Mehdi Monajati ( fa, مهدی مناجاتی, born 29 June 1947) is a retired

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Club career

Monajati started his professional football career with

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. ...

in his homeland in

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. He played his whole football career with

playing with the team for 15 years. In five of his career with Pas he played was a Team meli player.

International career

Monajati debuted for the

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on 13 September 1969 in a friendly match against

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which ended 4-2 victory for

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. He played his next two games against

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. Monajati then debuted his first FIFA tournament by competing against

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which ended a 0-4 loss. He also played three 1974 FIFA World cup qualifying matches which two of them was a win for

, in those three matches he did manage to score a goal against

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. His 15th and last match was a

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against

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which ended a 0-1 loss.

Management career

Monajati was appointed as Team meli Head Coach in 1989, the job last only months after he just managed 3 matches, his side beat

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3-0 but losing to China 0-2 in Shenyang but they later beat them 3-2 in Tehran. He left the Iranian national team after he failed to qualify Iran for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

International goals

References

1947 births Living people Iranian footballers Iran international footballers Olympic football managers of Iran Olympic footballers of Iran Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics 1972 AFC Asian Cup players Association football defenders Iranian football managers Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C. managers {{Iran-footy-bio-stub