Mirshad Majedi

Seyed Mirshad Majedi ( سید born 14 December 1968) is a retired Iranian football player and administrator who is acting president of Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran from February to August 2022. He was team manager of Esteghlal and Police Tero F.C and Iran national team.

Early life He was born on 14 December 1968 in Tehran, Iran. He graduated in Strategic Sport Management with a Ph.D. degree in 2018.

Playing career

Club career He started his playing career in 1988 with joining Esteghlal Academy. He promoted to the first team squad in 1990 and helped the team in winning AFC Champions League in 1990–91 season for the second time. During 1992–93 season, he was loaned to Sanaye Defah. He played for the team two seasons and became top scorer at Tehran Football Competitions in 1993–94 season. Then, he was loaned to Keshavarz and became top scorer of 2nd Division in 1994–95 season. He returned to Esteghlal at the end of the season but was transferred to the Thai Premier League side BEC Tero Sasana in winter 1995. He played for the team until 1997 when he joined another Thai team TOT. Then he played for TTM Lopburi one season and joined V.League team, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai in 2001. He played three seasons for the club before his retirement. He announced his retirement in July 2004.

International career Majedi had played for Iran U-17, Iran U-20 and Iran U-23. He was invited to the junior team in 1993 but never played.

Administrator career After his retirement, he became technical adviser to the Football Association of Thailand. Then, he was appointed as team manager of Iran national under-23 futsal team and after two years, he became team manager at the Iran national futsal team. In June 2007, he became team manager of Iran U-17 and Iran U-20 teams. After Amir Ghalenoei became head coach of Iran national football team, Majedi joined his technical staff as executive director. He was also head of Department of Futsal of Esteghlal from 2009 to 2010. From 2010 to 2012, he was deputy chairman of Paykan. Then, he became adviser to the Amir Ghalenoei, chairman of Esteghlal. Before the start of 2012–13 season, Majedi was named as team manager of the club, replacing Mansour Pourheidari.

Honors Esteghlal AFC Champions League (1): 1990–91 Iranian Football League runner-up (1): 1991–92 Hazfi Cup runner-up (1): 1991–92

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai V.League: 2003, 2004 Super Cup: 2003 First Division: 2001–02