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Coach Amir Ghalenoei
Ardeshir "Amir" Ghalenoei (Persian: امیر قلعه‌نویی
Born in Tehran on July, 9th 1964
Appointed: July 2006
Following the inability of Branko Ivankovic to fully harness the potential of the Iran national team at the FIFA World Cup finals in Germany 2006, the Iranian football federation turned to local coach Amir Ghalenoei.
Fresh from his domestic success with Esteghlal, who he guided to the Iran Pro League title at the end of the 2005-06 season, Ghalenoei was charged with rejuvenating a demoralized squad and qualifying for the finals of the AFC Asian Cup 2007.
Ghalenoei started his coaching career with Esteghlal Ahvaz in 2002 before joining Esteghlal 12 months later, guiding the Tehran club to second place in the league in his first season in charge. One year later the club finished third in the Iran Pro League before finally winning the title in
international career
IRIFF appointed Ghalenoei as head coach of the Iran national football team on 17 July 2006. After finishing first in the qualifying round 2 points ahead of South Korea and then finishing first in the group stage of the final tournament in Malaysia, Iran lost to South Korea in the penalty shoot-outs of the Quarters Final match and was eliminated from the 2007 Asian Cup.
Ghalenoei was heavily criticized by the press. After a period of discussion in the Iranian football federation, his contract was not renewed and the national team was left with a caretaker manager for several months. Ghalenoei was quite bitter about his departure and always believed that he was badly treated by the local Iranian media.
After leaving Team Melli Gahlenoei joined Sepahan where he won the league title before moving on to Tractor in Tabriz. He finally settled at his original club Esteghlal.
Amir Ghalenoui was appointed as Head Coach Of Team Melli for the second time on March 21, 1401. in the CAFA Nations Cup, in the first game against Afghanistan < Team Melli won 6-1 and in the second game against Kyrgyzstan, Team Melli comprehensively won 5-1. In the final game in Tashkent stadium against the host Uzbekistan, Sardar Azmoun scored the only goal to win the title and for Ghalenoei to have a great second stint in Team Melli.
With a lot of hope of finally breaking a 46-year wait for the Asian Cup. Ghalenoei led Iran to the Asian Cup 2023 in Doha. Iran reached the semi-final and was favorite to win the title after defeating the number one contender Japan 2-1 Iran was to meet host Qatar in the semi-finals.
The disappointment of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 was repeated in Doha when the Qataries narrowly won the match 3-2 and Irab was eliminated.
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Start:
08-Aug-06
End: :
22-Jul-07
Matches: 17
Won : 10
Drawn : 6
Lost : 1
Winning ratio: 58.82%
Age:
60
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