Majid Jalali

Majid Jalali

Majid Jalali with Saipa in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-09-05) September 5, 1956
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Paykan (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1977	Alborz
1977–1983	Vahdat
1983–1984	Shahin
1984–1986	Vahdat
Managerial career
1986–1993	Vahdat
1993–1996	Homa
1996–1998	Payam Mashhad
1990–1992	Iran U–17
1993–1994	Iran U–20
1994–1997	Iran Army
2002–2003	Iran U–20
2003–2004	Pas Tehran
2005	Saba Battery
2006	Shahid Ghandi Yazd
2006	Pas Tehran
2007	Esteghlal Ahvaz
2007–2012	Foolad
2013–2014	Tractor Sazi
2014–2016	Saipa
2016–	Paykan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Majid Jalali (Persian: مجید جلالی‎‎, born September 5, 1956 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football manager and a former player. He currently manages Paykan in Iran Pro League. He has served as the manager in several clubs in Iran like Pas Tehran, Saba Battery, Foolad, and also national football teams at various youth levels. He is also currently the secretary general of Iran Football Coaches Association (IFCA).

Playing career

Club career

He was born on January 1, 1956 in Tehran. His parents are originally from Yazd Province, Pandar. He started his club career with Alborz Tehran at the age of 17. Later, he played for other Tehran clubs like Vahdat Tehran and Shahin.

International career

In 1982, he was invited to Iran national football team but he has never played for the national team.

Coaching career

Jalali started his coaching career at age of 21 by coaching Vahdat's youth team while he was playing for the senior team. He officially coached Vahdat's senior team as of 1986. Jalali is most notable for his role as coach for Pas Tehran and Saba Battery and in recent years when he won the league and Hazfi Cup with these teams, but he had few unsuccessful terms in Shahid Ghandi and Esteghlal Ahvaz. He has also served as coach of Iran's under-16, and under-20 teams, as well as, Iran's armed forces football team. He was the manager of Foolad in 2008–09 season but left the club because the chairman despite his good results was negotiating with other coaches for the season after. He returned to the club few weeks after the season where the club failed to win any matches and finished 10th in the league. He announced that he will not be renewed his contract at the end of 2011–12 season. After spending one season out, he signed a one-year contract with Tractor Sazi on 27 May 2013. He also had bids from Rah Ahan Sorinet and Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion. He was sacked by the club on 19 January 2014.

On 13 May 2014, he was named as head coach of Saipa with signing a three-year contract.

Statistics

As of 28 April 2016

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
Pas Tehran	June 2003	June 2004	26	15	8	3	57.69	48	29	+19
Saba Battery	January 2005	December 2005	30	13	11	6	43.33	35	31	+4
Foolad	July 2007	June 2012	175	77	55	43	44.00	201	163	+38
Tractor Sazi	June 2013	January 2014	24	10	11	3	41.67	35	23	+12
Saipa	May 2014	May 2016	61	24	15	22	39.34	76	65	+13
Paykan	May 2016	Present	0	0	0	0	!—	0	0	0

Honours

Manager

Vahdat

• Tehran Football League (U-16 sides): 1982, 1985 (runner-up)

Iran (Armed Forces)

• World Military Cup: 1995 (runner-up)

Pas Tehran

• Iran Pro League: 2003–04

Saba Battery

• Hazfi Cup: 2004–05
• Iranian Super Cup: 2005

Individual

• Iranian Manager of the Year: 2004

External links

• Official website (Persian)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Farhad Kazemi	Iran Pro League Winning Manager 2003–04	Succeeded by Mladen Frančić