# Hamid Derakhshan

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Iranian footballer and manager (born 1959)

Hamid Derakhshan Personal information Full name Hamid Reza Derakhshan Date of birth (1959-01-23) 23 January 1959 (age 67) Place of birth Tehran, Iran Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Position Midfielder Youth career 1975–1977 Mazda[1] Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1977–1987 Persepolis 206 (58) 1987–1991 Qatar SC 73 (16) 1991–1992 Al-Sadd 15 (3) 1992–1994 Persepolis 39 (10) Total 333 (87) International career 1976–1977 Iran U-20[2] 8 (?) 1980–1993 Iran 41 (9) Managerial career 1994–1995 Persepolis 1997 Persepolis 2001–2002 Iran U-17 2004 Sorkhpooshan 2004 Homa 2009–2010 Paykan 2010–2011 Shahrdari Tabriz 2011–2012 Shahin Bushehr 2012–2013 Damash Gilan 2014–2015 Persepolis 2016 Khoneh Be Khoneh 2017 Naft Tehran 2021 Naft Masjed Soleyman 2022 Saipa * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Hamid Reza Derakhshan** ([Persian](/source/Persian_language): حمید درخشان; born 23 January 1959) is an Iranian former professional [football](/source/Association_football) player and now manager who last managed [Saipa](/source/Saipa_F.C.) in [Azadegan League](/source/Azadegan_League).

Derakhshan played as a [midfielder](/source/Midfielder) for a number of clubs, most notably [Persepolis](/source/Persepolis_F.C.), as well as the [Iran national team](/source/Iran_national_football_team). He played a total of twelve years at Persepolis and for five years at [Qatar SC](/source/Qatar_SC) and [Al-Sadd](/source/Al-Sadd). After his retirement as a player, he became manager of [Persepolis](/source/Persepolis_F.C.), managing the team from 1994 to 1995 and in 1997. He later managed other Iranian clubs like [Rah Ahan](/source/Rah_Ahan_F.C.), [Paykan](/source/Paykan_F.C.), [Shahrdari Tabriz](/source/Shahrdari_Tabriz_F.C.), [Shahin Bushehr](/source/Shahin_Bushehr_F.C.) and [Damash Gilan](/source/Damash_Gilan_F.C.). In September 2014, he returned as manager of [Persepolis](/source/Persepolis_F.C.), after he served as club's technical manager.

## Club career

Born in [Tehran](/source/Tehran), Iran, Derakhshan started his club career with [Persepolis](/source/Persepolis_F.C.). After playing ten years for Persepolis, he left the club for Qatar where he joined [Qatar SC](/source/Qatar_SC) for which he played for four years followed by one season in [Al-Sadd](/source/Al-Sadd). Although he played for [Persepolis](/source/Persepolis_F.C.) on loan during 1990 [Asian Cup Winners' Cup](/source/Asian_Cup_Winners'_Cup) when Persepolis won the title. He returned to Persepolis and played his last two years at Persepolis before retiring in 1994.

## International career

Derakhshan was a member of the [Iran national under-20 football team](/source/Iran_national_under-20_football_team) at [1977 FIFA World Youth Championship](/source/1977_FIFA_World_Youth_Championship). He played for [Iran national team](/source/Iran_national_football_team) at [1980 AFC Asian Cup](/source/1980_AFC_Asian_Cup), [1982 Asian Games](/source/1982_Asian_Games), [1984 AFC Asian Cup](/source/1984_AFC_Asian_Cup), [1986 Asian Games](/source/1986_Asian_Games). He was captain of Iran at [ECO Cup](/source/ECO_Cup) in 1993 and [1994 FIFA World Cup](/source/1994_FIFA_World_Cup) Qualifications.

### International goals

- *Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Derakhshan goal.*

List of international goals scored by Hamid Derakhshan No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 5 August 1980 Dubai, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2–0 2 29 September 1980 Kuwait City, Kuwait North Korea 3–0 3 15 August 1984 Jakarta, Indonesia Philippines 7–1 4 13 December 1984 Singapore, Singapore Saudi Arabia 1–1 5 20 February 1986 Tehran, Iran Ghana 2–0 6 27 September 1991 Tehran, Iran Algeria 2–1 7 6 July 1993 Tehran, Iran Syria 1–1 8 18 October 1993 Doha, Qatar Japan 2–1 9 22 October 1993 Doha, Qatar Iraq 1–2

## Coaching career

Derakhshan coaching Persepolis during [AFC Champions League](/source/AFC_Champions_League) match against [Lekhwiya](/source/Lekhwiya_SC)

Derakhshan started his coaching career as coach of [Persepolis](/source/Persepolis_F.C.) in 1995. He also coached [Iran U20 national team](/source/Iran_national_under-20_football_team) in 2001 but was sacked after it was discovered that he had been using overage players in his teams. He also briefly acted as an assistant coach to [Branko Ivankovic](/source/Branko_Ivankovic) in 2002.

