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Career & Clubs
Early years
Prior to coaching at the professional level, Ghotbi founded one of the best youth football academies named AGSS in Southern California, responsible for the discovery and development of players such as Peter Vagenas and John O'Brien and many more.
United States
Ghotbi became assistant manager of the United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) from 1997 to 1998, working under Steve Sampson. He also participated in the USMNT squad for 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he had an emotional moment as his adopted country he worked played against Iran, the country of his origin.
LA Galaxy
Afshin Ghotbi served as an assistant coach under Steve Sampson at LA Galaxy, contributing to the club’s historic MLS double in 2005. This achievement marked the only occasion in the club’s history, and one of only two instances in Major League Soccer history, where a team won both the MLS Cup and the Supporters’ Shield in the same season.
South Korea
Ghotbi worked for Korea Republic national team under Dutchman Guus Hiddink from December 2000 until July 2002 as a football analyst. He continued his journey in Korea by taking the role of an assistant coach of Samsung Bluewings from 2002 to 2004. He returned to Korean National Team, as an assistant coach under Dick Advocaat from October 2005 until July 2006. He continued as an assistant coach for Korea under Dutch head coach Pim Verbeek, who he knew back in 2000 as part of South Korea's 2002 World Cup…
Personal
Ghotbi was born in Tehran. He is the son of a teacher in Iran with whom he left Iran at the age of 13 after his father remarried and moved to Los Angeles, where he has been a resident for more than two decades. He received his BSc qualification in Electrical Engineering from UCLA where he was a member of the soccer team.
Legacy
Persepolis
Iran Pro League: 2007–08 Shimizu S-Pulse
J. League Cup runner-up: 2012 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
China League One runner-up: 2019 China League One promotion: 2019 Individual
Iran Football Federation Award Manager of the Year (2007–08), Persepolis
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