Hamid Estili

Hamid Reza Estili (Persian: حميد استيلی‎, born 1 April 1967[1]) is an Iranian football coach and retired player. He is currently the manager of the Iran national under-23 team. Estili was a member of the Iran national team and is mostly remembered for his memorable goal and goal celebration against USA at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2][3]

Hamid Estili
Estili in 2019
Personal information
Full name Hamid Reza Estili
Date of birth (1967-04-01) 1 April 1967[1]
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Iran U23 (manager)
Youth career
– Esteghlal Jonub
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 Pas
1992–1994 Persepolis 20 (1)
1994–1998 Bahman
1995 → Al Qadisia (loan)
1996 → Geylang United (loan)
1997 → Geylang United (loan)
1998–2004 Persepolis 98 (9)
National team
1992–2000 Iran 82 (12)
Teams managed
2004–2008 Persepolis (Assistant)
2009–2010 Steel Azin
2010–2011 Shahin Bushehr
2011 Persepolis
2014–2015 Rah Ahan
2015–2016 Malavan
2019– Iran U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

Estili was born on 1 April 1967 in Nazi Abad, Tehran. His father was a businessman and his mother was a nurse. He began his career in football with playing in Pas Tehran in 1982.

Club career

Estili has played for many clubs such as Al Qadisiya Kuwait, Bahman, Esteghlal Jonoub, Geylang United and Pas, but his best years were spent at Persepolis.

After the 1998 FIFA World Cup he signed for FK Austria Wien, however due to unforeseen circumstances, he returned to Iran and played the remaining six years of his career at his beloved Persepolis FC.

In the famous Tehran derby played in 2000, he fought with Mohammad Navazi at the end of the match and was arrested by police. They were imprisoned in Qasr Prison for 3 days.[4] He was suspended for the rest of the season.[5]

He retired from competitive club football in 2004.

International career

Estili started playing football from an early age and was able to impress, eventually being called up the national football team. At age 23, he made his debut versus the USSR. He was known as the workhorse of the national team, but is mostly remembered for his memorable goal and goal celebration against USA at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In 2015, he donated the jersey he wore in that match to the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich, Switzerland.

Estili retired from international football after match against South Korea in 2000. He had 82 caps and 12 goals for the national team.

Coaching career

Assistant Coach of Persepolis

Estili was appointed as assistant coach for Persepolis FC in 2004, as the assistant of Ali Parvin, and then Rainer Zobel.[6] A few months after Arie Haan was chosen as the Head coach, he was sacked by him.[6] After Haan left the team in August 2006, and Mustafa Denizli was signed as the head coach, Estili returned to his former position. On 13 January 2007, during the 2006–07 mid-season break, Estili left the team being sacked again,[6] this time by Denizli due to problems with him. Denizli later stated that "It would be better for him to take some professional trainings",[7] and Estili Compared Denizli's contract with the Treaty of Turkmenchay.[8]

Estili was the assistant coach to Afshin Ghotbi, the head-coach of the club in the IPL 2007/08 season. However, with a lot of tension between the two coaches over the team selection, players, and other decisions it was foreseen that one of them will have to leave Perspolis F.C. at the end of the season.[9] Ghotbi left at the end of the season, and Estili was touted as the new Perspolis manager. However, with Ghotbi's return, Estili left Perspolis.[6]

Steel Azin

He was appointed as the head coach of the new promoted team Steel Azin in summer of 2009 and had many starts such as Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hossein Kaebi, Fereydoon Zandi, Amir Shapourzadeh and Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht but after failing to progress in Hazfi Cup and totally missing the chance of winning the league he was sacked on 19 April 2010.[6]

On 20 September 2009; in the half time break of the match against Esteghlal, he experienced a squeal with Fereydoon Zandi. Zandi threw a bottle toward him, and Estili then slapped Zandi. The incident led to a fight.[6]

Shahin Bushehr

He was appointed Head Coach of Shahin Bushehr on 1 June 2010 and was fired on 4 April 2011, replaced by Mahmoud Yavari. at the time he was sacked, Shahin were in 17th place out of 18, achieving 16 points in 18 matches.[10]

Return to Persepolis as Head Coach
Estili in press conference

On 1 June 2011, it was announced that he is one of the candidates for coaching Persepolis,[11] alongside Hamid Derakhshan and the current coach, Hazfi Cup winner Ali Daei.[12] Chairman of the club, Habib Kashani, launched a "Technical Committee" consisting of Bijan Zolfagharnasab, Mohammad Panjali and Mohammad Zadmehr to select the next coach among the three.[13][14] Daei exposed his proposal for 2011–12 season to the club, but he was unable to remain in the club due to tensions with Habib Kashani.[12] Technical Committee stated a condition for Daei: "Daei Should communicate properly with Kashani", which he rejected.[15] On 21 June 2011, Estili was selected as head coach of Persepolis by "The Technical Committee".[16]

