Alireza Mansourian

Alireza Mansourian
Personal information
Date of birth2 December 1971
Place of birthTehran, Iran
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Naft Tehran (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1993–1995Pars Khodro
1995Esteghlal
1996Balestier Central
1997Geylang United
1997–1998Esteghlal
1998–1999Skoda Xanthi23(0)
1999–2000Apollon Smyrnis7(1)
2000–2002FC St. Pauli15(0)
2002–2008Esteghlal130(8)
National team
1996–1998Iran46(8)
Teams managed
2008–2009Esteghlal (youth)
2009Pas Hamedan
2010–2011Iran (assistant)
2011Iran (caretaker)
2011–2014Iran U-23
2014–Naft Tehran
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Alireza Mansourian (Persian: علیرضا منصوریان‎, born 2 December 1971 in Tehran) is an Iranian football coach and retired player. He is currently manager of Naft Tehran in Iran Pro League.

Club career

Mansourian was born in Tehran. During his career he played for Singapore S-League S-League clubs Balestier Central (Balestier Khalsa FC) and Geylang United along with the Iranian club Esteghlal F.C. He moved to Greek club Xanthi in 1998 after Xanthi fans contributed to raise the amount of money needed to complete the transfer. He played for Skoda Xanthi for one and a half seasons, taking part in 23 games. In December 1999 Mansourian went to Apollon Athens for six months where he played seven games and scored once. After Apollon's relegation he continued his career in Germany's St. Pauli where he remained for two seasons. Finally he returned to Iran and Esteghlal FC where he was appointed as the teams captain. Mansourian said farewell to professional football at the end of the 2007–08 season where Esteghlal became Hazfi Cup Champions.

International career

Mansourian made 46 appearances for the Iran national football team and scored eight goals.[1] He also participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Coaching career

He was head coach of Pas for four months in 2009. In August 2010, Afshin Ghotbi chose Mansourian as his assistant coach for the Iran national football team. After resignation of Ghotbi as head coach of national team, Mansourian was named as interim head coach until the appointment of Carlos Queiroz. He also coached Iran in a 1–0 win against Russia.

On 28 April 2011, he became head coach of the Iranian national under-23 football team. On 2 January 2014, Mansourian resigned as head coach of Iran's under-23 side. He was replaced with Nelo Vingada. He became manager of Iran Pro League club Naft Tehran on 31 May 2014.[3][4]

Statistics

Club statistics

Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Greece League
1998–99Skoda XanthiAlpha Ethniki230
1999–20Apollon Smyrnis71
Germany League
2000–01FC St. PauliBundesliga110
2001–0240
Iran League
2002–03EsteghlalIran Pro League160
2003–04142
2004–05262
2005–06250
2006–07232
2007–08262
Country Iran 1308
Total 1759

Managerial statistics

As of 26 April 2015
Team From To Record
GWDLGFGA+/-Win %
Pas 6 July 2009 4 October 2009 10 1 3 6 9 16 -7 10.00
Iran 22 January 2011 9 February 2011 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Iran U-23 28 April 2011 17 February 2012 3 2 0 1 3 3 +0 66.67
Iran U-22 1 March 2012 2 January 2014 14 12 1 1 33 11 +22 85.71
Naft Tehran 1 June 2014 Present 36 21 10 5 63 32 +31 58.33
Total 64 37 14 13 109 62 +47 57.81

Honours

As a player

Esteghlal

References

  1. ↑ Panahi, Majeed (16 July 2009). "Iran – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Ali Reza Mansourian – FIFA competition record
  3. ↑ Official: Ali Reza Mansourian, new manager of Naft Tehran
  4. ↑ Mansourian became head coach of Naft Tehran
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Mahmoud Fekri		 Esteghlal Tehran FC captain
2007–2008 		Succeeded by
Farhad Majidi