Personal information | |||
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Full name | Farhad Kazemi | ||
Date of birth | 2 July 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Machine Sazi (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1979–1982 | Ekbatan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1985 | Ekbatan | ||
1985–1986 | Bootan | ||
1986–1989 | Pas | ||
1989–1990 | Rah Ahan | ||
Teams managed | |||
1995–1996 | Bahman | ||
1997–1998 | Esteghlal Rasht | ||
1999–2000 | Bahman | ||
2000 | Pas | ||
2001–2002 | Aboomoslem | ||
2002–2005 | Sepahan | ||
2006 | Paykan | ||
2006–2007 | Saba Battery | ||
2007 | Mes Kerman | ||
2007–2008 | Steel Azin | ||
2008–2009 | Sepahan | ||
2009 | Aboomoslem | ||
2010 | Gostaresh | ||
2010–2011 | Sanati Kaveh | ||
2011–2012 | Paykan | ||
2012–2013 | Zob Ahan | ||
2013–2014 | Paykan | ||
2015 | Rah Ahan | ||
2015–2016 | Siah Jamegan | ||
2016– | Machine Sazi | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Farhad Kazemi (Persian: فرهاد کاظمی; born 2 July 1959 in Tehran) is an Iranian football manager. With many professional clubs in his résumé, Kazemi has established himself as one of the top coaches in a country which has many enthusiastic football lovers – Iran. Farhad Kazemi acted very successful in coaching Sepahan F.C. during the 2002–03 season to make the Isfahan based club, the first non-Tehran team to win an Iranian league. He was awarded as the best Manager of the Iran Pro League, The Persian Gulf Cup after the 2002-03 season and is the all-time best Manager of the Azadegan League managing to successfully gain the most promotions and championships.
Farhad Kazemi was born on 2 July 1959 in Tehran. He is a former player, who now works as a coach in Iranian football. He started his athletic career by participating in the sport of wrestling at the age of 13, and bowed out after 3 years. Later, he had an approach towards football, he also tried participating in various sports at high school; sports such as volleyball, wrestling and most importantly football.
He started playing for the youth team of Ekbatan, then played for Bootan and Akam, under the supervisions of Madad Noei, Parviz Abootaleb and Hossein Farzami respectively. Then, he played for Kian football club, under the supervision of Akbar Khoshkbari. Later, he moved to Pas to play for them for 3 years under the supervision of Mehdi Monajati. He moved to Rah Ahan in 1989 and played for club until 1990.
Farhad Kazemi has coached many clubs in Iran. Most of which have been in the Premier division. He managed to have a very successful spell at Sepahan from 2002 to 2005, this success gained him a lot of recognition.
A set of regulations were published by The Iran Pro League (IPL) Organisation stating some laws that players and coaches needed to perform by, otherwise they would consequently be suspended from activities in the league.