1. Mansour Pourheidari was an Iranian football player, coach and manager.
20 Facts About Mansour Pourheidari
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Mansour Pourheidari started his football career at Daraei, before joining Taj in 1965.
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Mansour Pourheidari played ten years for Taj; between 1965 and 1975.
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Mansour Pourheidari played for Iran albeit earning three caps only.
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Mansour Pourheidari was promoted to the first team manager in 1983.
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Mansour Pourheidari was the head coach of the club for nine years overall, managing them in 309 games.
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Mansour Pourheidari is the only Iranian who has won AFC Champions League as both player and coach.
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Mansour Pourheidari was the head coach of Iran national team in 1998 Asian Games where they won the first place and gold medal.
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Mansour Pourheidari was technical manager and a member of the board of directors of Esteghlal at the time of his death in 2016.
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Mansour Pourheidari began his football career at the age of 17 in Daraei but was transferred to Taj in 1965 and played as a right defender for ten years and won the Asian Championship in 1970.
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Mansour Pourheidari played for the Iran national team and had three caps.
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Mansour Pourheidari began his managerial career in 1980 as assistant coach to Abbas Razavi and Asghar Sharafi.
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Mansour Pourheidari was promoted as the club's head coach in 1983 after the resignation of Sharafi.
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Mansour Pourheidari was re-appointed as Esteghlal manager in 1989 and won the league in the following season.
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Mansour Pourheidari led Esteghlal to their second Asian trophy in 1991.
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Mansour Pourheidari was left the team in the next year but was returned again as head coach in 1995 and led the team for one season.
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Mansour Pourheidari became head coach of Iran national team in 1998 and led it until 2000.
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Mansour Pourheidari was a member of the board of directors of Esteghlal for decades.
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Mansour Pourheidari was team manager of Esteghlal from 2010 to 2012 and from 2012, he was technical manager of the club.
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Mansour Pourheidari was married to Farideh Shojaee, former Iran Football Federation vice president.