He was the technical manager of [Persepolis](/source/Persepolis_F.C.) from 2004 until 2008 and [Paykan](/source/Paykan_F.C.) in 2008–09 season. He became the head coach of Paykan in summer 2009. He was appointed as [Shahrdari Tabriz](/source/Shahrdari_Tabriz_F.C.)'s head coach on 10 October 2010[3] and was sacked by club on 19 June 2011. He was appointed as Shahin Bushehr's head coach on 26 June 2011. He resigned on 5 October 2011 but was re-signed by Shahin on 13 February 2012. He resigned again after a series of the problem in the club that led team in the relegation zone and losing [2012 Hazfi Cup Final](/source/2012_Hazfi_Cup_Final). On 21 September 2012, he was signed as new head coach of [Damash Gilan](/source/Damash_Gilan_F.C.) but was sacked on 3 March 2013 after a series of poor results.

On 10 September 2014, Derakhshan became manager of [Persepolis](/source/Persepolis_F.C.), replacing sacked [Ali Daei](/source/Ali_Daei). However, he resigned on 5 April 2015 after a poor run of results.[4]

- *As of 25 August 2017*

Team From To Record G W D L Win % GF GA +/- Persepolis July 1994 January 1995 33 16 10 7 48.48% 104 68 +36 Iran U17 March 2000 January 2001 13 9 0 4 69.23% 41 10 +31 Paykan July 2009 July 2010 35 9 15 11 25.71% 41 45 –4 Shahrdari Tabriz October 2010 July 2011 34 8 13 13 23.52% 45 53 –8 Shahin Bushehr July 2011 October 2011 9 2 4 3 22.22% 9 6 +3 Shahin Bushehr February 2012 April 2012 4 0 3 1 00.00% 1 2 –1 Damash Gilan September 2012 March 2013 22 6 9 7 27.27% 23 24 –1 Persepolis September 2014 April 2015 24 8 7 9 33.33% 27 26 +1 Khoneh Be Khoneh March 2016 April 2016 5 0 4 1 00.00% 3 3 0 Naft Tehran July 2017 December 2017 16 3 4 9 18.75% 9 22 –13 Total 182 59 65 58 33.33% 299 248 +51

## Honours

### As a player

**Persepolis**

- [Tehran Provincial League](/source/Tehran_Provincial_League): 1983, 1985, 1987

- [Asian Cup Winners' Cup](/source/Asian_Cup_Winners'_Cup): [1990](/source/1990%E2%80%9391_Asian_Cup_Winners'_Cup)

**Iran**

- [AFC Asian Cup](/source/AFC_Asian_Cup): third place [1980](/source/1980_AFC_Asian_Cup), fourth place [1984](/source/1984_AFC_Asian_Cup)

- [ECO Cup](/source/ECO_Cup): [1993](/source/ECO_Cup_1993)

### As a manager

**Shahin Bushehr**

- [Hazfi Cup](/source/Hazfi_Cup): runner-up [2011–12](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Hazfi_Cup)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [takhtejamshidcup.com](http://takhtejamshidcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=267&Itemid=817)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [takhtejamshidcup.com](http://takhtejamshidcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=267&Itemid=817)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [حمید درخشان سرمربی شهرداری تبریز شد](http://www.goal.com/iran/news/1825/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/2010/10/26/2184211/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D8%AF)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hamid Derakhshan Steps Down as Iran's Persepolis Coach - Sports news"](http://www.tasnimnews.com/english/Home/Single/702111).

