Majid Saleh

Majid Saleh
Saleh in 2014
Personal information
Full name Majid Saleh
Date of birth (1966-01-11) 11 January 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Paykan (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1990 Homa
1990–1991 Bank Tejarat
1991–1992 Keshavarz
1992–1998 Saipa
1996 → Pas (loan)
1999–2001 Bahman
2001–2004 Homa
International career
1987–1995 Iran U23
1990–1996 Iran (futsal)
Managerial career
2004–2006 Saipa (assistant)
2007–2008 Mes Kerman (assistant)
2008 Esteghlal (assistant)
2008–2011 Zob Ahan (assistant)
2011–2012 Saipa
2012–2014 Esteghlal (assistant)
2014 Iran (assistant)
2014 Malavan (assistant)
2014–2015 Iran U-23 (assistant)
2015–2016 Esteghlal (assistant)
2017–2018 Paykan (assistant)
2018–2019 Fajr Sepasi
2019–2020 Paykan (assistant)
2024– Academy Inter
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Majid Saleh (Persian: مجید صالح; born 11 January 1966) is a retired Iranian football player and current coach.

Early life

He was born on 21 May 1965 in Tehran. His father, Mahdi was an employee of SAIPA, an Iranian auto manufacturer. He is also a member of SAIPA since 1993 and is an electronics engineer and hardware engineer.

Playing career

Club career

He started his playing career in 1983 when he played for Homa F.C. He then played for Bank Tejarat F.C. under Nasser Hejazi. In 1991, he left Bank Tejarat to play for Keshavarz F.C. Then he played for Saipa F.C. for 4 seasons and a season in loan for Pas Tehran. Then he left Saipa in 1998 and joined to Bahman F.C. in 1999. Finally, in 2001 he returned and started playing for Homa F.C. once again. He retired in June 2004.[1]

International career

From 1985 to 1995 in youth teams, U-18 and U-23 and Tehran adult team with Ali Parvin, Parviz Dehdari, Mohammad Mayeli Kohan and two foreign coaches Stankovich and Arie Haan.[2]

Managerial career

First coaching in Saipa F.C. as assistant manager from June 2004 until June 2006 besides Bijan Zolfagharnasab. In the seventh league besides Amir Ghalenoei in Mes Kerman F.C. and immediately in Esteghlal as Ghalenoei's assistant in Hazfi Cup. In the 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2010–11 Iran Pro League, he was first assistant of Mansour Ebrahimzadeh in Zob Ahan. He was appointed as head coach of Saipa F.C. on 31 May 2011 to succeed Mohammad Mayeli Kohan but was sacked on 15 February 2012 after failed to connect with the young players of the club.[3] He was named as assistant coach of Esteghlal on 2 June 2012 after Amir Ghalenoei becomes head coach of Esteghlal for a third spell.

On April 14, 2014, Saleh was named as Carlos Queiroz's assistant coach in Iran national football team.[4] However, he left his position before the 2014 FIFA World Cup. On October 8, 2014, he became assistant coach of Malavan.

On June 21, 2015, he returned to Esteghlal as Parviz Mazloumi's first assistant coach.[5]

Statistics

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Saipa 1 July 2011 15 February 2012 27 7 10 10 025.93
Fajr Sepasi 18 July 2018 31 December 2018 9 1 5 3 011.11
Total 35 8 15 12 022.86
As of 28 December 2018

Honors

Player

Assistant Manager

References

  1. ^ Majid Saleh Club careers Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Majid Saleh International careers Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Saleh becomes news Saipa head coach
  4. ^ Saleh became assistant coach of Iran national team
  5. ^ "پرویز مظلومی سرمربی استقلال شد/ صالح دستیار اول". 21 June 2015.