Ghalenoei with Tractor Sazi in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | November 21, 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Tractor Sazi (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1979–1981 | Rah Ahan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1982 | Rah Ahan | ||
1982–1987 | Shahin | ||
1987–1988 | Al-Sadd | ||
1989–1997 | Esteghlal | ||
National team | |||
1979–1981 | Iran U-20 | 23 | (7) |
1985–1996 | Iran | 20 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
1999–2000 | Keshavarz | ||
2001–2002 | Bargh Tehran | ||
2002 | Esteghlal (caretaker) | ||
2002–2003 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | ||
2003–2006 | Esteghlal | ||
2006–2007 | Iran | ||
2008 | Mes Kerman | ||
2008–2009 | Esteghlal | ||
2009–2011 | Sepahan | ||
2011–2012 | Tractor Sazi | ||
2012–2015 | Esteghlal | ||
2015– | Tractor Sazi | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Ardeshir "Amir " Ghalenoei (Persian: امیر قلعهنویی , born November 21, 1963 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football coach and former player who currently manages Tractor Sazi. He has been the most successful coach in the Iran Pro League and managed several clubs, including Esteghlal, Mes Kerman, Sepahan and Tractor Sazi, with two of which he won a total of five championships and two Hazfi Cup titles. He was also the head coach of Iran national football team from August 2006 to July 2007 where he managed the team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup where Iran was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Ardeshir (Amir) Ghalenoei was born on November 21, 1963 in Tehran, Iran. His father, a taxi driver, died when Amir was only thirteen years old. He began his career in the late 1970s after passing a technical test for Rah Ahan, one of the oldest clubs in the Iranian football. He played for the club's youth team for two years and was promoted to the first team squad in 1981 by Nasser Ebrahimi. He had a good performance there and scored three goals during the domestic Tehran Hazfi cup. Ghalenoei left the club after the club's head coach signed for Shahin.