Seyed Mehdi Qiyassi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Seyed Mehdi Qiyassi | ||
Date of birth | 1941 | ||
Place of birth | Mashhad, Iran | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1958–1959 | |||
1959–1968 | |||
1968–1970 | Arya F.C. | ||
Teams managed | |||
1968–1970 | Arya F.C. | ||
1974, 1975–1992[1] | F.C. Aboomoslem | ||
1994–1995 | Payam Mashhad | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Haj. Seyed Mehdi Qiyassi (Persian: حاج سید مهدی قیاسی) born in 1941 in Mashhad, Iran is one of the most experienced football coaches from Mashhad. He first started as a swimmer before turning to Football. In 1954 with a record of 1min and 20seconds, he was ranked 4th in Iran for Backstroke.[2]
Playing career[]
He became interested in football when at the age of 17, while watching the final of a national competition between Mashhad and Esfahan where the team from his hometown won 1-0 with the goal from Khademizadeh.
Club career[]
At age of 17, due to his friendship with Heshmat Mohajerani who at the time was a footballer playing for , managed to start his football career with which was Taj's third team. He had a very fast improvement and moved up to the second team which was called . During the 1960s, whilst playing for Deyhim, he reached fame and got invitation for Khorasan XI.
National career[]
In 1964, he got invited to the Iran national football team and spent 40 days in national team camp alongside fellow Mashhadi . Unfortunately both were crossed out.
Managerial career[]
At age of 27, he received various coaching certificate including one from Leipzig and another English FA 'A certificate in Tehran. He became captain and Head Coach of Arya F.C..
He has held various coaching positions (Technical Director & Head Coach) with F.C. Aboomoslem throughout the 1970s and 1980s to the present day. He was head coach of Payam Mashhad during Azadegan League 1994–95 season.[3]
He also coached the Khorasan Provincial Team(Khorasan XI) and Mashhad XI at a few competitions, most notably in the Qods League (provinces) and at the Turkmenistan President's Cup 2006.
Achievements[]
As footballer
- Iran National Tournament Champion with Khorasan XI: 1963 in Tehran victory over Tehran in final, 1964 in Tabriz, 1965 runner-up in Mashhad, 1967 in Ahvaz runner-up losing to Iran national football team in the final.
As manager
- 1975, 5th place in Takht Jamshid Cup and best non-Tehrani team award
- Head Coach of Khorasan XI from 1980–1986 particularly in Qods League (provinces)
References[]
- ^ "روزنامه مردم مشهد ، شهرآرا". shahrara.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "آبی دلان 3(یادواره علیرضا منصوریان) – صفحه 74". parsfootball.com.
External links[]
- Iranian football managers
- Iranian footballers
- F.C. Aboomoslem players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mashhad
- 1941 births