Hamid Derakhshan

Hamid Reza Derakhshan (Persian: حمید درخشان‎, born January 23, 1959 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player and now manager who last managed Naft Tehran in Persian Gulf Pro League.

Hamid Derakhshan
Personal information
Full name Hamid Reza Derakhshan
Date of birth (1959-01-23) January 23, 1959
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1977 Mazda[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1987 Persepolis 206 (58)
1987–1991 Qatar SC 73 (16)
1991–1992 Al-Sadd 15 (3)
1992–1994 Persepolis 39 (10)
National team
1976–1977 Iran U-20[2] 8 (?)
1980–1993 Iran 41 (9)
Teams managed
1994–1995 Persepolis
1997 Persepolis
2001–2002 Iran U-17
2004 Sorkhpooshan
2004 Homa
2009–2010 Paykan
2010–2011 Shahrdari Tabriz
2011–2012 Shahin Bushehr
2012–2013 Damash Gilan
2014–2015 Persepolis
2016 Khoneh Be Khoneh
2017 Naft Tehran
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was a midfielder for a number of clubs, most notably Persepolis as well as the Iran national football team. He played a total of twelve years at Persepolis and also played five years at Qatar SC and Al-Sadd. After his retirement as a player, he became manager of Persepolis, managed team from 1994 to 1995 and 1997. He later managed other Iranian clubs like Rah Ahan, Paykan, Shahrdari Tabriz, Shahin Bushehr and Damash Gilan. In September 2014, he returned as manager of Persepolis, after he served as club's technical manager.

Club career

Derakhshan started his club career with Persepolis. After playing ten years for Persepolis, he left the club for Qatar where he joined Qatar SC for which he played for four years followed by one season in Al-Sadd. Although he played for Persepolis on loan during 1990 Asian Cup Winners' Cup when Persepolis won the title. He returned to Persepolis and played his last two years at Persepolis before retiring in 1994.

International career

He was a member of the Iran national under-20 football team at 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship. He played for Iran national football team at 1980 AFC Asian Cup, 1982 Asian Games, 1984 AFC Asian Cup, 1986 Asian Games. He was captain of Iran national football team at ECO Cup in 1993 and 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifications.

International goals
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
#DateCityOpponentResult
15 August 1980Dubai, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates2–0
229 September 1980Kuwait City, Kuwait North Korea3–0
315 August 1984Jakarta, Indonesia Philippines7–1
413 December 1984Singapore, Singapore Saudi Arabia1–1
520 February 1986Tehran, Iran Ghana2–0
627 September 1991Tehran, Iran Algeria2–1
76 July 1993Tehran, Iran Syria1–1
818 October 1993Doha, Qatar Japan2–1
922 October 1993Doha, Qatar Iraq1–2

Coaching career
Derakhshan coaching Persepolis during AFC Champions League match against Lekhwiya

He started his coaching career, as coach of Persepolis in 1995. He also coached Iran national under-20 football team in 2001 but was sacked after it was discovered that he had been using overage players in his teams. He also briefly acted as an assistant coach to Branko Ivankovic in 2002. He was the technical manager of Persepolis from 2004 until 2008 and Paykan in 2008–09 season. He became the head coach of Paykan in summer 2009. He was appointed as Shahrdari Tabriz's head coach on 10 October 2010[3] and was sacked by club on 19 June 2011. He was appointed as Shahin Bushehr's head coach on 26 June 2011. He was resigned on 5 October 2011 but was re-signed with Shahin on 13 February 2012. He was resigned again after a series of the problem in the club that led team in the relegation zone and losing 2012 Hazfi Cup Final. On 21 September 2012, he was signed as new head coach of Damash Gilan but was sacked on 3 March 2013 after a series of poor results.

On 10 September 2014, Derakhshan became manager of Persepolis, replacing sacked Ali Daei. However, he was resigned on 5 April 2015 after a poor run of results. [4]

As of 25 August 2017
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %GFGA+/-
Persepolis July 1994 January 1995 331610748.48%10468+36
Iran U17 March 2000 January 2001 1390469.23%4110+31
Paykan July 2009 July 2010 359151125.71%4145–4
Shahrdari Tabriz October 2010 July 2011 348131323.52%4553–8
Shahin Bushehr July 2011 October 2011 924322.22%96+3
Shahin Bushehr February 2012 April 2012 403100.00%12–1
Damash Gilan September 2012 March 2013 2269727.27%2324–1
Persepolis September 2014 April 2015 2487933.33%2726+1
Khoneh Be Khoneh March 2016 April 2016 504100.00%330
Naft Tehran July 2017 December 2017 1634918.75%922–13
Total 18259655833.33%299248+51

Honours

As a player

Club
Persepolis

International
Iran

As a manager

Club
Shahin Bushehr
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References
  1. takhtejamshidcup.com
  2. takhtejamshidcup.com
  3. حمید درخشان سرمربی شهرداری تبریز شد
  4. http://www.tasnimnews.com/english/Home/Single/702111
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Sirous Ghayeghran		 Iran national football team captain
1993		 Succeeded by
Farshad Pious
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