Afshin Peyrovani

Afshin Peyravani
Personal information
Full nameMohammad Ali Peyravani
Date of birth6 February 1970
Place of birthShiraz, Iran
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
1986–1987Bargh Shiraz
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1987–1990Bargh Shiraz
1990–1993Bank Tejarat
1993–2004Persepolis209(14)
2004–2005Paykan17(0)
National team
1993–2002Iran66(0)
Teams managed
2008–2009Persepolis
2010Steel Azin
2010Steel Azin
2012–2013Sang Ahan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mohammad Ali "Afshin" Peyravani (Persian: افشين پيروانى‎, born 6 February 1970 in Shiraz, Iran) is a retired Iranian footballer and a football coach. He is the younger brother of Gholam Peyrovani and elder brother of Amir Hossein Peyrovani.

Playing career

Club career

Peyrovani was a product of the Persepolis youth academy. On 1 August 1993 he was signed by the first team where he spent 10 years of his playing career making over 200 appearances. On 29 August 2004 he moved to Paykan Tehran F.C. on a one-year deal. Peyrovani ended his career at the end of the IPL 2004/05 season.[1]

Club career statistics

Last Update 3 June 2010

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2001–02 Persepolis Persian Gulf Cup 1--
2002–032310
2003–04202--
2004–05 Paykan 170--
Total Iran 40
Career total 40

International career

He has 66 caps for the Iran national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2][3]

Coaching career

After the departure of Afshin Ghotbi in November 2008 he was appointed as the head coach of Persepolis F.C. and was replaced and became the assistant coach of Nelo Vingada in mid February 2009 and a month later he was sacked totally by the chairman. He replaced Hamid Estili as the head coach of Steel Azin on 19 April 2010 and later on for the season after he was again appointed as the head coach of the team again which after poor results he resigned. On 6 November 2012, he was appointed as head coach of Azadegan League side, Sang Ahan Bafq.

As of 11 December 2010
Nat Team From To Record
GWDLWin %GFGA+/-
Iran Persepolis 18 November 2008 16 February 2009 12732 58.3% 2010+10
Iran Steel Azin 14 October 2010 23 November 2010 8224 25% 717−10
Total 20 9 5 6 45% 27 27 0

Honours

Club

References

  1. ↑ "Peyrovani moves to Paykan". persianfootball.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
  2. ↑ Afshin Peyrovani at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ↑ FIFA statistics

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