Abdollah Veisi

Abdollah Veisi
Personal information
Full nameAbdollah Veisi
Date of birthDecember 1, 1972
Place of birthAhvaz, Iran
Playing positionRight Back[1]
Club information
Current team
Esteghlal Khuzestan (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1988–1991Shahin Ahvaz
1991–1992Jonub Ahvaz
1992–1994Esteghlal Ahvaz
1994–1998Sepahan
1998–1999Foolad
1999–2002Sepahan
2002–2004Foolad
National team‡
2000Iran[2]1(0)
Teams managed
2006–2007Foolad (assistant)
2007Foolad (interim)
2008–2009Saba Qom (assistant)
2010–2012Saba Qom
2012–2013Paykan
2013–Esteghlal Khuzestan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 September 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 September 2010

Abdollah Veisi (Persian: عبدالله ویسی‎) is an Iranian retired football player and manager.

Playing career

Veisi Spent the Azadegan League 1999–2000 season and the Azadegan League 2000–01 playing for Sepahan, scoring two goals.[3][4] In the following season, he transferred to Foolad.[5]

Managerial career

In mid-2006, Veisi was appointed as assistant coach of Foolad F.C..[6] With the Departure of Mohammad Mayeli Kohan, Veisi was appointed the manager of Foolad F.C. for the Persian Gulf Cup 2006-07. He was soon replaced by Nenad Nikolić, in a season which saw Foolad relegated to the Azadegan League.[7] In 2009, he moved to Saba Battery, becoming the team's assistant coach, under the helm of Rasoul Korbekandi.[8] After the team moved to Qom, he became the technical director[9] and was eventually promoted to manager when Mahmoud Yavari was released from his contract.[8] He kept Saba safe from the relegation zone in 2010-11 season but went on to produce very good results with the team in next season. This ended with the team finishing the season in 4th place and they qualified for the AFC Champions League. But after this he then announced that he would leave the team at the end of the season. He signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Paykan on 14 May 2012 but was sacked on 27 January 2013 after a series of bad results. On 18 May 2013, he joined another newly promoted side, Esteghlal Khuzestan.

Statistics

As of 3 April 2015
Nat Team From To Record
GWDLGFGA+/-Win %
Iran Foolad July 2007 December 2007 12 10 1 1 23 5 +18 83.33
Iran Saba Qom November 2010 May 2012 55 17 23 15 67 64 +3 30.91
Iran Paykan May 2012 January 2013 23 5 5 13 18 46 -28 21.74
Iran Esteghlal Khuzestan May 2013 Present 58 12 23 23 63 78 -15 20.69
Total 148 45 51 52 171 193 -22 30.41

Honours

Esteghlal Khuzestan

Trivia

He became the subject of comparisons drawn between his likeness to famous ex F.C Barcelona coach, Pep Guardiola by Iranian media.[10][11]

References