Hamid Derakhshan

Hamid Derakhshan

Personal information
Full name	Hamid Reza Derakhshan
Date of birth	(1959-01-23) January 23, 1959
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1977	Mazda[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1987	Persepolis	206	(58)
1987–1991	Qatar SC	73	(16)
1991–1992	Al-Sadd	15	(3)
1992–1994	Persepolis	39	(10)
National team
1976–1977	Iran U-20[2]	8	(?)
1980–1993	Iran	41	(9)
Teams managed
1994–1995	Persepolis
1997	Persepolis
2001–2002	Iran U-17
2004	Sorkhpooshan
2004	Homa
2009–2010	Paykan
2010–2011	Shahrdari Tabriz
2011–2012	Shahin Bushehr
2012–2013	Damash Gilan
2014–2015	Persepolis
2016	Khoneh Be Khoneh
2017	Naft Tehran
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hamid Reza Derakhshan (Persian: حمید درخشان‎, born January 23, 1959 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player and now manager who last managed Naft Tehran in Persian Gulf Pro League.

He was a midfielder for a number of clubs, most notably Persepolis as well as the Iran national football team. He played a total of twelve years at Persepolis and also played five years at Qatar SC and Al-Sadd. After his retirement as a player, he became manager of Persepolis, managed team from 1994 to 1995 and 1997. He later managed other Iranian clubs like Rah Ahan, Paykan, Shahrdari Tabriz, Shahin Bushehr and Damash Gilan. In September 2014, he returned as manager of Persepolis, after he served as club's technical manager.

Club career

Derakhshan started his club career with Persepolis. After playing ten years for Persepolis, he left the club for Qatar where he joined Qatar SC for which he played for four years followed by one season in Al-Sadd. Although he played for Persepolis on loan during 1990 Asian Cup Winners' Cup when Persepolis won the title. He returned to Persepolis and played his last two years at Persepolis before retiring in 1994.

International career

He was a member of the Iran national under-20 football team at 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship. He played for Iran national football team at 1980 AFC Asian Cup, 1982 Asian Games, 1984 AFC Asian Cup, 1986 Asian Games. He was captain of Iran national football team at ECO Cup in 1993 and 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifications.

International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

#	Date	City	Opponent	Result
1	5 August 1980	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	2–0
2	29 September 1980	Kuwait City, Kuwait	North Korea	3–0
3	15 August 1984	Jakarta, Indonesia	Philippines	7–1
4	13 December 1984	Singapore, Singapore	Saudi Arabia	1–1
5	20 February 1986	Tehran, Iran	Ghana	2–0
6	27 September 1991	Tehran, Iran	Algeria	2–1
7	6 July 1993	Tehran, Iran	Syria	1–1
8	18 October 1993	Doha, Qatar	Japan	2–1
9	22 October 1993	Doha, Qatar	Iraq	1–2

Coaching career

Derakhshan coaching Persepolis during AFC Champions League match against Lekhwiya

He started his coaching career, as coach of Persepolis in 1995. He also coached Iran national under-20 football team in 2001 but was sacked after it was discovered that he had been using overage players in his teams. He also briefly acted as an assistant coach to Branko Ivankovic in 2002. He was the technical manager of Persepolis from 2004 until 2008 and Paykan in 2008–09 season. He became the head coach of Paykan in summer 2009. He was appointed as Shahrdari Tabriz's head coach on 10 October 2010^[3] and was sacked by club on 19 June 2011. He was appointed as Shahin Bushehr's head coach on 26 June 2011. He was resigned on 5 October 2011 but was re-signed with Shahin on 13 February 2012. He was resigned again after a series of the problem in the club that led team in the relegation zone and losing 2012 Hazfi Cup Final. On 21 September 2012, he was signed as new head coach of Damash Gilan but was sacked on 3 March 2013 after a series of poor results.

On 10 September 2014, Derakhshan became manager of Persepolis, replacing sacked Ali Daei. However, he was resigned on 5 April 2015 after a poor run of results. ^[4]

As of 25 August 2017

Honours

References

External links

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