Hossein Faraki

Hossein Faraki (Persian: حسین فرکی‎, born 22 March 1957) is a retired Iranian football player and a coach.

Hossain Faraki
Faraki in 2019
Personal information
Full name Hossain Faraki
Date of birth (1957-03-22) March 22, 1957
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1979 Pas
1979 Persepolis
1979–1981 Al-Shaab
1981–1992 Pas
National team
1977–1980 Iran 23 (10)
Teams managed
1994–2000 Pas (assistant)
2000 Pas
2003–2006 Iran (assistant)
2004 Iran U-23
2009–2010 Kaveh Tehran
2010–2012 Naft Tehran
2012–2014 Foolad
2014–2015 Sepahan
2016–2017 Saipa
2018–2020 Paykan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

He was born on 22 March 1957 in Tehran, Iran. He began playing football with PAS Tehran in 1976.

Faraki has a son named Hessam.

Playing career

Club career

He spent most of his career playing for Pas Tehran. Faraki won with Pas the Iranian Takht Jamshid in 1977 and 1978; he was also the top goal scorer of the Iranian league in 1978/79, when the league was left incomplete due to political unrest in Iran at the time.

Faraki also played for Al-Shaab of the UAE at the time when Heshmat Mohajerani became head coach of the club.

International career

He played for the Iran national football team and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where he played all three matches. He also reached the third place in the 1980 Asian Cup in Kuwait.

Managerial career

Faraki began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Pas Tehran, the club that he played for in 1976 to 1992. He worked with many coaches like Ebrahim Ghasempour, Firouz Karimi and Bijan Zolfagharnasab. After six years as assistant coach, he was named as caretaker manager of the team after the resignation of Ghasempour in 2002. He led the team until the end of the 1999–00 season which the club ended in 7th place. He left the team after Farhad Kazemi becomes the team's head coach.

During Branko Ivankovic's time as Team Melli manager, Faraki was the assistant manager. He was also the head coach of the Iran national under-23 football team from 2003 till 2006. He was manager of Kaveh Tehran which led the club to promotion to the Azadegan League. He was appointed as head coach of Naft Tehran on 1 July 2010 and secured the team from relegation in his first season at the club. At the second season, he led the club to the 5th place, which was their best league end until 2014. He not renewed his contract with the team and signed a two years contract with Foolad on 5 June 2012. He led Foolad to the AFC Champions League for the second time since 2006 after they finished 4th in 2012–13. In 2013–14 season, Faraki's side won the league, finishing the season with 57 points, two more from runners-up Persepolis. He resigned as Foolad's manager at the end of the season because he needs an imminent knee operation.

On 9 September 2014, Faraki was named as new manager of Sepahan with signing a two-year contract, replaced Zlatko Kranjčar who resigned day before.[1] He led Sepahan to the league title in his first season at the club. On 30 May 2015, he extended his contract with Sepahan until 2018. However, he was sacked by the club on 1 November 2015 after a run of unsuccessful results.

Statistics

International goals
#DateCityOpponentFinal ScoreResultCompetition
122 April 1977Shiraz, Iran Saudi Arabia2–0Win1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
21 October 1977Tehran, Iran Hungary3–1WinFriendly
311 May 1978Toulouse, France France1–2LossFriendly
427 February 1980Singapore, Singapore China PR2–2Draw1980 Summer Olympics qualification
51 March 1980Singapore, Singapore Singapore3–0Win1980 Summer Olympics qualification
61 March 1980Singapore, Singapore Singapore3–0Win1980 Summer Olympics qualification
77 March 1980Singapore, Singapore India2–0Win1980 Summer Olympics qualification
85 August 1980Al Ain, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates2–0WinFriendly
95 August 1980Al Ain, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates2–0WinFriendly
107 August 1980Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates3–0WinFriendly
117 August 1980Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates3–0WinFriendly
1228 September 1980Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait1–2Loss1980 AFC Asian Cup Semi-final

Coaching career statistics
Faraki coaches his team against Persepolis, during his spell as Sepahan manager, 17 March 2015
As of 23 August 2019
Team From To Record
GWDLGFGA+/-Win %
Pas Tehran (caretaker) May 2000 October 2000 12 3 6 3 20 21 −1 025.00
Iran U-23 (caretaker) May 2004 December 2004 5 4 0 1 9 3 +6 080.00
Kaveh Tehran June 2009 July 2010 50 33 7 10 58 30 +28 066.00
Naft Tehran July 2010 June 2012 67 20 24 23 78 78 +0 029.85
Foolad June 2012 June 2014 86 45 28 13 118 67 +51 052.33
Sepahan September 2014 November 2015 42 26 10 6 78 31 +47 061.90
Saipa June 2016 May 2017 33 9 11 13 25 32 −7 027.27
Paykan December 2018 January 2020 17 5 4 8 15 25 -10 29.42
Total 310 153 85 72 374 269 +105 049.35

Honours

As a player
Pas

As a manager
Kaveh
Foolad
Sepahan

Individual

References
  1. Official: Faraki became Sepahan coach
Preceded by
Amir Ghalenoei		 Iran Pro League Winning Manager
2013–14, 2014–15		 Succeeded by
Abdollah Veisi
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