Alireza Mansourian

Alireza Mansourian

220px Mansourian in Naft Tehran training in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-12-02) 2 December 1971
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Esteghlal (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1995	Pars Khodro
1995	Esteghlal
1996	Balestier Central
1997	Geylang United
1997–1998	Esteghlal
1998–1999	Skoda Xanthi	23	(0)
1999–2000	Apollon Smyrnis	7	(1)
2000–2002	FC St. Pauli	15	(0)
2002–2008	Esteghlal	130	(8)
International career
1996–1998	Iran	46	(8)
Managerial career
2008–2009	Esteghlal (youth)
2009	Pas Hamedan
2010–2011	Iran (assistant)
2011	Iran (caretaker)
2011–2014	Iran U-23
2014–2016	Naft Tehran
2016–	Esteghlal
Medal record Representing Iran Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alireza Mansourian (Persian: علیرضا منصوریان‎‎, born 2 December 1971 in Tehran) is an Iranian football coach and retired player. He is currently manager of Esteghlal in Iran Pro League.

Club career

Mansourian was born in Tehran. During his career he played for Singapore S-League S-League clubs Balestier Central (Balestier Khalsa FC) and Geylang United along with the Iranian club Esteghlal F.C. He moved to Greek club Xanthi in 1998 after Xanthi fans contributed to raise the amount of money needed to complete the transfer. He played for Skoda Xanthi for one and a half seasons, taking part in 23 games. In December 1999 Mansourian went to Apollon Athens for six months where he played seven games and scored once. After Apollon's relegation he continued his career in Germany's St. Pauli where he remained for two seasons. Finally he returned to Iran and Esteghlal FC where he was appointed as the teams captain. Mansourian said farewell to professional football at the end of the 2007–08 season where Esteghlal became Hazfi Cup Champions.

International career

Mansourian made 46 appearances for the Iran national football team and scored eight goals. He also participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching career

Early years

He was head coach of Pas for four months in 2009. In August 2010, Afshin Ghotbi chose Mansourian as his assistant coach for the Iran national football team. After resignation of Ghotbi as head coach of national team, Mansourian was named as interim head coach until the appointment of Carlos Queiroz. He also coached Iran in a 1–0 win against Russia.

Iran U-23

On 28 April 2011, he became head coach of the Iranian national under-23 football team. On 2 January 2014, Mansourian resigned as head coach of Iran's under-23 side. He was replaced with Nelo Vingada.

Naft Tehran

He became manager of Iran Pro League club Naft Tehran on 31 May 2014. He led Naft Tehran to the third position and final game of Hazfi Cup in his first season at the club. They lost Hazfi Cup final to Zob Ahan. Mansourian's team also showed a good performance at AFC Champions League. Naft Tehran qualified from group stage after finishing second in their group. They also defeated Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli in Round of 16 by away goals rule. However, they lost to Al-Ahli Dubai in Quarter-finals. At the end of the season, Esteghlal offered Mansourian to take the charge of their team after sacking of Amir Ghalenoei. The negotiations broken after Naft Tehran refused to release Mansourian. Mansourian signed a contract extension on 19 August 2015 for next two years. Naft Tehran began the season with selling of some of their squad stars, like Kamal Kamyabinia to Persepolis, Hossein Ebrahimi to Foolad and Leandro Padovani to Sepahan. Unless Naft facing financial problems during the season, Mansourian finished the season with Naft in fifth position. After the end of the season, Mansourian officially resigned and left the club.

Esteghlal

On 1 June 2016, Mansourian was named as head coach of Esteghlal, signed a three-year contract with the club.

Statistics

Club statistics

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Greece			League
1998–99	Skoda Xanthi	Alpha Ethniki	23	0
1999–20	Apollon Smyrnis		7	1
Germany			League
2000–01	FC St. Pauli	Bundesliga	11	0
2001–02			4	0
Iran			League
2002–03	Esteghlal	Iran Pro League	16	0
2003–04			14	2
2004–05			26	2
2005–06			25	0
2006–07			23	2
2007–08			26	2
Country	Iran		130	8
Total			175	9

Managerial statistics

File:Mansourian coaching Naft Tehran against El Jaish.jpg

Mansourian coaching Naft Tehran against El Jaish in AFC Champions League

As of 13 May 2016

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Win %
Pas	6 July 2009	4 October 2009	10	1	3	6	9	16	−7	10.00
Iran	22 January 2011	9 February 2011	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.000
Iran U-23	28 April 2011	17 February 2012	3	2	0	1	3	3	+0	66.67
Iran U-22	1 March 2012	2 January 2014	14	12	1	1	33	11	+22	85.71
Naft Tehran	1 June 2014	1 June 2016	77	39	20	18	112	73	+39	50.65
Esteghlal	1 June 2016	Present	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total			105	55	24	26	159	102	+57	52.38

Honours

Player

Esteghlal

• Iranian Football League (2): 1997–98, 2005–06, Runners-up (1): 2003–04
• Hazfi Cup (2) 1995–96, 2007–08, Runners-up (1): 2003–04

Manager

Naft Tehran

• Hazfi Cup Runner-up (1): 2014–15

Individual

• IFCA Manager of the Month: March 2015

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mahmoud Fekri	Esteghlal Tehran FC captain 2007–2008	Succeeded by Farhad Majidi