Jalal Talebi

Jalal Talebi
Personal information
Full name Seyed Jalal Talebi
Date of birth 23 March 1942 (1942-03-23) (age 69)
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1960–1964 Daraei 10 (0)
1964–1970 Taj 23 (3)
1971–1973 Chelsea 6 (3)
National team
1964–1967 Iran 10 (1)
Teams managed
1975–1977 Iran U20
1980–1986[1] Al-Khaleej
1996 Geylang United
1996–1997 Indonesia U23
1998 Iran
2000–2001 Iran
2001–2002 Syria
2005–2006 Al Taliya
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Seyed Jalal Talebi (Persian: جلال طالبی, born 23 March 1942 in Tehran) is a retired Iranian football player and manager.

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Playing career

Talebi had a very short playing career in which he played for Daraei F.C., Esteghlal F.C. and the Iran national football team. He was known for his heads up plays, his jumping abilities and his skills with the ball. Minisk of the knee ended his playing career at age of 27.

Managerial career

Talebi attended Chelsea F.C. coaching school in England from 1971 to 1973. He coached the Iran national under-20 football team from 1975 to 1977.

Talebi had coached soccer at De Anza Community College.

He was the head coach of the Iranian national team during the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2] Prior to the tournament, he was appointed to replace Tomislav Ivic after Iran lost 1–7 to A.S. Roma in a warm up friendly match. He had held the position of technical director before he was named coach. He stepped down as head coach after the 1998 FIFA World Cup on 20 August 1998,[3] but returned to lead the team again during 2000 Asian Cup in Lebanon. He resigned after Iran's elimination in the tournament.[4]

He has also managed Geylang United FC of S.League in 1996, Indonesian Olympic Team from 1996–97, Syria national football team in 2002, and Al Taliya from 2005–06.

Coaching career statistics

As of 12 December 2009
Nat Team From To Record
G W D L Win % GF GA +/-
Iran May 1998 August 1998 4 1 0 3 25% 2 6 −4
Iran March 2000 October 2001 20 13 5 3 65% 39 15 +24
Syria November 2001 September 2002 10 9 0 1 90% 7 3 +4
Total 34 23 5 4 70% 48 24 +24

Personal life

He now lives in Palo Alto, California, with his wife and three sons. He moved to the United States in 1983.[5]

Honours

References

  1. ^ http://www.footballiran.ir/Nsite/FullStory/?Id=34991
  2. ^ Longman, Jere (16 January 2000). "A Match With Diplomacy on the Sideline". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C14FA3A5E0C758DDDA80894D8404482. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 
  3. ^ "Iran World Cup coach Talebi resigns". allsports.com. http://www.allsports.com/soccer/iran/980820.html. Retrieved 9 August 2007. 
  4. ^ "Iranian inquest into Cup defeat". BBC. 29 October 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/996915.stm. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 
  5. ^ Metcalf, Rupert (21 June 1998). "Football: Double agent Talebi?". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-double-agent-talebi-1166561.html. Retrieved 11 September 2009.