Mahmoud Yavari ( fa, محمود یاوری, 11 October 1939http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1465561/فوتبالی‌ها-در-جشن-تولد-78-سالگی-یاوری-(عکس – 10 November 2020) was an Iranian

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and player. He was head coach of the

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for a short period of time in 1984. He had coached many teams like Zob Ahan,

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 ...

Shahin Bushehr Shahin Lian Shahrdari Bushehr Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال شاهین شهرداری بوشهر, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Shahin Shiherdari-ye Bushiher'') is an Iranian football club based in Bushehr, Iran. They are one of the most ...

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Pas Tehran Pas Tehran Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پاس تهران, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Pas Tehran'') was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. Pas F.C. was the football club of the multisport Pas Cultural and Sports Club. ...

Pas Hamedan PAS Hamedan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پاس همدان, ''Bashgag-e Futbal-e Pas Hemidan'') is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran and compete in the Azadegan League. The club was formed after the dissolution of P ...

, Rah Ahan and

Fajr Sepasi Fajr Shahid Sepasi Shiraz Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگى ورزشى فجر شهید سپاسی شیراز, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Fajr-e Sepasi-ye Shiraz''), commonly known as Fajr Sepasi Shiraz, or Fajr Sepasi, is an Iranian football ...

. He was one of the oldest and most experienced head coaches in Iranian football history.

Playing career

Club

He began his football at Shahin Isfahan and joined the PAS after the club's establishment and was teammate with Ranjbar and Habibi. He retired and left Pas in 1969.

International

He was invited to the

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in 1967. He made his debut in a match against

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on 10 May 1968. He had just three caps with the national team without scoring any goal.

Coaching career

Early years

After Zob Ahan was established in 1969, Yavari became the club's first ever head coach but because he didn't have any managerial experience, he was sacked in 1970. Then, he was appointed as coach to another

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-based team,

. He was head coach of Sepahan for eight seasons in his first time in the club. He resigned in 1978 and was quickly appointed as

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head coach but was sacked in the same year. Sepahan appointed Yavari for a second time and was kept as club head coach until 1980.

National team head coach

In 1980, he was selected as

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head coach. These were successful years for Yavari. After his good results with the under-20 team, he was appointed as coach for the Iran national Olympic team in 1982. On 7 August 1984, he became head coach of

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. Along with his assistant,

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, they helped to build a new base for the national team. He led six matches, all of them won, but resigned on 1 December 1984. After his role in the senior team, he returned as the head coach of the under-20 team in 1985 and resigned in 1996.

Later career

He was

head coach in 1996. In 1998, he became

head coach but was sacked in 1999. After that, he returned to

PAS Tehran Pas Tehran Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پاس تهران, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Pas Tehran'') was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. Pas F.C. was the football club of the multisport Pas Cultural and Sports Club. ...

as head coach in 1999 but only for a short period. After that, Yavari led many teams. He was appointed as the head coach of

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in the summer of 2010 and a few months later was sacked by the club. He was head coach of Steel Azin from April 2011 until May 2011. He was appointed as head coach of

on 27 November 2011. He led the club for two seasons and left the club at the end of 2012–13 season. In July 2013, he was named as head coach of

Mes Kerman Mes Kerman Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال صنعت مس کرمان, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Sân't-e Mes Kârman'') is an Iranian professional association football, football team based in Kerman, Iran. They were promoted to Iran's top ...

. He resigned as the manager of the club on 14 September 2013 to become head coach of

after just four months. After Fajr's relegation, Yavari resigned and retired.

Coaching career statistics

References

Iran National Team Coaches

External links

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