Hamid Estili

Estili was appointed as assistant coach for Persepolis FC in 2004, as the assistant of Ali Parvin, and then Rainer Zobel.[5] A few months after Arie Haan was chosen as the Head coach, he was sacked by him.[5] After Haan left the team in August 2006, and Mustafa Denizli was signed as the head coach, Estili returned to his former position. On 13 January 2007, during the 2006–07 mid-season break, Estili left the team being sacked again,[5] this time by Denizli due to problems with him. Denizli later stated that "It would be better for him to take some professional trainings",[6] and Estili Compared Denizli's contract with the Treaty of Turkmenchay.[7]

Estili was the assistant coach to Afshin Ghotbi, the head-coach of the club in the IPL 2007/08 season. However, with a lot of tension between the two coaches over the team selection, players, and other decisions it was foreseen that one of them will have to leave Perspolis F.C. at the end of the season.[8] Ghotbi left at the end of the season, and Estili was touted as the new Perspolis manager. However, with Ghotbi's return, Estili left Perspolis.[5]

Estili was appointed as the head coach of the new promoted team Steel Azin in summer of 2009 and had many starts such as Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hossein Kaebi, Fereydoon Zandi, Amir Shapourzadeh and Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht but after failing to progress in Hazfi Cup and totally missing the chance of winning the league he was sacked on 19 April 2010.[5]

On 20 September 2009; in the half time break of the match against Esteghlal, he experienced a squeal with Fereydoon Zandi. Zandi threw a bottle toward him, and Estili then slapped Zandi. The incident led to a fight.[5]

Estili was appointed Head Coach of Shahin Bushehr on 1 June 2010 and was fired on 4 April 2011, replaced by Mahmoud Yavari. at the time he was sacked, Shahin were in 17th place out of 18, achieving 16 points in 18 matches.[9]

Estili in press conference

On 1 June 2011, it was announced that Estili was one of the candidates for coaching Persepolis,[10] alongside Hamid Derakhshan and the current coach, Hazfi Cup winner Ali Daei.[11] Chairman of the club, Habib Kashani, launched a "Technical Committee" consisting of Bijan Zolfagharnasab, Mohammad Panjali and Mohammad Zadmehr to select the next coach among the three.[12][13] Daei exposed his proposal for 2011–12 season to the club, but he was unable to remain in the club due to tensions with Habib Kashani.[11] Technical Committee stated a condition for Daei: "Daei Should communicate properly with Kashani", which he rejected.[14] On 21 June 2011, Estili was selected as head coach of Persepolis by "The Technical Committee".[15]

Some fans believed that the Technical Committee was a show from Kashani to pull over Daei, and select his "beloved friend" Estili.[16] In a Poll by Navad, 68% believed that "Estili won't be successful with Persepolis".[17]

In the opening match of the season against Malavan, which ended 1–1 after the weak performance of Persepolis and late tying goal by Hossein Badamaki, fans started screaming the name of Ali Daei since 60th minute, showing their displeasure.[18] protests continued in next matches by Booing Estili and Kashani, and slogans wanting them to leave the club.[19][20][21][22] In a poll by Navad on 15 August 2011, 51% believed that the way Estili was chosen is the main reason of protests. Other reasons included weak performance by players (36%) and impatient fans (%13).[23]

He led Persepolis in the 15 matches with five won, five defeats and five draws. He finally resigned on 9 December 2011 after a 3–0 home defeat to arch rivals Esteghlal in quarter-finals of 2011–12 Hazfi Cup.

On 27 November 2012, he was appointed as Persepolis Academy's Director by Mohammad Rouyanian.

On 26 June 2014, Estili was named as new manager of Rah Ahan.

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Estili goal.

List of international goals scored by Hamid Estili[25]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 June 1993	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Chinese Taipei	1–0	6–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	4 July 1993	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria	Chinese Taipei	6–0	6–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	14 June 1996	Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Oman	2–0	2–0	1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4	2 June 1997	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria	Maldives	4–0	17–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5				7–0
6				8–0
7	2 September 1997	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–2	1–3	Friendly
8	21 June 1998	Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France	United States	1–0	2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup
9	31 March 2000	Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo, Syria	Maldives	4–0	8–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
10	13 April 2000	[Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Maldives	2–0	3–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
11	12 October 2000	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon	Lebanon	2–0	4–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup
12				3–0