Place of birth Tehran, Iran 1962–1965 Daraei Name Mansour Pourheidari Spouse Farideh Shojaee | Playing position Years Team Role Football manager Position Defender | |
Date of birth (1945-01-26) 26 January 1945 (age 70) Current team Esteghlal (technical manager) Children Ali Pourheidari, Asal Pourheidari | ||
Famous Esteghlal player and coach Mansour Pourheidari passed away
Mansour Pourheidari (Persian: منصور پورحیدری, born 20 January 1945 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football coach, manager, and former player. He is currently technical manager and also member of the board of the directors of Esteghlal.
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Playing careers
He began his football career at the age of 17 in Daraei but was transferred to Taj (now Esteghlal) in 1965 and played as a right defender for ten years and won the Asian Championship in 1970. He also played for Iran national football team and had 40 caps and 7 goals. He retired in 1977 from both club and international.
Managerial careers
He began his managerial career in 1980 as assistant coach to Abbas Razavi and Asghar Sharafi. He was promoted as the club's head coach in 1983 after the resignation of Sharafi. After three years, he was resigned and becomes head coach of UAE Pro-League side, Al-Ahli and led the team until 1989. He was re-appointed as Esteghlal manager in 1989 and won the league in the following seasion. He also led Esteghlal to their second Asian trophy in 1991. He was left the team in the next year but was returned again as head coach in 1995 and led the team for one season. After that, he becomes head coach of Fajr Sepasi for two seasons but was unable to earn any trophy. He became head coach of Iran national football team in 1998 and led it until 2000. Pourheidari is currently a member of the Board of directors of Esteghlal. He was team manager of Esteghlal from 2010 to 2012 and since 2012, he is technical manager of the club.
Coaching career statistics
As of 31 March 2010Playing honours
Esteghlal
Iran
Individual honours
Personal life
He is married to Farideh Shojaee, former Iran Football Federation vice president.