Alireza Mansourian

Alireza Mansourian (Persian: علیرضا منصوريان; born 2 December 1971) is an Iranian football coach and retired player.

Alireza Mansourian
Mansourian in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-12-02) 2 December 1971
Place of birth Tehran, Iran[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Foolad (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Pars Khodro
1995 Esteghlal
1996 Balestier Central
1997 Geylang United
1997–1998 Esteghlal
1998–1999 Skoda Xanthi 29 (0)
1999–2000 Apollon Smyrnis 6 (1)
2000–2002 FC St. Pauli 15 (0)
2002–2008 Esteghlal 130 (8)
International career
1996–1998 Iran 47 (7)
Managerial career
2009 Pas Hamedan
2010–2011 Iran (assistant)
2011 Iran (caretaker)
2011–2014 Iran U23
2014–2016 Naft Tehran
2016–2017 Esteghlal
2018–2019 Zob Ahan
2020 Tractor
2021 Aluminium Arak
2021–2022 Sanat Naft Abadan
2023– Foolad
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1998 BangkokTeam Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Mansourian was born in Tehran. During his career, he played for Singapore S.League clubs: Balestier Khalsa FC and Geylang United along with the Iranian club Esteghlal F.C. He moved to Greek club Skoda Xanthi in 1998 after Xanthi fans contributed to raise the amount of money needed to complete the transfer. He played for Skoda Xanthi for one and a half seasons, taking part in 23 games. In December 1999, Mansourian went to Greek club Apollon Smyrnis for six months where he played seven games and scored once. After Apollon's relegation, he continued his career in Germany with FC St. Pauli where he remained for two seasons. Finally he returned to Iran and Esteghlal where he was appointed as the team's captain. Mansourian said farewell to professional football at the end of the 2007–08 season in which Esteghlal became Hazfi Cup champions.

International career

Mansourian made 46 appearances for the Iran national team and scored eight goals.[2] He also participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[3]

Coaching career

Early years

He was head coach of Pas for four months in 2009. In August 2010, Afshin Ghotbi chose Mansourian as his assistant coach for the Iran national football team. After resignation of Ghotbi as head coach of national team, Mansourian was named as interim head coach until the appointment of Carlos Queiroz. He also coached Iran in a 1–0 win against Russia.

Iran U-23

On 28 April 2011, he became head coach of the Iranian national under-23 football team. On 2 January 2014, Mansourian resigned as head coach of Iran's under-23 side. He was replaced with Nelo Vingada.

Naft Tehran

He became manager of Iran Pro League club Naft Tehran on 31 May 2014.[4][5] He led Naft Tehran to the third position and final game of Hazfi Cup in his first season at the club. They lost Hazfi Cup final to Zob Ahan. Mansourian's team also showed a good performance at AFC Champions League. Naft Tehran qualified from group stage after finishing second in their group. They also defeated Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli in Round of 16 by away goals rule. However, they lost to Al-Ahli Dubai in Quarter-finals. At the end of the season, Esteghlal offered Mansourian to take the charge of their team after sacking of Amir Ghalenoei. The negotiations broken after Naft Tehran refused to release Mansourian. Mansourian signed a contract extension on 19 August 2015 for next two years. Naft Tehran began the season with selling of some of their squad stars, like Kamal Kamyabinia to Persepolis, Hossein Ebrahimi to Foolad and Leandro Padovani to Sepahan. Unless Naft facing financial problems during the season, Mansourian finished the season with Naft in fifth position. After the end of the season, Mansourian officially resigned and left the club.

He received offers from English team Brighton & Hove Albion in late 2015, but he turned it down to take over his former club Esteghlal Tehran. There was a tremendous pressure from the fans to bring him back to Esteghlal Tehran.

Esteghlal

On 1 June 2016, Mansourian was named as head coach of Esteghlal, signed a three-year contract with the club.

On 20 September 2017, he resigned from his role having managed the team for 16 months.[6] Following his resignation, his assistant coach Mick McDermott took the job as caretaker manager.[7]

Zob Ahan

On 15 November 2018, Mansourian became head coach of Zob Ahan, replacing Omid Namazi.

On 18 December 2019, Mansourian stepped down as Zob Ahan football club's coach by mutual consent.[8]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
DivisionAppsGoals
Skoda Xanthi 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki 170
1999–00 120
Total 290
Apollon Smyrnis 1999–00 Alpha Ethniki 61
FC St. Pauli 2000–01 2. Bundesliga 110
2001–02 Bundesliga 40
Total 150
Esteghlal 2002–03 Iran Pro League 160
2003–04 142
2004–05 262
2005–06 250
2006–07 232
2007–08 262
Total 1308
Career total 1809

International
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mansourian goal.
List of international goals scored by Alireza Mansourian[9]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
117 June 1996Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman Sri Lanka4–01996 AFC Asian Cup Qualifier
211 June 1997Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Maldives9–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3
413 June 1997Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Syria2–21998 FIFA World Cup qualification
517 October 1997Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran China4–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
614 April 1998Takhti Stadium, Tabriz, Iran Kuwait1–1Friendly
75 December 1998Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium, Sisaket, Thailand Laos6–11998 Asian Games

Managerial statistics
Mansourian coaching Naft Tehran against El Jaish in AFC Champions League
As of 2 December 2020
Team From To Record
GWDLGFGA+/-Win %
Pas 6 July 2009 4 October 2009 10 1 3 6 9 16 −7 010.00
Iran 22 January 2011 9 February 2011 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Iran U-23 28 April 2011 17 February 2012 3 2 0 1 3 3 +0 066.67
Iran U-22 1 March 2012 2 January 2014 14 12 1 1 33 11 +22 085.71
Naft Tehran 1 June 2014 1 June 2016 77 39 20 18 112 73 +39 050.65
Esteghlal 1 June 2016 20 September 2017 50 26 13 11 76 51 +25 052.00
Zob Ahan 15 November 2018 18 December 2019 48 16 17 15 54 54 +0 033.33
Tractor 17 September 2020 Present 4 1 2 1 2 2 +0 025.00
Total 207 98 56 53 277 190 +87 047.34

Honours

Player

Esteghlal

Iran

1998 Asian Games Football:Goald medal

Manager

Naft Tehran

Esteghlal

Individual
  • IFCA Manager of the Month: March 2015

References
  1. "زندگینامه: خنده مکنی علیرضا منصوریان (۱۳۵۰-)". 30 April 2011.
  2. Panahi, Majeed (16 July 2009). "Iran – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  3. Ali Reza Mansourian – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. Official: Ali Reza Mansourian, new manager of Naft Tehran Archived 1 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Mansourian became head coach of Naft Tehran
  6. "فوری؛ علیرضا منصوریان از سرمربی گری تیم استقلال استعفا کرد" [Breaking: Mansourian resigned from his position as Esteghlal's coach] (in Persian). Tarafdari. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. "میک مک‌ درموت، دستیار ایرلندی منصوریان به‌ عنوان جانشین موقت این مربی در استقلال انتخاب شد" [Mick McDermott became Esteghlal's caretaker manager] (in Persian). Tarafdari. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  8. "Alireza Mansourian Steps Down as Zob Ahan Coach – Sports news – Tasnim News Agency". tasnimnews.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019.
  9. Profile: Alireza MANSOURIAN. Teammelli.com. Retrieved on 24 July 2021.
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