Poya Asbaghi
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 July 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Karaj, Iran | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Barnsley (head coach) | ||
Teams managed | |||
Years | Team | ||
2014–2015 | Dalkurd FF (assistant) | ||
2016–2017 | Dalkurd FF | ||
2017 | Gefle IF | ||
2018–2020 | IFK Göteborg | ||
2020–2021 | Sweden U21 | ||
2021– | Barnsley |
Poya Asbaghi (Persian: پویا اسبقی, [puːjɒː æsbæɣiː]; born 17 July 1985) is a Swedish Iranian football manager who is head coach of English Championship side Barnsley.
Managerial career[]
IFK Göteborg[]
Asbaghi was appointed as manager of Swedish Allsvenskan side IFK Göteborg before the start of the 2018 Allsvenskan season.[1][2][3] On 25 July 2019, IFK extended his contract until 2022.[4] After the 2019 season, Poya Asbaghi was nominated as the manager of the year in Allsvenskan.[5] He was subsequently offered the manager role at English Championship side Barnsley which he turned down.[6]
Asbaghi led Göteborg to the 2019–20 Swedish Cup final after a win over IF Elfsborg on 9 July 2020.[7] On 30 July 2020, Asbaghi and Göteborg won the 2020 Swedish Cup Final after a 2–1 extra time win over Malmö FF, qualifying the team to the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds.[8]
Asbaghi was relieved of his duties on 3 September 2020 during the 2020 season.[9]
Sweden U21[]
On 24 November 2020, Asbaghi was appointed as manager of the Sweden national under-21 football team, with his contract running until summer 2023. He left in November 2021 to join Barnsley as their new head coach.[10]
Barnsley[]
In November 2021, Asbaghi was appointed head coach of Barnsley after the sacking of former head coach Markus Schopp. Ferran Sibila became his assistant.[11]
Personal life[]
Asbaghi has stated that his family fled Iran when he was one year old because of political persecution for being advocates of freedom and opponents of the Islamic regime; he dreams of one day being able to go back unhindered.[12] Asbaghi grew up in Uppsala where his parents lived as of June 2020.[12]
Managerial record[]
- As of 5 February 2022[13]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team | From | To | Record | |||||
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M | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Dalkurd FF | 1 January 2016 | 14 May 2017 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 48.78 | |
Gefle IF | 29 May 2017 | 31 December 2017 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 47.62 | |
IFK Göteborg | 1 January 2018 | 3 September 2020 | 78 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 30.77 | |
Sweden U21 | 24 November 2020 | 17 November 2021 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43 | |
Barnsley | 21 November 2021 | Present | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7.69 | |
Total | 160 | 60 | 48 | 52 | 37.50 |
Honours[]
IFK Göteborg[14]
References[]
- ^ "Vändningen: Han tar över IFK Göteborg".
- ^ "Blåvitt-tränaren Asbaghi: "Jag skäms inte över min bakgrund"".
- ^ Radio, Sveriges (19 December 2017). "Poya Asbaghi ska leda blåvitt mot toppen - P4 Göteborg". Sveriges Radio.
- ^ "Poya Asbaghi förlänger med IFK Göteborg". www.aftonbladet.se.
- ^ "De kan vinna pris som "allsvenskans bästa"". www.aftonbladet.se.
- ^ "Poya Asbaghi: Gothenburg coach turns down Barnsley job". Sky Sports.
- ^ "Asbaghi: "Man kan skriva en bok om Wernerssons vecka"". fotbollskanalen.
- ^ "TV: IFK Göteborg cupmästare - Farnerud stor hjälte i förlängningsdrama mot MFF". fotbollskanalen.
- ^ "Blåvitts transferintressenter bakom Poyas uttåg och flera värvningar: "För mycket att säga till om"". fotbollskanalen.
- ^ "Poya Asbaghi näste U21-förbundskapten". www.svenskfotboll.se.
- ^ Whitehead, Jacob (17 November 2021). "Barnsley appoint Poya Asbaghi as new head coach". The Athletic. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Asbaghis två drömmar: Topplacering och Iranresa". www.aftonbladet.se.
- ^ "Poya Asbaghi - Stats and titles won".
- ^ "IFK Göteborg cupmästare". www.svenskfotboll.se.
- Living people
- 1985 births
- People from Karaj
- People from Uppsala
- Sportspeople of Iranian descent
- Iranian emigrants to Sweden
- Swedish football managers
- Dalkurd FF managers
- Gefle IF managers
- IFK Göteborg managers
- Barnsley F.C. managers
- Iranian expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in England