Majid Saleh

Majid Saleh
Personal information
Full nameMajid Saleh
Date of birthOctober 3, 1966
Place of birthTehran, Iran
Playing position(former Midfielder)
Club information
Current team
Iran U-23 (assistant coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1990Homa
1990–1991Bank Tejarat
1991–1992Keshavarz
1992–1998Saipa
1996→ Pas (loan)
1999–2001Bahman
2001–2004Homa
National team
1987–1995Iran U-23
1990–1996Iran futsal
Teams managed
2004–2006Saipa (assistant)
2007–2008Mes Kerman (assistant)
2008Esteghlal (assistant)
2008–2011Zob Ahan (assistant)
2011–2012Saipa
2012–2014Esteghlal (assistant)
2014Iran (assistant)
2014Malavan (assistant)
2014–Iran U-23 (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Majid Saleh (Persian: مجید صالح, born October 3, 1966 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player and current coach. He is the current assistant coach of Iran U-23.

Early life

He was born on 21 May 1965 in Tehran. His father, Mahdi was a employee of SAIPA, an Iranian auto manufacturer. He is also a member of SAIPA since 1993 and is an electronics engineer and hard ware engineer.

Playing career

Club career

He started his playing career in 1983 when he played for Homa F.C.. He then played for Bank Tejarat F.C. under Nasser Hejazi. In 1991 he left Bank Tejarat to play for Keshavarz F.C.. Then he played for Saipa F.C. for 4 seasons and a season in loan for Pas Tehran. Then he left Saipa in 1998 and joined to Bahman F.C. in 1999. Finally, in 2001 he returned and started playing for Homa F.C. once again. He retired on June 2004.[1]

International career

From 1985 to 1995 in youth teams, U-18 and U-23 and Tehran adult team with Ali Parvin, Parviz Dehdari, Mohammad Mayeli Kohan and two foreign coaches Stankovich and Arie Haan.[2]

Managerial career

First coaching in Saipa F.C. as assistant manager from June 2004 until June 2006 besides Bijan Zolfagharnasab. In the seventh league besides Amir Ghalenoei in Mes Kerman F.C. and immediately in Esteghlal Tehran FC as Ghalenoei's assistant in Hazfi Cup. In the 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 Iran Pro League, he was first assistant of Mansour Ebrahimzadeh in Zob Ahan. He was appointed as head coach of Saipa F.C. on 31 May 2011 to succeed Mohammad Mayeli Kohan but was sacked on 15 February 2012 after failed to connect with the young players of the club.[3] He was named as assistant coach of Esteghlal on 2 June 2012 after Amir Ghalenoei becomes head coach of Esteghlal for a third spell.

On April 14, 2014, Saleh was named as Carlos Queiroz's assistant coach in Iran national football team.[4] However, he left his position before the 2014 FIFA World Cup. On October 8, 2014, he became assistant coach of Malavan.

Statistics

Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Saipa Iran 1 July 2011 15 February 2012 26 7 10 9 26.92
Total 26 7 10 9 26.92
As of 15 February 2012

Honors

Player

Assistant Manager

References

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