Ahad Sheykhlari

Ahad Sheykhlari

Personal information
Full name	Ahad Sheykhlari
Date of birth	(1960-04-18) 18 April 1960
Place of birth	Tabriz, Iran
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1976–1978	Machine Sazi
1978–1980	Tractor Sazi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1997	Tractor Sazi	452	(111)
International career
1979–1981	Iran U-20	7	(3)
1984–1992	Iran	20	(4)
Managerial career
2000–2002	Tractor Sazi (assistant)
2002–2003	Tractor Sazi (caretaker)
2003–2005	Shahid Ghandi
2005–2006	Machine Sazi
2006	Shahrdari Tabriz
2007–2008	Tractor Sazi
2010–2013	Mes Soongoun
2016–	Shahrdari Ardabil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahad Sheykhlari (Persian: احد شیخ‌لاری ‎‎, born 18 April 1960 in Tabriz, Iran) is a retired Iranian professional football player and manager. He played all of his professional career for Tractor Sazi. He also plays for Iran national under-20 football team and Iran national football team and has 20 national caps with four goals. Tractor Sazi's fans named him as Tabriz's Maradona due to his aggressive technique, speed and scoring, and he kicks the specific skills.

After ending his playing career, he became a coach, started with his native club, Tractor Sazi which he was the club's assistant coach for two years and caretaker manager from 2002 to 2003. He later became manager of Shahid Ghandi and led the club to promotion to the Iran Pro League for the first time. He later managed another Tabriz based clubs, Machine Sazi and Shahrdari Tabriz. In July 2007, he returned to Tractor Sazi as manager but failed to promote team to the first division and he left the club at the end of the season. He was head coach of Mes Soongoun for four years which he took from the 3rd Division to the Azadegan League. He is also the first Iranian coach to do this.

Honours

As a player

Tractor Sazi

• Hazfi Cup Runner-up (1): 1993–94
• 2nd Division Runner-up (1): 1995–96

As a manager

Shahid Ghandi

• Azadegan League (1): 2004–05

Mes Soongoun

• 3rd Division (1): 2011–12
• 2nd Division (1): 2012–13

External links

• Official website of Ahad Sheykhlari