi Saad (Persian: نعیم سعداوی, born June 16, 1969 in Ahvaz) is a retired Iranian football player and now a football coach. He usually played in the defender position.

Playing career

Club career

He played for a few clubs in Iran, namely Bahman, Persepolis FC and Foolad FC.

Sadavi started at Bahman where he played for a season before Tehran giants Persepolis FC signed him on August 1, 1997.

International career

He participated at 1998 FIFA World Cup for the Iran national football team.

Managerial career

He coached Sanat Naft FC and has coached Shahin Bushehr in Iran's Azadegan League from 2005 after Human Afazeli's departure from the club. He was also a first team coach of the Iran national under-23 football team for a short period in 2007. He then being appointed as Foolad assistant coach in 2009. He works under three managers, first was Majid Jalali, then Hossein Faraki and last was Dragan Skočić.

On 25 May 2016, he was appointed as head coach of Foolad with signing a three-year contract with the club.

Statistics

As of 1 December 2016

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Win %
Foolad	June 2016	Present	15	5	8	2	20	18	+2	033.33
Total			15	5	8	2	20	18	+2	033.33

References

• Naeim Saadavi at National-Football-Teams.com