Mahmoud Bayati ( fa, محمود بیاتی; 22 March 1928 – 2 December 2022) was an Iranian football player and coach.

Early life

Bayati was born on 22 March 1928 in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

. He was a member and captain of Tehran Students Team when he was a student. He was also a member of Tehran Youth team.

Playing career

Bayati signed a contract with Taj in 1946 and played for senior squad from 1949. He was one of the best players during this time and was invited to the Iran national team in 1950. He retired from international career in 1959 and a year later, he also retired from club career.

Coaching career

Six years after retirement from his club career, Bayati was named as Taj's head coach in 1966. After good results with the team, he was appointed head coach of the Iran national team in 1967 and led the team in the

1968 AFC Asian Cup The 1968 AFC Asian Cup was the 4th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Iran between 10 and 19 May 1968. It was organiz ...

in which Iran won the title without any loss or draw. He resigned after the tournaments in protest to the then President of Iran Football Federation and was succeeded by

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. He returned to the national team after four years and was re-appointed head coach in 1972 after the resignation of Mohammad Ranjbar. Bayati led the team in the

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with bad results and was unable to be qualified to the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He was sacked as national football team head coach in 1974.

Personal life and death

Bayati died on 2 December 2022, at the age of 94.

Honours

Player

Taj * Tehran Provincial League: 1955–56, 1957–58, 1959–60; runner-up: 1950–51, 1956–57 Iran * Asian Games Silver medal:

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

Manager

Iran * AFC Asian Cup:

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

References

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