Hossein Abdi ( fa, حسین عبدی; born 21 March 1967) is an

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and currently the manager of the Iran national under-17 team.

Club career

Abdi played his entire career (1987-2000) for Persepolis. He served as the captain. The team won the regional Tehran Provincial League in 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, and 1990/91. They then won the

Azadegan League The Azadegan League ( fa, ليگ آزادگان, ''Lig-e Âzâdegân''), also known as League 1 ( fa, لیگ یک, ''Lig-e Yek''), is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran from ...

(then the top-level football league in Iran) in 1995/96, 1996/97, 1998/99, and 1999/2000.

Managerial career

Abdi was the head coach of

Damash Gilan Sport Club Damash Gilan ( fa, باشگاه ورزشی داماش گیلان, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Damash Gilân''), commonly known as Damash Gilan, also spelled Damash Guilan, is an Iranian football club based in Rasht, Gilan, that competes ...

in 2009. He left the club to serve as the assistant coach for Persepolis from 2009 to 2010. Under head coach Ali Daeli, the team won the Iran Hazfi Cup. Abdi did not continue with the team due to financial issues. In 2015, Abdi served briefly as the the interim manager of Persepolis. He was a technical advisor for the Iran women's national football team in 2018 and 2019. After previous coach Abbas Chamanian was sacked for a poor result at the

2018 AFC U-16 Championship The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. It took pla ...

, Abdi was appointed as head coach of the Iran U-17 football team in 2019. He managed the U-16 team for the

2020 AFC U-16 Championship The 2020 AFC U-16 Championship would have been the 19th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. ...

prior to the tournament's cancellation. In 2022, he returned to the U-17 team in order to prepare them for the

2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup The 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup will be the 19th edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Foot ...

held in Bahrain. Iran won their group and progressed through the quarterfinals after beating Yemen on penalty kicks, but lost to Japan in the semi-finals.

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* 1967 births Living people Footballers from Tehran Iranian men's footballers Persepolis F.C. players Persepolis F.C. non-playing staff S.C. Damash Gilan managers Men's association football midfielders Azadegan League players Iranian football managers {{Iran-footy-midfielder-stub