Hossein Faraki

Hossain Faraki

Faraki in 1978
Personal information
Full name Hossain Faraki
Date of birth March 22, 1957 (1957-03-22) (age 54)
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Naft Tehran (Head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1979 PAS Tehran
1979–1981 Al-Shaab
1981–1992 PAS Tehran
National team
1977–1980 Iran 22 (11)
Teams managed
1994–2000 PAS Tehran (Assistant)
2000 PAS Tehran
2003–2006 Iran (Assistant)
2004 Iran U-23
2009–2010 Kaveh Tehran
2010– Naft Tehran
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Hossein Faraki (Persian: حسین فرکی, born 22 March 1957) is a retired Iranian footballer and a football coach who currently coaches Naft Tehran in IPL.

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Early life

He was born on 22 March 1957 in Tehran, Iran. He began playing football with PAS Tehran in 1976.

Playing career

Club career

He spent most of his career playing for Pas Tehran. Faraki won with Pas the Iranian Takht Jamshid in 1977 and 1978; he was also the top goal scorer of the Iranian league in 1978/79, when the league was left incomplete due to political unrest in Iran at the time.

Faraki also played for Al-Shaab of the UAE at the time when Heshmat Mohajerani became head coach of the club.

International career

He played for the Iran national football team and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where he played all three matches. He also reached the third place in the 1980 Asian Cup in Kuwait.

Managerial career

During Branko Ivankovic's time as Team Melli manager, Faraki was the assistant manager. He was also the head coach of the Iran national under-23 football team from 2003 till 2006. He was appointed as head coach of Naft Tehran on 1 July 2010.

Coaching career statistics

As of 17 December 2011
Nat Team From To Record
G W D L Win % GF GA +/-
PAS Tehran May 2000 October 2000 12 3 6 3 40% 20 21 –1
Iran U-23 May 2004 December 2004 5 4 0 1 80% 9 3 +6
Kaveh Tehran June 2009 July 2010 26 9 7 10 42% 27 30 –3
Naft Tehran July 2010 Present 51 15 20 16 64% 64 64 0
Total 94 31 33 30 41% 120 118 +2

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