Hamid Derakhshan

Hamid Derakhshan
Personal information
Full name Hamid Derakhshan
Date of birth January 23, 1959 (1959-01-23) (age 53)
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1977-1987 Persepolis
1987-1991 Qatar SC
1991-1992 Al-Sadd Doha
1992-1994 Persepolis
National team
1980-1993 Iran 41 (9)
Teams managed
1994-1995 Persepolis
1995-1997 Persepolis (Assistant)
1997 Persepolis
2001-2002 Iran U-20
2002-2003 Rah Ahan
2009-2010 Paykan
2010-2011 Shahrdari Tabriz
2011 Shahin Bushehr
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Hamid Derakhshan (Persian: حمید درخشان, born January 23, 1959 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player and now manager. He was a midfielder for a number of clubs, most notably Persepolis F.C. as well as the Iran national football team.

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Club career

Derakhshan started his club career with Persepolis F.C.. After 1986 Asian Games, he boycotted playing for Iran national football team and left for Qatar where he joined Qatar SC for which he played for 4 years followed by one season in Al-Sadd Doha. Although he played for Persepolis F.C. on loan during 1990 Asian Cup Winners Cup when Persepolis F.C. became champions.

International career

He was a member of the Iran national under-20 football team at 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship. He played for Iran national football team at 1980 AFC Asian Cup, 1982 Asian Games, 1984 AFC Asian Cup, 1986 Asian Games. He was captain of Iran national football team at ECO Cup 1993 and 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifications.

International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
# Date City Opponent Result
1 5 August 1980 Dubai, United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates 2-0
2 29 September 1980 Kuwait City, Kuwait  North Korea 3–0
3 15 August 1984 Jakarta, Indonesia  Philippines 7-1
4 13 December 1984 Singapore, Singapore  Saudi Arabia 1-1
5 20 February 1986 Tehran, Iran  Ghana 2-0
6 27 September 1991 Tehran, Iran  Algeria 2-1
7 6 July 1993 Tehran, Iran  Syria 1-1
8 18 October 1993 Doha, Qatar  Japan 2-1
9 22 October 1993 Doha, Qatar  Iraq 1-2

Coaching career

He started his coaching career, as coach of Persepolis F.C. in 1995. He also coached Iran national under-20 football team in 2001 but was fired after it was discovered that he had been using overage players in his teams. He also briefly acted as an assistant coach to Branko Ivankovic in 2002. He was the technical manager of Persepolis and Paykan in 2008-09 season. He became the head coach of Paykan in summer 2009. He was appointed as Shahrdari Tabriz F.C.'s head coach on 10 October 2010[1] and was sacked by club on 19 June 2011. He was appointed as Shahin Bushehr's head coach on 26 June 2011. He was resigned on 5 October 2011.

As of 5 October 2011
Nat Team From To Record
G W D L Win % GF GA +/-
Iran U17 2000 2001 13 9 0 4 69.23% 41 10 +31
Paykan July 2009 July 2010 35 9 15 11 25% 41 45 -4
Shahrdari Tabriz October 2010 July 2011 34 8 13 13 22% 45 53 -8
Shahin Bushehr July 2011 October 2011 9 2 4 3 30% 9 6 +3
Total 90 28 31 31 59% 136 114 +22

Awards and honours

Country

Club

External links

References

  1. ^ حمید درخشان سرمربی شهرداری تبریز شد
Rah Ahan F.C. – managers
Shahin Bushehr F.C. – managers