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Mahmoud Yavari

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Mahmoud Yavari
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-10-11)11 October 1939
Place of birth Isfahan, Iran
Date of death 10 November 2020(2020-11-10) (aged 81)
Place of death Isfahan, Iran
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1959–1963 Shahin Isfahan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1964 Shahin Isfahan
1964–1969 Pas Tehran
International career
1967–1969 Iran 3 (0)
Managerial career
1969–1970 Zob Ahan
1970–1978 Sepahan
1978 Bargh Shiraz
1978–1980 Sepahan
1980–1982 Iran U-20
1982–1984 Iran U-23
1984 Iran
1985–1995 Iran U-20
1995–1996 Sepahan
1996 Bargh Shiraz
1998–1999 Fajr Sepasi
1999 Pas Tehran
2001–2002 Tractor
2002–2003 Aboomoslem
2004–2005 Bargh Shiraz
2005 Esteghlal Ahvaz
2007–2008 Bargh Shiraz
2008 Esteghlal Ahvaz
2008–2009 Rah Ahan
2009–2010 Shahin Bushehr
2010 Saba
2010–2011 Pas Hamedan
2011 Steel Azin
2011–2013 Fajr Sepasi
2013 Zob Ahan
2013 Mes Kerman
2013–2014 Fajr Sepasi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mahmoud Yavari (Persian: محمود یاوری, 11 October 1939[1][2] – 10 November 2020) was an Iranian football coach and player. He was head coach of the Iran national football team for a short period of time in 1984. He had coached many teams like Zob Ahan, Sepahan, Shahin Bushehr, Tractor, Pas Tehran, Pas Hamedan, Rah Ahan and Fajr Sepasi. He was one of the oldest and most experienced head coaches in Iranian football history.

Playing career

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Club

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He began his football at Shahin Isfahan and joined the PAS after the club's establishment and was teammate with Ranjbar and Habibi. He retired and left Pas in 1969.

International

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He was invited to the Iran national football team by Mahmoud Bayati in 1967. He made his debut in a match against Hong Kong on 10 May 1968. He had just three caps with the national team without scoring any goal.

Coaching career

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Early years

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After Zob Ahan was established in 1969, Yavari became the club's first ever head coach but because he didn't have any managerial experience, he was sacked in 1970. Then, he was appointed as coach to another Isfahan-based team, Sepahan. He was head coach of Sepahan for eight seasons in his first time in the club. He resigned in 1978 and was quickly appointed as Bargh Shiraz head coach but was sacked in the same year. Sepahan appointed Yavari for a second time and was kept as club head coach until 1980.

National team head coach

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In 1980, he was selected as Iran national under-20 football team head coach. These were successful years for Yavari. After his good results with the under-20 team, he was appointed as coach for the Iran national Olympic team in 1982.

On 7 August 1984, he became head coach of Iran. Along with his assistant, Nasser Ebrahimi, they helped to build a new base for the national team. He led six matches, all of them won, but resigned on 1 December 1984. After his role in the senior team, he returned as the head coach of the under-20 team in 1985 and resigned in 1996.

Later career

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He was Bargh Shiraz head coach in 1996. In 1998, he became Fajr Sepasi head coach but was sacked in 1999. After that, he returned to PAS Tehran as head coach in 1999 but only for a short period. After that, Yavari led many teams.

He was appointed as the head coach of Saba in the summer of 2010 and a few months later was sacked by the club. He was head coach of Steel Azin from April 2011 until May 2011. He was appointed as head coach of Fajr Sepasi on 27 November 2011. He led the club for two seasons and left the club at the end of 2012–13 season. In July 2013, he was named as head coach of Mes Kerman. He resigned as the manager of the club on 14 September 2013 to become head coach of Fajr Sepasi after just four months. After Fajr's relegation, Yavari resigned and retired.

Coaching career statistics

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As of 11 April 2014
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Zob Ahan October 1969 February 1970 2 1 0 1 50
Sepahan May 1970 October 1978 212 64 72 76 30.19
Bargh Shiraz October 1978 December 1978 12 4 4 4 33.33
Sepahan December 1978 June 1980 30 15 5 10 50
Iran U-20 June 1980 June 1982 10 8 2 0 80
Iran U-23 June 1982 August 1984 14 9 4 1 64.29
Iran August 1984 December 1984 6 6 0 0 100
Iran U-20 October 1995 1996 42 27 10 3 64.29
Bargh Shiraz 1996 1996 4 2 0 2 50
Fajr Sepasi September 1998 May 1999 30 8 10 12 26.67
PAS Tehran October 1999 December 1999 7 3 1 3 42.86
Tractor June 2001 June 2002 26 2 9 15 7.69
Aboomoslem June 2002 May 2003 26 5 11 10 19.23
Bargh Shiraz July 2004 January 2005 25 7 10 8 28
Esteghlal Ahvaz February 2005 June 2005 5 0 3 2 0
Bargh Shiraz May 2007 April 2008 34 11 14 9 32.35
Rah Ahan October 2008 April 2009 20 6 8 6 30
Shahin Bushehr September 2009 May 2010 34 9 12 13 26.47
Saba June 2010 October 2010 13 4 5 4 30.77
PAS Hamedan December 2010 March 2011 6 0 2 4 0
Steel Azin April 2011 May 2011 9 1 2 6 11.11
Fajr Sepasi November 2011 June 2013 49 17 15 17 34.69
Mes Kerman July 2013 September 2013 9 0 5 4 0
Fajr Sepasi September 2013 June 2014 21 5 8 8 23.81
Total 672 217 223 242 32.29

References

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  1. ^ ها, اخبار استان (22 February 1395). "نه قیصر ، نه سلطان، نه ژنرال؛ من محمود یاوری هستم!". fa.
  2. ^ "فوتبالی‌ها در جشن تولد ۷۸ سالگی یاوری (عکس)".
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