Mansour Pourheidari

Pourheidari began his football career at the age of 17 in Daraei but was transferred to Taj (now Esteghlal) in 1965 and played as a right defender for ten years and won the Asian Championship in 1970. He also played for the Iran national team and had three caps. He retired in 1977 from football.

Pourheidari began his managerial career in 1980 as assistant coach to Abbas Razavi and Asghar Sharafi. He was promoted as the club's head coach in 1983 after the resignation of Sharafi. After three years, he was resigned and becomes head coach of UAE Pro-League side, Al-Ahli and led the team until 1989. He was re-appointed as Esteghlal manager in 1989 and won the league in the following season. He also led Esteghlal to their second Asian trophy in 1991. He was left the team in the next year but was returned again as head coach in 1995 and led the team for one season. After that, he becomes head coach of Fajr Sepasi for two seasons but was unable to earn any trophy. He became head coach of Iran national team in 1998 and led it until 2000. Pourheidari was also a member of the board of directors of Esteghlal for decades. He was team manager of Esteghlal from 2010 to 2012 and from 2012, he was technical manager of the club.

He was married to Farideh Shojaee, former Iran Football Federation vice president. He died on 4 November 2016 of cancer.

Player

Iranian Football League: 1970–71, 1974–75 Asian Club Championship: 1970

Manager

Esteghlal

Iranian Football League: 1989–90, 2000–01 Hazfi Cup: 1996, 2000 Asian Club Championship: 1991 Iran

Asian Games: 1998

Individual

January 1999 Asian Coach of the Month