{{Short description|Iranian footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Hossein Faraki | image = Persepolis V Peykan P111 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Faraki in 2019 | fullname = Hossein Faraki | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|3|22}} | birth_place = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1976–1979 | clubs1 = [[PAS Tehran F.C.|Pas]] | years2 = 1979 | clubs2 = [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] | years3 = 1979–1981 | clubs3 = [[Al-Shaab (UAE)|Al-Shaab]] | years4 = 1981–1992 | clubs4 = [[PAS Tehran F.C.|Pas]] | nationalyears1= 1977–1980 | nationalteam1= [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps1= 23 | nationalgoals1= 10 | manageryears1 = 1994–2000 | managerclubs1 = [[PAS Tehran F.C.|Pas]] (assistant) | manageryears2 = 2000 | managerclubs2 = [[PAS Tehran F.C.|Pas]] | manageryears3 = 2003–2006 | managerclubs3 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] (assistant) | manageryears4 = 2004 | managerclubs4 = [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U-23]] | manageryears5 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs5 = [[Sanati Kaveh F.C.|Kaveh Tehran]] | manageryears6 = 2010–2012 | managerclubs6 = [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] | manageryears7 = 2012–2014 | managerclubs7 = [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] | manageryears8 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs8 = [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] | manageryears10= 2016–2017 | managerclubs10= [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] | manageryears11= 2018–2020 | managerclubs11= [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] }} '''Hossein Faraki''' ({{langx|fa|حسین فرکی}}; born 22 March 1957) is a retired [[Iran]]ian [[Association football|football]] player and a coach.
==Personal life== He was born on 22 March 1957 in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. He began playing football with [[PAS Tehran F.C.|PAS Tehran]] in 1976.
Faraki has a son named Hessam.
==Playing career==
===Club career=== He spent most of his career playing for [[PAS Tehran F.C.|Pas Tehran]]. Faraki won with Pas the Iranian [[Iran Pro League|Takht Jamshid]] in [[1976–77 Takht Jamshid Cup|1977]] and [[1977–78 Takht Jamshid Cup|1978]]; he was the top goal scorer of the [[1978–79 Takht Jamshid Cup|Iranian league in 1978/79]], when the league was left incomplete due to political unrest in Iran at the time.
Faraki also played for [[Al-Shaab (UAE)|Al-Shaab]] of the [[UAE]] at the time when [[Heshmat Mohajerani]] became head coach of the club.
===International career=== He played for the [[Iran national football team]] and participated at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]], where he played all three matches. He also reached the third place in the [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980 Asian Cup]] in Kuwait.
==Managerial career== Faraki began his coaching career as an assistant coach at [[Pas Tehran F.C.|Pas Tehran]], the club that he played for in 1976 to 1992. He worked with many coaches like [[Ebrahim Ghasempour]], [[Firouz Karimi]] and [[Bijan Zolfagharnasab]]. After six years as assistant coach, he was named as caretaker manager of the team after the resignation of Ghasempour in 2002. He led the team until the end of the [[1999–2000 Azadegan League|1999–00]] season which the club ended in 7th place. He left the team after [[Farhad Kazemi]] becomes the team's head coach.
During [[Branko Ivankovic]]'s time as ''[[Team Melli]]'' manager, Faraki was the assistant manager. He was also the head coach of the [[Iran national under-23 football team]] from 2003 till 2006. He was manager of [[Sanati Kaveh F.C.|Kaveh Tehran]] which led the club to promotion to the [[Azadegan League]]. He was appointed as head coach of [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] on 1 July 2010 and secured the team from relegation in his first season at the club. At the second season, he led the club to the 5th place, which was their best league end until 2014. He not renewed his contract with the team and signed a two years contract with [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] on 5 June 2012. He led Foolad to the [[AFC Champions League]] for the second time since [[2006 AFC Champions League|2006]] after they finished 4th in [[2012–13 Iran Pro League|2012–13]]. In [[2013–14 Foolad F.C. season|2013–14]] season, Faraki's side won the league, finishing the season with 57 points, two more from runners-up [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]. He resigned as Foolad's manager at the end of the season because he needs an imminent knee operation.
On 9 September 2014, Faraki was named as new manager of [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] with signing a two-year contract, replaced [[Zlatko Kranjčar]] who resigned day before.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://isport.ir/fa/content/71680/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%81%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF |title=Official: Faraki became Sepahan coach |access-date=9 September 2014 |archive-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715033007/http://isport.ir/fa/content/71680/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%81%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF |url-status=dead }}</ref> He led Sepahan to the league title in [[2014–15 Iran Pro League|his first season]] at the club. On 30 May 2015, he extended his contract with Sepahan until 2018. However, he was sacked by the club on 1 November 2015 after a run of unsuccessful results.
