Samad Marfavi

Samad Marfavi

Personal information
Full name	Abdolsamad Marfavi
Date of birth	(1964-05-18) May 18, 1964
Place of birth	Khorramshahr, Iran
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Iran U-20
Youth career
1980–1983	PAS FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1985	Niroye Zamini
1985–1986	Sepahan
1986–1989	Daraei
1989–1993	Esteghlal
1993–1994	Keshavarz
1995–1996	Al Kuwait
1996–1997	Esteghlal
1998	Tanjong Pagar United FC
1998–1999	Bahman
International career
1986–1994	Iran	31	(11)
Managerial career
2000–2002	Esteghlal (youth)
2002–2003	Esteghlal Ahvaz (assistant)
2003–2006	Esteghlal (assistant)
2006–2007	Esteghlal
2007	Esteghlal (assistant)
2007–2008	Esteghlal Ahvaz (assistant)
2008–2009	Esteghlal (assistant)
2009–2010	Esteghlal
2010–2011	Mes Kerman
2012–2014	Saba Qom
2014–2015	Paykan
2016–2017	Saba United
2020	Nassaji (Technical Director)
2020–2021	Esteghlal (Technical Director)
2022–	Iran U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdolsamad Marfavi (Persian: عبدالصمد مرفاوی; born May 18, 1964, in Khorramshahr), better known as Samad Marfavi (Persian: صمد مرفاوی), is an Iranian football coach and former player.

Club career

He played the majority of his playing career for IPL giants Esteghlal.

International career

Marfavi debuted for the Iranian national team against Kuwait on February 27, 1987. He scored 11 goals in 31 appearances for Iran.

Managerial career

He was Esteghlal's assistant coach from 2003 until 2006 when he was replaced with Amir Ghalenoei who was appointed as the Iran national football team coach in August 2006 just one month before the season starts. He had a good season result till 27th week of the season and Esteghlal was in first place but the last three weeks of the season was a distastor for him where he only earned one point out of 3 home matches and finished fourth. He came back as the assistant coach of Nasser Hejazi next season but after the differences he left the club and returned the season after to help Amir Ghalenoei to win the league. After Amir Ghalenoei left the club for Sepahan, he was re-appointed as the head coach of Esteghlal in July 2009. On 18 May 2010, he extended his contract with Esteghlal for another season. However, he would later resign from his position only a couple of days later. On 2 June 2010, he was appointed head coach of Mes Kerman and was resigned on 25 August 2011. He became head coach of Saba Qom on 25 September 2012 and signed a contract until end of the season. Before the start of 2013–14 season, it was announced that his contract will not renewed. On 11 November 2013, he was reappointed as Saba's head coach for a second time.

As of 4 May 2017

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
Esteghlal	15 August 2006	3 July 2007	30	14	10	6	45%	39	30	+9
Esteghlal	1 July 2009	1 June 2010	43	20	13	10	46%	77	45	+32
Mes	2 June 2010	25 August 2011	40	13	14	13	30%	46	41	+5
Saba	25 September 2012	31 May 2013	28	7	14	7	25%	30	28	+2
Saba	11 November 2013	26 November 2014	31	10	10	11	32%	31	35	–4
Paykan	27 November 2014	1 July 2015	8	0	5	3	0%	5	9	–4
Saba	3 July 2016	26 July 2017	31	8	10	13	25%	30	33	–3
Total			212	73	77	63	35%	257	220	+41

Honours

• Gold Medal winner at 1990 Asian Games, as member of the Iran national football team.
• Nominated for 1991 Asian Footballer of the year winning 16 votes losing to Yong-Hwan Chung who received 28 and Joo-Sung Kim who won the award with 31 votes.

External links

• Samad Marfavi at TeamMelli.com
• Marfavi takes over Esteghlal reins