Mohammad Mayeli Kohan

Mohammad Mayeli Kohan

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
Date of birth	5 June 1953 (1953-06-05) (age 58)
Place of birth	Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1969-1974	Ghasre Yakh
1974-1976	Naft Tehran
1976-1990	Persepolis
National team
1982-1990	Iran	6	(0)
Teams managed
1990-1992	Persepolis (Assistant)
1991-1992	Iran (Assistant)
1992-1995	Iran Futsal
1995-1997	Iran
2003	Iran U23
2003-2004	Saipa
2004	Paykan
2006-2007	Foolad
2008-2011	Saipa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (Persian: محمد مایلی کهن, born 5 June 1953 in Bandar-e Anzali) is a retired Iranian football player and now coach.

Early life

He was born on 5 June 1953 in Bandar-e Anzali in Iran. His father was a farmer. He has two brothers and one sister. He was married in 1978 with an Iranian-Turkish woman and has two sons.

Playing career

He was moved to Tehran in 1967 and enjoyed to Ghasre Yakh Club in 1969 and played there until 1974. From 1974 to 1976, he was played at Naft Tehran and enjoyed to Persepolis in 1976. His best time was in Perspolis. He retired from playing in 1990. He played for Iran national football team 6 times.

Coaching career

Assistantship

He was chosen as assistant manager of Perspeolis just months after his retirement in 1990 and became assistant manager of Iran national football team in 1991 by Ali Parvin.

Iran futsal

In 1992, he became head coach of Iran national futsal team and was in team's charge until 1995. Iran national futsal team became in Fourth place at 1992 FIFA Futsal World Cup with Mayeli Kohan.

Iran football

After good results with national futsal team, he was appointed as manager of Iran national football team after Stanko Poklepović's resignation. He coached team in 1996 AFC Asian Cup and was ranked in third place. He invited players such as Farhad Majidi, Khodadad Azizi and Ali Daei to the national team which team became Iran's best players in next years.

Iran Under-23

In 2003, Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran appointed Mayeli Kohan as head coach of Iran national under-23 football team but he was resigned as this position two months later to become head coach of Iran Pro League side Saipa. When the team was in Kuala Lumpur, he made he whole team walk from their hotel to the stadium, while they wore black shirts and were hitting themselves in the head all the way to the stadium, for the Ashoora of Imam Hussein. Iran U21 won that game 2-1.

Saipa

He became head coach of Saipa in July 2003 replacing Giovanni Mei. He was head coach until the end of seasion which lead team in 13th ranked and team was relegated to the Azadegan League and Mayeli Kohan was sacked by the club.

Paykan

After bad results with Saipa, he was appointed as head coach of Paykan in 2004. It was a bad years to for Mayeli Kohan and after bad results with Paykan, he was resigned.

Foolad

He was retired for two years to coaching but was back for coaching Foolad in 2006. Foolad releagated to Azadegan League with coaching of Mayeli Kohan which was end last season in the eight rank. He was sacked two days after end of seasion.

Returning to Saipa

He was returned to Saipa in 2008 after Ali Daei became head coach of Iran national football team. During 2008-09 season, he received good results with Saipa and end seasion in 10th rank, finishing bad years of coaching. He was reappointed for two years by club chairman in 2009.Saipa F.C.'s last minute goal against Esteghlal F.C. in a game held in April 2009, threatened Esteghlal's chance of winning the Iranian title. After the game, because of fan clashes between the two teams and fan insults towards Mayeli Kohan and his family, Mayeli Kohan sent a letter to Esteghlal manager Amir Ghalenoei which reportedly included harsh references to Ghalenoei's height, facial appearance and background.^[1][2] When he was appointed as head coach of Iran national football team in 2009, he wasn't resigned as his position in Saipa and after he was refuse to coaching national team, he was came back to Saipa. He was end 2009-10 seasion in 8th rank and 2010-11 seasion in 11th rank and was resigned as head coach of Saipa in the last match which they won and wasn't relegated to Azadegan League. After one of Saipa's games, when one of the reporters asked him abute his great winning streak with Saipa 4 games in a row, Mayelikohan started to cry and couldn't give the reporter any answer

Appointment as Iran national team coach for second time

He was assigned as the new coach of Iran National football team in 7 April 2009 replacing Ali Daei who had been sacked a week earlier and was released on 21 April 2009.^[3]

As a result of conflicts with Amir Ghalenoei, an angered Ghalenoei, along several other Esteghlal players and officials including Fabio Januario, Farhad Majidi and Arash Borhani, stormed the IRIFF headquarters demanding an action to be made against Mayeli Kohan. Several days later Mayeli Kohan resigned without coaching Iran in any match.^[2]

After Mayelikohan's resignation from the Iranian national team, he was called to the Iranian football federation discipline committee to explain his rude words he used in a letter towards the Esteghlal Tehran coach, Amir Ghalenoei. once he started to explain why he did that, he started to hit the table in front of him harder and harder while he was crying and told them he felt sorry for himself, when Esteghlal spectators insulted him and his family that day.

Technical Manager of Persepolis

He was appointed as Technical Manager of Persepolis by Habib Kashani on 6 July 2011. He was resigned on 20 August 2011 after his deference with head coach.^[4]

Statistics

As of 21 May 2011

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Iran		26 April 1996	7 November 1997	&1000000000000004000000040	&1000000000000002400000024	&1000000000000001000000010	&100000000000000060000006	&1000000000000006000000060.00
Saipa		1 August 2003	1 August 2004	&1000000000000002600000026	&100000000000000030000003	&1000000000000001200000012	&1000000000000001100000011	&1000000000000001153999911.54
Iran U-23		3 May 2003	12 May 2004	&100000000000000080000008	&100000000000000050000005	&100000000000000000000000	&100000000000000030000003	&1000000000000006250000062.50
Iran		5 April 2009	22 April 2009	&100000000000000000000000	&100000000000000000000000	&100000000000000000000000	&100000000000000000000000	!—
Saipa		6 December 2008	21 May 2011	&1000000000000007500000075	&1000000000000003000000030	&1000000000000003500000035	&1000000000000001000000010	&1000000000000004000000040.00
Total				149	62	57	30	45.98

Honours

Player

• Iranian Football League
  • Winner: 1
    • 1975-76

• • Runner Up: 3
    • 1976-77
    • 1977-78
    • 1989-90

• Hazfi Cup
  • Winner: 1
    • 1988

• Espandi Cup
  • Winner: 1
    • 1979

• Tehran Provincial League
  • Winner: 6
    • 1982
    • 1986
    • 1987
    • 1988
    • 1989
    • 1990

Manager

• FIFA Futsal World Cup
  • Fourth Place: 1
    • 1992

• AFC Asian Cup
  • Third Place: 1
    • 1996

References

1. ^ http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/4792-qotbi-s-africa-will-host-iran
2. ^ ^{a b} http://m.goal.com/en/art_1221508?SID=dcd4791e7819e8b390198bcea73c90d1
3. ^ Irans neuer Fußball-Nationalcoach zurückgetreten
4. ^ Mayeli Kohan resigns as Persepolis Technical Manager

External links

• Mayeli Kohan ejected from the field during a football match Irannegah.com
• Mohammad Mayeli Kohan Spritual answer! Irannegah.com
• Mayeli Kohan harshly criticises Firouz Karimi Irannegah.com

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Name	Mayeli Kohan, Mohammad
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Date of birth	5 June 1953
Place of birth	Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
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