Abdollah Veisi ( fa, عبدالله ویسی, born 22 March 1971 in

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) is an Iranian retired

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player and

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, who is currently manager of

Foolad Foolad Khuzestan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال فولاد خوزستان, ''Bāshgāh-e Futbāl-e Fulād-e Khuzestān'') is an Iranian football club, based in Ahwaz, Khuzestan that plays in Persian Gulf Pro League. Foolad F.C. ...

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Playing career

Veisi spent the

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season and the Azadegan League 2000–01 playing for

Sepahan Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی فولاد مبارکه سپاهان اصفهان, ''Bâšgâh-è Varzeši-ye Fulâd-è Mobârake-ye Sepâhân''), commonly known as Sepahan S.C., are an Iranian spor ...

, scoring two goals. In the following season, he transferred to

Managerial career

Early years

In mid-2006, Veisi became assistant coach of

. After the departure of

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, Veisi was appointed the manager of

for the remainder of the

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. He was soon replaced by Nenad Nikolić, in a season which saw Foolad relegated to the

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Saba Qom and Paykan

In 2009, he moved to

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, becoming the team's assistant coach, under the helm of

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After the team moved to

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, he became the technical director and was eventually promoted to manager when Mahmoud Yavari was released from his contract. He kept Saba safe from the relegation zone in 2010–11 season but went on to produce very good results with the team in next season. This ended with the team finishing the season in 4th place and they qualified for the

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. He left the team at the end of season. He signed a two-year contract with newly promoted

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on 14 May 2012 but was sacked on 27 January 2013 after a series of bad results.

Esteghlal Khuzestan

On 18 May 2013, he became head coach of another newly promoted team,

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. He led Esteghlal Khuzestan to 12th position in his first season, three points better than from relegation zone. In the second season, Esteghlal Khuzestan bought

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, Meysam Baou and released Fábio Carvalho,

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and

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. However, Veisi finished the season in the 14th position with Esteghlal Khuzestan, placed them in relegation play-off which they faced

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. Esteghlal Khuzestan won the play-off 3–0 on aggregate thanks for goals from

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and

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(twice) and kept their

spot. Veisi extended his contract until 2018 after the end of the season and started promotion young talents from academy and Foolad Novin to the first squad. They started the season with three consecutive wins which was continued with four consecutive winning streak at the 12th week, which made Esteghlal Khuzestan finished champions of the first half of the season. After a great result with Veisi, Esteghlal Khuzestan managed to keep their shape at the second half of the season. On 1 January 2016, Esteghlal Khuzestan lost to

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which made the race tighter for first place, and also made Esteghlal Khuzestan fall to second place, Esteghlal became first after 17th week. Veisi later said that our main goal is to take place at

. On 8 May 2016, Esteghlal Khuzestan qualified to the

for the first time after a 1–0 win over Padideh, which led Esteghlal Khuzestan to the top of the league with one game remaining. On 13 May 2016, Veisi won

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title with Esteghlal Khuzestan after a 2–0 win over Zob Ahan. He was named as

best manager of the season after the end of the tournament.

Sepahan

On 23 May 2016, Veisi was named as new

manager with signing a four-year contract. He was sacked on 17 March 2017 after a series of bad results, placing Sepahan in the 7th place.

Return to Esteghlal Khuzestan

Veisi returned to

in June 2017 with signing a two-year contract.

Statistics

Honours

Manager

;Esteghlal Khuzestan *

(1): 2015–16 *

(1):

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;Shahin Bushehr *

promotion (1): 2018–19

Individual

Best Manager (1): 2015–16 *IFCA Best Manager of the Year (1): 2016 * IRFF Awards Manager of the Season (1): 2015–16 * Iranian Manager of the Year (1): 2016

Trivia

He became the subject of comparisons drawn between his likeness to famous ex

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coach,

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by Iranian media.Jahan

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Veisi, Abdollah Living people Iranian footballers Sepahan S.C. footballers Foolad FC players Iranian football managers 1971 births Paykan F.C. managers Shahin Bushehr F.C. managers Saba Qom F.C. managers Association football fullbacks Sportspeople from Khuzestan province Persian Gulf Pro League managers