Seyed Mirshad Majedi ( fa, میرشاد ماجدی سید born 14 December 1968) is a retired

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player and administrator who is acting president of

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from February 2022 to August 2022. He was team manager of Esteghlal and Police Tero F.C and

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Early life

He was born on 14 December 1968 in

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, Iran. He graduated in Strategic Sport Management with a Ph.D. degree in 2018.

Playing career

Club career

He started his playing career in 1988 with joining Esteghlal Academy. He promoted to the first team squad in 1990 and helped the team in winning

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in 1990–91 season for the second time. During 1992–93 season, he was loaned to Sanaye Defah. He played for the team two seasons and became top scorer at

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in 1993–94 season. Then, he was loaned to Keshavarz and became top scorer of 2nd Division in 1994–95 season. He returned to Esteghlal at the end of the season but was transferred to the

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side

BEC Tero Sasana Police Tero Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลโปลิศ-เทโร), formerly known as BEC Tero Sasana Football Club, is a Thai professional football club based in Bangkok. The club finished runners-up in the inaugural ...

in winter 1995. He played for the team until 1997 when he joined another Thai team TOT. Then he played for TTM Lopburi one season and joined V.League team, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai in 2001. He played three seasons for the club before his retirement. He announced his retirement in July 2004.

International career

Majedi had played for Iran U-17, Iran U-20 and

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. He was invited to the junior team in 1993 but never played.

Administrator career

After his retirement, he became technical adviser to the

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. Then, he was appointed as team manager of Iran national under-23 futsal team and after two years, he became team manager at the

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. In June 2007, he became team manager of Iran U-17 and Iran U-20 teams. After

Amir Ghalenoei Ardeshir "Amir" Ghalenoei ( fa, , born 21 November 1963 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football coach and former player who currently manages Gol Gohar Sirjan. He has been the most successful coach in the Iran Pro League and managed several clu ...

became head coach of

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, Majedi joined his technical staff as executive director. He was also head of Department of Futsal of Esteghlal from 2009 to 2010. From 2010 to 2012, he was deputy chairman of

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. Then, he became adviser to the

, chairman of Esteghlal. Before the start of 2012–13 season, Majedi was named as team manager of the club, replacing

Mansour Pourheidari Mansour Pourheidari ( fa, منصور پورحیدری, 26 January 1946 – 4 November 2016) was an Iranian football player, coach and manager. He started his football career at Daraei, before joining Taj (currently known as Esteghlal) in 1965. ...

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Honors

;Esteghlal *

(1): 1990–91 *

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runner-up (1): 1991–92 *

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runner-up (1): 1991–92 ;Hoàng Anh Gia Lai * V.League: 2003, 2004 *

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: 2003 * First Division: 2001–02

References

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