Afshin Peyrovani

Mohammad Ali "Afshin" Peyrovani (Persian: افشين پيروانى‎, born 6 February 1970 in Shiraz, Iran) is a retired Iranian footballer and a football coach. He is the younger brother of Gholam Peyrovani and elder brother of Amir Hossein Peyrovani. He is a Football Director at Perspolis and a former player. A versatile player, he played in several positions throughout his career, including as a central defender and right defender. Throughout his club career, he played for Perspolis and Peykan and won Iran league for Fifth time. Following his retirement, he also served as a manager for Perspolis.

Afshin Peyravani
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Ali Peyrovani
Date of birth (1970-02-06) 6 February 1970
Place of birth Shiraz, Iran
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Persepolis (team manager)
Youth career
1986–1987 Bargh Shiraz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Bargh Shiraz
1990–1993 Bank Tejarat
1993–1996 Persepolis
1996–1997 Al-Sadd
1997–2004 Persepolis 209 (14)
2004–2005 Paykan 17 (0)
National team
1993–2002 Iran 66 (0)
Teams managed
2008–2009 Persepolis
2010 Steel Azin
2010 Steel Azin
2012–2013 Sang Ahan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A former Iran national, he played in the 1998 World Cup, as well as the team that finished third In the 1996 Asian Cup.

Playing career

Club career

Peyrovani was a product of the Persepolis youth academy. On 1 August 1993 he was signed by the first team where he spent 10 years of his playing career making over 200 appearances. On 29 August 2004 he moved to Paykan Tehran F.C. on a one-year deal. Peyrovani ended his career at the end of the IPL 2004/05 season.[1]

Club career statistics
As of 3 June 2017
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
1993-94 Persepolis Azadegan League 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1994-95 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1995-96 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1996-97 20 1
1997-98 8 1
1998-99 24 0
1999-00 25 1 2 0 3 0 26 1
2000-01 21 2 3 1 0 0 24 3
2001–02Persian Gulf Cup241--
2002–0323130
2003–04202--
2004–05Paykan17000--170
Total Iran 21390060170
Career total 21395160

International career

He has 66 caps for the Iran national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2][3]

Coaching career

After the departure of Afshin Ghotbi in November 2008 he was appointed as the head coach of Persepolis F.C. and was replaced and became the assistant coach of Nelo Vingada in mid February 2009 and a month later he was sacked totally by the chairman. He replaced Hamid Estili as the head coach of Steel Azin on 19 April 2010 and later on for the season after he was again appointed as the head coach of the team again which after poor results he resigned. On 6 November 2012, he was appointed as head coach of Azadegan League side Sang Ahan Bafq.

Peyrovani in 2014
As of 11 December 2010
Nat Team From To Record
GWDLWin %GFGA+/-
Persepolis 18 November 2008 16 February 2009 1273258.3%2010+10
Steel Azin 14 October 2010 23 November 2010 822425%717−10
Total 2095645%27270

Director career

Iran National Football Team

In September 2015, Peyrovani was appointed as director of Tean national football team. He was included in Carlos Queiroz staff for 2018 World Cup Qualifying Asia. After a while, he tendered his resignation as sporting director and left the Iran football team. In 2018 , the disciplinary committee of the Iranian Football Federation suspended Peyrovani from all football activities for a period of five years due to financial irregularities.[4]

Perspolis

Peyrovani in December 2017 introduced as new director of football of Persepolis, being responsible for the club's major transfer market decisions.

Honours

Club
Persepolis

References
  1. "Peyrovani moves to Paykan". persianfootball.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
  2. Afshin Peyrovani at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. FIFA statistics
  4. https://www.teammelli.com/2018/05/04/afshin-peyrovani-suspended-for-5-years/
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