Mohammad Mayeli Kohan

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Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
Personal information
Full nameMohammad Mayeli Kohan
Date of birth (1953-06-05) 5 June 1953
Place of birthBandar-e Anzali, Iran
Playing positionForward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1969–1974Ghasre Yakh
1974–1976Naft Tehran
1976–1990Persepolis
National team
1978–1982Iran6(0)
Teams managed
1990–1992Persepolis (assistant)
1991–1992Iran (assistant)
1992–1995Iran Futsal
1995–1997Iran
2003Iran U23
2003–2004Saipa
2004Paykan
2006–2007Foolad
2008–2011Saipa
2012–2013Gahar Zagros
2013Saba Qom
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (Persian: محمد مایلی کهن‎, born 5 June 1953 in Bandar-e Anzali) is a retired Iranian football player and now coach who currently manages Saba Qom in Iran Pro League.

Early life

He was born on 5 June 1953 in Bandar-e Anzali in Iran. His father was a farmer. He has two brothers and one sister. He was married in 1978 with an Iranian-Turkish woman and has two sons.

Playing career

He moved to Tehran in 1967 and joined Ghasre Yakh Club in 1969. He played there until 1974. From 1974 to 1976 he played at Naft Tehran. Mayeli Kohan then joined Persepolis in 1976. His best time was in Perspolis. He retired from playing in 1990. He played for Iran national football team 6 times.

Coaching career

Assistantship

He was chosen as assistant manager of Perspeolis just months after his retirement in 1990 and became assistant manager of Iran national football team in 1991 by Ali Parvin.

Iran futsal

In 1992, he became head coach of Iran national futsal team and was in team's charge until 1995. Iran national futsal team became in Fourth place at 1992 FIFA Futsal World Cup with Mayeli Kohan.

Iran football

After good results with national futsal team, he was appointed as manager of Iran national football team after Stanko Poklepović's resignation. He coached team in 1996 AFC Asian Cup and was ranked in third place. He invited players such as Farhad Majidi, Khodadad Azizi and Ali Daei to the national team which team became Iran's best players in next years.

Iran Under-23

In 2003, Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran appointed Mayeli Kohan as head coach of Iran national under-23 football team but he was resigned as this position two months later to become head coach of Iran Pro League side Saipa.

Saipa

He became head coach of Saipa in July 2003 replacing Giovanni Mei. He was head coach until the end of seasion which lead team in 13th ranked and team was relegated to the Azadegan League and Mayeli Kohan was sacked by the club.

Paykan

After bad results with Saipa, he was appointed as head coach of Paykan in 2004. It was a bad years to for Mayeli Kohan and after bad results with Paykan, he was resigned.

Foolad

He was retired for two years to coaching but was back for coaching Foolad in 2006. Foolad relegated to Azadegan League with coaching of Mayeli Kohan which was end last season in the eight rank. He was sacked two days after the end of season.

Returning to Saipa

He was returned to Saipa in 2008 after Ali Daei became head coach of Iran national football team. During 2008-09 season, he received good results with Saipa and ended the season in 10th rank, finishing bad years of coaching. He was reappointed for two years by club chairman in 2009.Saipa F.C.'s last minute goal against Esteghlal F.C. in a game held in April 2009, threatened Esteghlal's chance of winning the Iranian title. After the game, because of fan clashes between the two teams and fan insults towards Mayeli Kohan and his family, Mayeli Kohan sent a letter to Esteghlal manager Amir Ghalenoei which reportedly included harsh references to Ghalenoei's height, facial appearance and background.[1][2] When he was appointed as head coach of Iran national football team in 2009, he wasn't resigned as his position in Saipa and after he was refuse to coaching national team, he was came back to Saipa. He was end 2009-10 season in 8th rank and 2010-11 season in 11th rank and was resigned as head coach of Saipa in the last match which they won and wasn't relegated to Azadegan League. After one of Saipa's games, when one of the reporters asked him about his great winning streak with Saipa 4 games in a row, Mayelikohan started to cry and couldn't give the reporter any answer

Appointment as Iran national team coach for second time

He was assigned as the new coach of Iran National football team in 7 April 2009 replacing Ali Daei who had been sacked a week earlier and was released on 21 April 2009.[3]

As a result of conflicts with Amir Ghalenoei, an angered Ghalenoei, along several other Esteghlal players and officials including Fabio Januario, Farhad Majidi and Arash Borhani, stormed the IRIFF headquarters demanding an action to be made against Mayeli Kohan. Several days later Mayeli Kohan resigned without coaching Iran in any match.[2]

Technical Manager of Persepolis

He was appointed as Technical Manager of Persepolis by Habib Kashani on 6 July 2011. He was resigned on 20 August 2011 after his deference with head coach.[4]

Gahar Zagros

On 27 August 2012, Mayeli Kohan was appointed as head coach of Gahar Zagros, replacing with Mehdi Tartar who resigned last month. He returned to management after nearly two years. His side was relegated to the Azadegan League, just one year after their promotion. He left the team at the end of the season.

Saba Qom

On 30 May 2013, he signed a one year contract with Saba Qom.[5] His first match as head coach of Saba was a 1–0 win over Malavan.

Statistics

As of 9 November 2013
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Iran Iran 26 April 1996 7 November 1997 40 24 10 6 60.00
Saipa Iran 1 August 2003 1 August 2004 26 3 12 11 11.54
Iran U-23 Iran 3 May 2003 12 May 2004 8 5 0 3 62.50
Saipa Iran 6 December 2008 21 May 2011 75 30 35 10 40.00
Gahar Zagros Iran 27 October 2012 11 May 2013 23 3 5 15 13.04
Saba Qom Iran 1 June 2013 11 November 2013 16 4 4 8 25.00
Total 18869665336.7

Honours

Player

Persepolis

Manager

Iran Futsal
Iran

References

  1. ↑ http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/4792-qotbi-s-africa-will-host-iran
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://m.goal.com/en/art_1221508?SID=dcd4791e7819e8b390198bcea73c90d1
  3. ↑ Irans neuer Fußball-Nationalcoach zurückgetreten
  4. ↑ Mayeli Kohan resigns as Persepolis Technical Manager
  5. ↑ مایلی کهن سرمربی صبای قم شد

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