.jpg) Faraki in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hossein Faraki | ||
| Date of birth | (1957-03-22)March 22, 1957 (age 68) | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran,Iran | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1979 | Pas | ||
| 1979 | Persepolis | ||
| 1979–1981 | Al-Shaab | ||
| 1981–1992 | Pas | ||
| International career | |||
| 1977–1980 | Iran | 23 | (10) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 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 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hossein Faraki (Persian:حسین فرکی; born 22 March 1957) is a retiredIranianfootball player and a coach.
He was born on 22 March 1957 inTehran,Iran. He began playing football withPAS Tehran in 1976.
Faraki has a son named Hessam.
He spent most of his career playing forPas Tehran. Faraki won with Pas the IranianTakht Jamshid in1977 and1978; he was the top goal scorer of theIranian league in 1978/79, when the league was left incomplete due to political unrest in Iran at the time.
Faraki also played forAl-Shaab of theUAE at the time whenHeshmat Mohajerani became head coach of the club.
He played for theIran national football team and participated at the1978 FIFA World Cup, where he played all three matches. He also reached the third place in the1980 Asian Cup in Kuwait.
Faraki began his coaching career as an assistant coach atPas Tehran, the club that he played for in 1976 to 1992. He worked with many coaches likeEbrahim Ghasempour,Firouz Karimi andBijan 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 the1999–00 season which the club ended in 7th place. He left the team afterFarhad Kazemi becomes the team's head coach.
DuringBranko Ivankovic's time asTeam Melli manager, Faraki was the assistant manager. He was also the head coach of theIran national under-23 football team from 2003 till 2006. He was manager ofKaveh Tehran which led the club to promotion to theAzadegan League. He was appointed as head coach ofNaft 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 withFoolad on 5 June 2012. He led Foolad to theAFC Champions League for the second time since2006 after they finished 4th in2012–13. In2013–14 season, Faraki's side won the league, finishing the season with 57 points, two more from runners-upPersepolis. 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 ofSepahan with signing a two-year contract, replacedZlatko Kranjčar who resigned day before.[1] He led Sepahan to the league title inhis 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.
| # | Date | City | Opponent | Final score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 April 1977 | Shiraz, Iran |  Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 1 October 1977 | Tehran, Iran |  Hungary | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 11 May 1978 | Toulouse, France |  France | 1–2 | |
| 4 | 27 February 1980 | Singapore, Singapore |  China | 2–2 | 1980 Summer Olympics qualification |
| 5 | 1 March 1980 | Singapore, Singapore |  Singapore | 3–0 | |
| 6 | |||||
| 7 | 7 March 1980 | Singapore, Singapore |  India | 2–0 | |
| 8 | 5 August 1980 | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates |  United Arab Emirates | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 9 | |||||
| 10 | 7 August 1980 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | |
| 11 | |||||
| 12 | 28 September 1980 | Kuwait City, Kuwait |  Kuwait | 1–2 | 1980 AFC Asian Cup Semi-final |
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | 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 | ||
| Preceded by | Iran Pro League Winning Manager 2013–14, 2014–15 | Succeeded by |
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