Alireza Mansourian

Alireza Mansourian

Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-12-02) 2 December 1971
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Naft Tehran (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1995	Pars Khodro
1995	Esteghlal
1996	Balestier Central
1997	Geylang United
1997–1998	Esteghlal
1998–1999	Skoda Xanthi	23	(0)
1999–2000	Apollon Smyrnis	7	(1)
2000–2002	FC St. Pauli	15	(0)
2002–2008	Esteghlal	130	(8)
National team
1996–1998	Iran	46	(8)
Teams managed
2008–2009	Esteghlal (youth)
2009	Pas Hamedan
2010–2011	Iran (assistant)
2011	Iran (caretaker)
2011–2014	Iran U-23
2014–	Naft Tehran
Honours Competitor for  Iran Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Team Competition
* 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 F.C. 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

Managerial statistics

As of 15 February 2016

Honours

Player

Esteghlal

• Iranian Football League (2): 1997–98, 2005–06, Runners-up (1): 2003–04
• Hazfi Cup (2) 1995–96, 2007–08, Runners-up (1): 2003–04

Individual

• IFCA Manager of the Month: March 2015

References

Ali Reza Mansourian international tournaments Iran squad – 1996 AFC Asian Cup Third Place 1 Abedzadeh 2 Saadavi 3 Ostad-Asadi 4 Bagheri 5 Peyrovani 6 Dinmohammadi 7 Mansourian 8 Moharrami (c) 9 Estili 10 Daei 11 Azizi 12 Mahdavikia 14 Khakpour 18 Falahatzadeh 19 Yousefi 20 Yazdani 21 Mousavi 22 Nakisa 24 Mirza-Ostovari 25 Minavand Coach: Mayeli Kohan Iran squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Abedzadeh (c) 2 Mahdavikia 3 Saadavi 4 Khakpour 5 Peyrovani 6 Bagheri 7 Mansourian 8 Dinmohammadi 9 Estili 10 Daei 11 Azizi 12 Nakisa 13 Latifi 14 Mohammadkhani 15 Ostad-Asadi 16 Shahroudi 17 Zarincheh 18 Hamadani 19 Seraj 20 Pashazadeh 21 Minavand 22 Broumand Coach: Talebi