Some fans believed that the Technical Committee was a show from Kashani to pull over Daei, and select his "beloved friend" Estili.[17] In a Poll by Navad, 68% believed that "Estili won't be successful with Persepolis".[18]

In the opening match of the season against Malavan, which ended 1–1 after the weak performance of Persepolis and late tying goal by Hossein Badamaki, fans started screaming the name of Ali Daei since 60th minute, showing their displeasure.[19] protests continued in next matches by Booing Estili and Kashani, and slogans wanting them to leave the club.[20][21][22][23] In a poll by Navad on 15 August 2011, 51% believed that the way Estili was chosen is the main reason of protests. Other reasons included weak performance by players (36%) and impatient fans (%13).[24]

He led Persepolis in the 15 matches with five won, five defeats and five draws. He finally resigned on 9 December 2011 after a 3–0 home defeat to arch rivals Esteghlal in quarter-finals of 2011–12 Hazfi Cup.

On 27 November 2012, he was appointed as Persepolis Academy's Director by Mohammad Rouyanian.

Rah Ahan

On 26 June 2014, Estili was named as new manager of Rah Ahan.

Personal life

His younger brother, Masoud, was also a footballer and died in April 2011 after an accident.

Estili is an Iranian Azari. His father was born in Baku, Soviet Union and his mother is from Sarab. He was married in 1999 with Anahita Zahraee and has two daughters, Atena (born 2002) and Anita (born 2005).[25] They are currently living in Saadat Abad.

Career statistics

Club
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
1992–93PersepolisAzadegan League150008129131
1993–945110401001
1994–95Bahman FCLeague 2 (Iran)00000000
1995Al-QadisiaKuwait League00000000
1996Geylang UnitedS.League00000000
199700000000
1998–99PersepolisAzadegan League18460--244
1999–002121070292
2000–011120092204
2001–02Iran Pro League16040--200
2002–03201??30??
2003–04120??--??
Total 11810122023131672152
  • 1 includes 6 matches and 2 goals in Tehran Super League.
  • 2 Statistics Incomplete.

International
Iran national team
YearAppsGoals
199010
199210
1993112
1996141
1997184
1998171
199960
2000134
Total8212

International goals
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
#DateCityOpponentScoreResultCompetition
118 October 1993Doha, Qatar Japan1–02–1World Cup Qualifier
26 June 1997Damascus, Syria Syria1–01–0World Cup Qualifier
32 September 1997Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates0–31–3Friendly
426 September 1997Tehran, Iran Kuwait0–11–1World Cup Qualifier
517 October 1997Dalian, China China PR0–24–2World Cup Qualifier
617 October 1997Dalian, China China PR1–24–2World Cup Qualifier
717 October 1997Dalian, China China PR2–24–2World Cup Qualifier
819 October 1997Tehran, Iran Saudi Arabia0–01–1World Cup Qualifier
922 April 1998Tehran, Iran Jamaica0–01–0LG Cup
1021 June 1998Lyon, France United States1–02–1World Cup
1112 October 2000Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon2–04–0Asian Cup
1212 October 2000Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon3–04–0Asian Cup
MWDLGP
8243231612109

Managerial statistics
Estili before watching Iran's match at 2018 FIFA World Cup
As of 13 February 2016
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %GFGA+/-
Steel Azin July 2009 April 2010 34 15 11 8 044.126051+9
Shahin Bushehr June 2010 April 2011 28 6 9 13 021.432531−6
Persepolis June 2011 December 2011 18 7 5 6 038.8923230
Rah Ahan June 2014 February 2015 20 5 5 10 025.001829–11
Malavan August 2015 February 2016 21 5 7 9 023.811621–5
Total 12238384634.50143155–13

Honours

Club
Pas
  • Iranian Football League (1): 1991-92
Bahman
  • Hazfi Cup (1): 1994–95
Persepolis

International
Iran

References
  1. "Players & Coaches - Hamid ESTILI". FIFA.com.
  2. telegraph
  3. britannica
  4. goal.com
  5. Khabaronline Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. goal.com
  7. Hamshahri Archived 12 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Hamshahri Archived 12 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "An Interview with Afshin Ghotbi". Iran Sports News. 2 February 2007. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  10. "Aftab". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  11. Estili, next persepolis head coach?
  12. (in Persian)Goal.com
  14. ISNA
  15. (in Persian) Persepolis FC Website: Daei did not accept the condition of Technical Committee
  16. Estili becomes Persepolis head coach
  17. Tabnak
  18. "Navad". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  19. (in Persian) Goal.com
  20. Khabaronline
  21. Khabaronline
  22. Rajanews
  23. "perspolis-club.com". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  24. Qudsonline
  25. With Estili and his family Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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