==Statistics==
===International goals=== {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! City !! Opponent !! Final score !! Competition |- | 1 || 22 April 1977 || [[Shiraz]], Iran || {{fb|Saudi Arabia}} || 2–0 || [[1978 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- | 2 || 1 October 1977 || [[Tehran]], Iran || {{fb|Hungary}} || 3–1 || rowspan="2" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |- | 3 || 11 May 1978 ||[[Toulouse]], France || {{fb|France}} || 1–2 |- | 4 || 27 February 1980 || [[Singapore]], Singapore || {{fb|China PR}} || 2–2 || rowspan="4" | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics qualification]] |- | 5 || rowspan="2" | 1 March 1980 || rowspan="2" | [[Singapore]], Singapore || rowspan="2" | {{fb|Singapore}} || rowspan="2" | 3–0 |- | 6 |- | 7 || 7 March 1980 || [[Singapore]], Singapore || {{fb|India}} || 2–0 |- | 8 || rowspan="2" | 5 August 1980 || rowspan="2" |[[Al Ain]], United Arab Emirates || rowspan="2" | {{fb|United Arab Emirates}} || rowspan="2" | 2–0 || rowspan="4" | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |- | 9 |- | 10 || rowspan="2" | 7 August 1980 || rowspan="2" | [[Abu Dhabi]], United Arab Emirates || rowspan="2" | {{fb|United Arab Emirates}} || rowspan="2" | 3–0 |- | 11 |- | 12 || 28 September 1980 || [[Kuwait City]], Kuwait || {{fb|Kuwait}} || 1–2 || [[AFC Asian Cup|1980 AFC Asian Cup Semi-final]] |}
===Coaching career statistics=== [[File:Sepahan head coach Hossein Faraki coachs his team during Persepolis match.jpg|thumb|Faraki coaches his team against [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]], during his spell as Sepahan manager, 17 March 2015]] {{updated| 23 August 2019}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="8"|Record |- !G!!W!!D!!L!!GF!!GA!!+/-!!Win % |- |[[PAS Tehran F.C.|Pas Tehran]] {{small|(caretaker)}} |align="left"| May 2000 |align="left"| October 2000 {{WDL|12|3|6|3|for=20|against=21|diff=yes}} |- |[[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U-23]] {{small|(caretaker)}} |align="left"| May 2004 |align="left"| December 2004 {{WDL|5|4|0|1|for=9|against=3|diff=yes}} |- |[[Sanati Kaveh F.C.|Kaveh Tehran]] |align="left"| June 2009 |align="left"| July 2010 {{WDL|50|33|7|10|for=58|against=30|diff=yes}} |- |[[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] |align="left"| July 2010 |align="left"| June 2012 {{WDL|67|20|24|23|for=78|against=78|diff=yes}} |- |[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] |align="left"| June 2012 |align="left"| June 2014 {{WDL|86|45|28|13|for=118|against=67|diff=yes}} |- |[[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] |align="left"| September 2014 |align="left"| November 2015 {{WDL|42|26|10|6|for=78|against=31|diff=yes}} |- |[[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] |align="left"| June 2016 |align="left"| May 2017 {{WDL|33|9|11|13|for=25|against=32|diff=yes}} |- |[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] |align="left"| December 2018 |align="left"| January 2020 | style="text-align:center" |17 | style="text-align:center" |5 | style="text-align:center" |4 | style="text-align:center" |8 | style="text-align:center" |15 | style="text-align:center" |25 | style="text-align:center" | -10 |29.42 |- !colspan="3"|Total {{WDLtot|310|153|85|72|for=374|against=269|diff=yes}} |}
==Honours==
===As a player=== ;Pas *[[Iranian football league system|Iranian Football League]] (3): [[Takht Jamshid Cup|1976–77]], [[Takht Jamshid Cup|1977–78]], [[Qods League|1991–92]]
===As a manager=== ;Kaveh *[[Iran Football's 2nd Division|Second Division]] (1): [[2008–09 Iran Football's 2nd Division|2008–09]]
;Foolad *[[Iran Pro League]] (1): [[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]]
;Sepahan *[[Iran Pro League]] (1): [[2014–15 Iran Pro League|2014–15]]
===Individual=== *[[Iranian Football League]] [[List of Iran Pro League all-time top goal scorers|top goalscorer]] (1): [[1978–79 Takht Jamshid Cup|1978–79]] *[[Iran football award winners|Iran Football Federation Award]] coach of the season (3): [[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]], [[2014–15 Iran Pro League|2014–15]] *[[Iran Pro League]] best manager (2): [[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]], [[2014–15 Iran Pro League|2014–15]] *[[Iran football award winners|Iranian Manager of the Year]] (2): 2014, 2015
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Hossein Faraki}} * [http://www.teammelli.com/Players/StatsFaraki.htm Hossain Faraki] at [http://www.teammelli.com TeamMelli.com]
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