Majid Jalali

Majid Jalali

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Personal information
Full name	Majid Jalali
Date of birth	January 1, 1956 (1956-01-01) (age 55)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Foolad (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1973–1977	Alborz
1977–1983	Vahdat Tehran
1983–1984	Shahin
1984–1986	Vahdat Tehran
National team
1982–1985	Iran
Teams managed
1986–1993	Vahdat Tehran
1993–1996	Hooma
1996–1998	Payam Mashhad
1990–1992	Iran U16
1993–1994	Iran U20
1994–1997	Iran Army
2002–2003	Iran U20
2003–2004	Pas Tehran
2005	Saba Battery
2006	Shahid Ghandi Yazd
2006	Pas Tehran
2006	Esteghlal Ahvaz
2008–	Foolad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Majid Jalali (born 1 January 1956 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player and now a football manager, currently head coach of Foolad F.C. He has served as the manager in several clubs in Iran and of national football teams at various youth levels.

Club career

He started his club career with Alborz Tehran at age 17. Later he played for other Tehrani clubs Vahdat Tehran and Shahin F.C.

International career

In 1982, he was invited to Iran national football team.

Coaching career

Jalali started his coaching career at age of 21 by coaching Vahdat's youth team while he was playing for the senior team. He officially coached Vahdat's senior team as of 1986. Jalali is most notable for his role as coach for Pas F.C. and Saba Battery F.C. and in recent years when he won the league and Hazfi Cup with these teams, but he had few unsuccessful terms in Shahid Ghandi and Esteghlal Ahvaz. He has also served as coach of Iran's Under-16, and Under-20, as well as, Iran's Armed Forces Football Team. He was the manager of Foolad in 2008–09 season but left the club because the chairman despite his good results was negotiating with other coaches for the season after. He returned to the club few weeks after the season where the club failed to win any matches and finished 10th in the league.

As of 18 November 2011

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
Foolad	July 2008	July 2009	37	14	12	11	40%	52	45	+7
Foolad	September 2009	Present	73	27	28	19	49%	96	76	+20
Total			110	41	40	30	53%	148	121	+27

Teams managed

• Vahdat Tehran, 1986–1993
• Iran national under-16 football team, 1990–1992
• Iran national under-20 football team, 1992–1994
• Iran Armed Forces football team, 1994–1998
• Homa F.C., 1994–1996
• Payam Mashhad, 1996–1998
• Iran national under-20 football team, 2002
• Pas Tehran, 2003–2004
• Saba Battery FC, 2005
• Pas Tehran, 2006
• Esteghlal Ahvaz, 2007
• Foolad F.C., 2008–

Managerial Achievements

• Champion of Tehran U16 Football League, with Vahdat in 1982
• Runner Up of Tehran U16 Football League, with Vahdat in 1985
• Runner Up of World Cup Football for Armed Forces in 1995, with Iran
• Champion of Iran's Premier Football League in 2003–04, with Pas F.C.
• Hazfi Cup with Saba in 2005

External links

• Official website (Persian)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Farhad Kazemi	Iran Pro League Winning Manager 2003–04	Succeeded by Luka Bonačić

Persondata
Name	Jalali, Majid
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Date of birth	1 January 1956
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
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