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Yahya Golmohammadi played most of his professional career for Persepolis. He made his debut as a football player in 1989 with Tractor Sazi. Two years later, he signed with Poora. He played in Poora for four years and later signed with Persepolis in 1995 and began his work with Stanko Poklepović and won the league in his first season. In 1999, he moved to Ahvaz based club Foolad, but returned to Persepolis after only three seasons. In 2005, Yahya left Persepolis for a lucrative contract with Saba Battery, many critics were skeptical about his success in this newly formed team, but Saba Battery, with the help of Golmohammadi and Iranian national teammate Ali Daei, surprised everyone by winning the Hazfi Cup, and also did extremely well in the Asian Champions League, beating more experienced and seasoned campaigners. He played for Saba until 2008 when he announced his retirement as a football player.
International
Golmohammadi played as a defender. He scored the winning goal in the final minute of a 2002 World Cup qualifying match against the Republic of Ireland, although Iran lost on aggregate and failed to qualify for the tournament. On 11 June 2006, Golmohammadi scored the equaliser in a 3–1 loss to Mexico in the opening round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. His tackle against Luís Figo in the next game against Portugal cost Iran a penalty. Golmohammadi was injured in the same game and was not available for Iran's final World Cup game versus Angola. He…
Saba
After the resignation of Mohammad Hossein Ziaei as the head coach of Saba Battery, Golmohammadi was named as his successor to lead the team for the ensuing fixtures. Golmohammadi led Saba in the remaining ten matches and led them to a third-place finish behind Persepolis and Sepahan which is the best result for Saba in Iran Pro League in the club's history. There were many rumors that Golmohammadi would continue to lead Saba for the following season but he refused to extend his contract. Firouz Karimi succeeded him as head coach of Saba in June 2008.
Tarbiat Yazd
In July 2008, Golmohammadi took over the Azadegan League side Tarbiat Yazd. His team started the 2008–09 season with three consecutive wins but at the end of the season, Tarbiat finished at 5th place of Group B and were not promoted to the Iran Pro League. He continued his work with Tarbiat Yazd the following season and led the team to a third-place finish but were shy one point of qualifying for a promotion play-off. At the end of the season, he resigned as head coach of Tarbiat Yazd in order to become head coach of another Azadegan league side, Nassaji Mazandaran.
Nassaji Mazandaran
He became head coach of his native town team, Nassaji Mazandaran in July 2010. He was also unable to promote Nassaji to the Iran Pro League as they finished at 4th place in the 2010–11 season. He was sacked by the club in September 2011.
Rah Ahan
After Ali Daei became head coach of Rah Ahan,…
Club
As of 3 June 2010
International goals
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
Managerial record
As of match played 1 January 2024
- Club
- Saba Qom F.C. (2005–2008)
- Club
- Tractor F.C (1989–1991)
- Club
- Poora F.C. (1991–1995)
- Club
- Persepolis F.C. (1995–1999)
- Club
- Foolad F.C. (1999–2002)
- Club
- Persepolis F.C. (2002–2005)
- Club
- Iran men's national football team (1993–2006)
- Club
- Iran national under-23 football team (2002–2002)
- National team
- Iran
Personal
He was born on 19 March 1971 in Minabad, Ardabil province, where he was recognized for his footballing talent as a youngster. He is Talysh.
Clubs
- Tractor F.C1989–1991
- Poora F.C.1991–1995
- Iran men's national football team1993–2006
- Persepolis F.C.1995–1999
- Foolad F.C.1999–2002
- Iran national under-23 football team2002–2002
- Persepolis F.C.2002–2005
- Saba Qom F.C.2005–2008
Played together with
- Ahmad AlenemehFoolad F.C. · 2007–2009
- Ahmad AlenemehFoolad F.C. · 2015–2015
- Ahmad AlenemehTractor F.C · 2011–2012
- Ahmad AlenemehTractor F.C · 2014–2015
Ahmad NourollahiPersepolis F.C. · 2014–2021
Ahmad NourollahiTractor F.C · 2017–2017
Ahmad Reza AbedzadehPersepolis F.C. · 1994–2001
Alaa Abdul-ZahraTractor F.C · 2014–2014- Alen AvdićSaba Qom F.C.
Ali AlipourPersepolis F.C. · 2015
Ali DaeiPersepolis F.C. · 1994–1996
Ali DaeiPersepolis F.C. · 2003–2004
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Identifiers & aliases
Yahya Golmohammadi is an Iranian football coach and a former player. He is one of only eleven Iranians to score in a World Cup and he is the oldest player to score on his first World Cup start, doing so for Iran in 2006 against Mexico. His position was usually the central defender. He was a member of Iranian national football team and played most of his career in Persepolis. He previously managed some big clubs in Iran, including: Persepolis, Naft Tehran, Zob Ahan, Tractor Sazi and Padideh.
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