Hossein Faraki is a retired Iranian football player and a coach.
16 Facts About Hossein Faraki
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Hossein Faraki was born on 22 March 1957 in Tehran, Iran.
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Hossein Faraki began playing football with PAS Tehran in 1976.
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Hossein Faraki spent most of his career playing for Pas Tehran.
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Hossein Faraki played for Al-Shaab of the UAE at the time when Heshmat Mohajerani became head coach of the club.
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Hossein Faraki played for the Iran national football team and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where he played all three matches.
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Hossein Faraki reached the third place in the 1980 Asian Cup in Kuwait.
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Hossein Faraki began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Pas Tehran, the club that he played for in 1976 to 1992.
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Hossein Faraki left the team after Farhad Kazemi becomes the team's head coach.
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Hossein Faraki was the head coach of the Iran national under-23 football team from 2003 till 2006.
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Hossein Faraki was manager of Kaveh Tehran which led the club to promotion to the Azadegan League.
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Hossein Faraki was appointed as head coach of Naft Tehran on 1 July 2010 and secured the team from relegation in his first season at the club.
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Hossein Faraki not renewed his contract with the team and signed a two years contract with Foolad on 5 June 2012.
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Hossein Faraki resigned as Foolad's manager at the end of the season because he needs an imminent knee operation.
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On 9 September 2014, Hossein Faraki was named as new manager of Sepahan with signing a two-year contract, replaced Zlatko Kranjcar who resigned day before.
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Hossein Faraki led Sepahan to the league title in his first season at the club.