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Hamid Derakhshan international tournaments v t e Iran squad – 1980 AFC Asian Cup third place 1 Hejazi 2 Sanjari 3 Marzooqi 4 Abdollahi 5 Fedakar 6 Fariba 7 Naalchegar 8 Khabiri 9 Derakhshan 10 Faraki 11 Rowshan 12 Shoaar-Ghaffari 13 Alidoosti 15 Danaeifard 16 Bostani 17 Haghighian 18 Dinvarzadeh 19 Panjali 20 Fathabadi 21 Barzegari Coach: Hassan Habibi v t e Iran squad – 1984 AFC Asian Cup fourth place 1 Soltani 2 Shahin Bayani 3 Hajiloo 4 Sanjari 5 Panjali (c) 6 Arabshahi 7 Mohammadkhani 8 Shahrokh Bayani 9 Derakhshan 10 Alidoosti 11 Changiz 12 Shakourzadeh 14 Ahadi 15 Mirakhori 16 Mokhtarifar 17 Fathabadi 18 Maragehchian 22 Tahouni Coach: Ebrahimi

Hamid Derakhshan navigation boxes v t e Paykan F.C. – managers Rogers (1969–70) Alidoosti (2000–02) Zolfagharnasab (2002–03) Shahrokhi (2003–04) Mayeli Kohan (2004–05) Kazemi (2005–06) Darbinyan (2006–08) Modir Roosta (2008–09) Derakhshan (2009–10) Ahmadzadeh (2010) Alidousti (2010–11) Ziaei (2011) Kazemi (2011–12) Veisi (2012–13) Karimi (2013) Kazemi (2013–14) Ebrahimzadeh (2014) Marfavi (2014–15) Marzban (2015–16) Jalali (2016–18) Faraki (2018–20) Tartar (2020–21) Hosseini (2021–23) Khatibi (2023) Enayati (2023–24) Ravankhah (2024) Dinmohammadi (2024–) v t e Persepolis F.C. – managers Faramarzic (1964–67) Dehdari (1968–69) Faramarzi (1969–70) Fekri (1970–71) Rogers (1971–74) Behzadi (1975) Vatankhah (1975–76) Konov (1976–77) Amirasefi (1977) Ghelichkhanic (1977) Shahrokhi (1977–82) Parvin (1982–88) Moeinic (1988) Parvin (1988–1993) Khordbinc (1993) Panjali (1993–94) Brajevic (1994) Derakhshan (1994–95) Gede (1995) Poklepović (1995–97) Ashouric (1997) Derakhshan (1997) Ivićc (1997–1998) Matković (1998) Parvin (1998–2003) Begović (2003–04) Zobel (2004–05) Parvin (2005–06) Haan (2006) Denizli (2006–07) Ghotbi (2007–08) Peyrovani (2008–09) Vingada (2009) Kranjčar (2009) Daei (2009–11) Estili (2011) Ashouric (2011) Denizli (2011–12) Manuel José (2012) Golmohammadi (2012–13) Daei (2013–14) Derakhshan (2014–15) Abdic (2015) Ivanković (2015–19) Calderón (2019–20) Golmohammadi (2020–2024) Loss (2024) Garrido (2024) Bagheric (2024–2025) Kartal (2025) Hashemian (2025) Loss (2025–) (c) = caretaker manager v t e Rah Ahan F.C. – managers Ghanbarpour (2000–02) Derakhshan (2002–03) Mousivand (2003–04) Karimi (2004–06) Razavi (2006) Misaghian (2006–08) Mahabadi (2008) Yavari (2008–09) Tartar (2009) Brandts (2009) Tartar (2009–10) Korbekandi (2010) Tartar (2010–11) Daei (2011–13) Ebrahimzadeh (2013–14) Estili (2014–15) Latifi (2015) Kazemi (2015) Tartar (2015–16) Topalidis (2016) Pashazadeh (2016–17) Dinmohammadi (2017) Bayatinia (2017–) v t e Shahin Bushehr F.C. – managers Vatankhah (2006) Saadavi (2006–07) Kololi Fard (2007) Irandoost (2007–08) Kololi Fard (2008–09) Yavari (2009–10) Estili (2010–11) Misaghian (2011) Derakhshan (2011) Karimi (2011–12) Derakhshan (2012) Kamyab (2012) Hanteh (2012) Palizdan (2012–13) Ghanbari (2013) Bazyari (2013–15) Kamyab (2015–16) Ahmadzadeh (2016–18) Fekri (2018) Pashazadeh (2018) Veisi (2018–19) Krstičević (2019–20) Karimian (2020) Pashazadeh (2020) Kamalvand (2020–21) Mahabadi (2021–) v t e Naft Tehran F.C. – managers Shirzadegan (1975–76) Dehdari (1976–86) Jafari (1986–03) Faryadshiran (2003–06) Dinvarzadeh (2006–10) Dastneshan (2010) Faraki (2010–12) Ebrahimzadeh (2012–13) Golmohammadi (2013–14) Mansourian (2014–16) Daei (2016–17) Derakhshan (2017) Karimi (2017) Derakhshan (2017) Hejazi (2017–18) Human Afazeli (2018–19)

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