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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Saeid Azizian | ||
| Date of birth | (1965-12-18)December 18, 1965 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran,Iran | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1988 | Esteghlal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | Esteghlal | ||
| 1989–1991 | Persepolis | ||
| International career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Iran | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Saeid Azizian (Persian:سعید عزیزیان, born 18 December 1965 inTehran,Iran) is a retiredIranianfootball goalkeeper and a current coach.
He joinedEsteghlal academy in 1984 and was promoted to the first team in 1988 by then-coachGholam Hossein Mazloumi. He played one season for the club but joined Esteghlal's rival Persepolis in the next season.
He signed a two years contract before the start of the1989–90 season withPersepolis. His excellent performance was praised by many coaches and he was invited in the same year to theIran national football team but after his violent injury occurred in a match inQods League, he was far away from football for more than one year. He announced his retirement at the end of the season due to his injury.
While playing for Persepolis he was invited byAli Parvin to the national team and has two caps. He made his debut in a friendly match againstPoland.[1] The other match he played was againstUSSR.[2]
After retiring he returned to Persepolis as a goalkeeping coach whenAfshin Ghotbi became the team's head coach. He continued with their new head coachAfshin Peyrovani, but after Peyrovani resigned andNelo Vingada took over as the club head coach, Azizian's contract was terminated. He became the goalkeeping coach ofShahin Bushehr in 2010 and worked with that team until the end of the season. AfterYahya Golmohammadi became Persepolis' head coach, Azizian returned to his first coaching career on 2 February 2013. He is currently goalkeeping coach ofPadideh, after working withSaba Qom andMes Kerman.