Mehdi Dinvarzadeh

Mehdi Dinvarzadeh

Personal information
Full name	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh
Date of birth	March 12, 1955 (1955-03-12) (age 56)
Place of birth	Rasht, Iran
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1970-1972	Shahbaz
1972-1976	Pas Tehran
1976-1986	Shahin
National team
1977-1984	Iran	26	(1)
Teams managed
1990-1995	Mehr Shemiran
1995-1996	Payam Mashhad
1996-1997	Aboomoslem
2006-2007	Bargh Tehran
2007-2010	Naft
2010	Bargh Shiraz
2010-2011	Damash Gilan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mehdi Dinvarzadeh (Persian: مهدی دینورزاده) is a retired Iranian footballer and football coach. He was the captain of the Iran national football team and Shahin F.C. during the 1980s. He was last head coach of Damash Gilan.

Playing career

Club careers

He began his playing for the Shahbaz F.C. in 1970. In 1972, he joined to the Pas Tehran F.C.. His golden ages was in Pas but after Pas's bad results in 1976, he leaves Pas and enjoyed to Shahin F.C. and was retired from playing in 1986.

International careers

He was invited to the Iran national football team in 1977 by Heshmat Mohajerani. He was played for the national team for 26 times and scored one goal. He retired after a match against Turkey in 1984.

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

#	Date	City	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 December 1977	Tehran, Iran	Australia	1-1	2-1	Friendly

Managerial career

He began coaching in Mehr Shemiran in 1990. In 1985, he becomes head coach of Payam Mashhad but less than one year, he was sacked by club. Later, he was appointed as head coach of Aboomoslem and had a good results with Aboomoslem. After near one decade, he return to the football and becomes head coach of Bargh Tehran but was resigned in June 2007. In July 2007, he becomes head coach of Naft Tehran and help club to promoted to the Iran Pro League. From May to June 2010, he was caretaker head coach of Bargh Shiraz. On 1 June 2010, he was appointed as head coach of Damash Gilan and promoted to the Iran Pro League with Damash and was lead Damash in 2011-12 Persian Gulf Cup until week 8. He was resigned on 18 September 2011.^[1]

Statistics

As of 18 September 2011

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-
Naft Tehran	July 2007	May 2010	42	25	12	5	69	30	+39
Damash Gilan	June 2010	September 2011	33	14	11	8	43	35	+8
Total			75	39	23	13	112	65	+48

Achievements

Player

• Asian Cup (Third Place): 1980 with Iran national football team

Manager

• 2nd Division (Winner): 2008-09 with Naft Tehran
• Azadegan League (Winner):
  • 2009-10 with Naft Tehran
  • 2010-11 with Damash Gilan

References

1. ^ Dinvarzadeh was resigned as Damash head coach

• Mehdi Dinvarzadeh at National-Football-Teams.com

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Name	Dinvarzadeh, Mehdi
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Date of birth	12 March 1955
Place of birth	Iran
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