Mansour Pourheidari

Mansour Pourheidari

Personal information
Date of birth	(1945-01-20) 20 January 1945
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Esteghlal (technical manager)
Youth career
1962–1965	Daraei
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1965–1975	Esteghlal	34	(20)
1975–1977	Daraei	12	(5)
National team
1967–1977	Iran	40	(7)
Teams managed
1983–1986	Esteghlal
1986–1989	Al-Ahli
1989–1992	Esteghlal
1995–1996	Esteghlal
1996–1998	Fajr Sepasi
1998–2000	Iran
2000–2002	Esteghlal
2002–2003	Sanat Naft
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mansour Pourheidari (Persian: منصور پورحیدری‎, born 20 January 1945 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football coach, manager, and former player. He is currently technical manager and also member of the board of the directors of Esteghlal.

Playing careers

He began his football career at the age of 17 in Daraei but was transferred to Taj (now Esteghlal) in 1965 and played as a right defender for ten years and won the Asian Championship in 1970. He also played for Iran national football team and had 40 caps and 7 goals. He retired in 1977 from both club and international.

Managerial careers

He began his managerial career in 1980 as assistant coach to Abbas Razavi and Asghar Sharafi. He was promoted as the club's head coach in 1983 after the resignation of Sharafi. After three years, he was resigned and becomes head coach of UAE Pro-League side, Al-Ahli and led the team until 1989. He was re-appointed as Esteghlal manager in 1989 and won the league in the following seasion. He also led Esteghlal to their second Asian trophy in 1991. He was left the team in the next year but was returned again as head coach in 1995 and led the team for one season. After that, he becomes head coach of Fajr Sepasi for two seasons but was unable to earn any trophy. He became head coach of Iran national football team in 1998 and led it until 2000. Pourheidari is currently a member of the Board of directors of Esteghlal.^[1] He was team manager of Esteghlal from 2010 to 2012 and since 2012, he is technical manager of the club.

Coaching career statistics

As of 31 March 2010

Honours

Playing honours

• Iranian Football League (2): 1970–71, 1974–75
• Asian Club Championship (1): 1970

Managerial honours

Esteghlal

• Iranian Football League (2): 1989–90, 2000–01
• Hazfi Cup (2): 1996, 2000
• Asian Club Championship (1): 1991

Iran

• Asian Games (1): 1998

Individual honours

• January 1999 Asian Coach of the Month

Personal life

He is married to Farideh Shojaee, current Iran Football Federation vice president.

References