{{Short description|Iranian footballer and manager (1939–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mahmoud Yavari | image = Mahmoud Yavari.jpg | image_size = 200 | height = | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|10|11|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Isfahan]], [[Pahlavi dynasty|Iran]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|10|1939|10|11|df=y}} | death_place = Isfahan, [[Iran]] | currentclub = | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | youthyears1 = 1959–1963 | youthclubs1 = [[Shahin F.C.|Shahin Isfahan]] | years1 = 1962–1964 | clubs1 = [[Shahin F.C.|Shahin Isfahan]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1964–1969 | clubs2 = [[Pas Tehran F.C.|Pas Tehran]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | nationalyears1 = 1967–1969 | nationalteam1 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1969–1970 |manageryears2 = 1970–1978 | manageryears3 = 1978 | manageryears4 = 1978–1980 | manageryears5 = 1980–1982 | manageryears6 = 1982–1984 | manageryears7= 1984 | manageryears8 = 1985–1995 | manageryears9 = 1995–1996 | manageryears10 = 1996 | manageryears11 = 1998–1999 | manageryears12 = 1999 | manageryears13 = 2001–2002 | manageryears14 = 2002–2003 | manageryears15 = 2004–2005 | manageryears16 = 2005 | manageryears17 = 2007–2008 | manageryears18 = 2008 | manageryears19 = 2008–2009 | manageryears20 = 2009–2010 | manageryears21 = 2010 | manageryears22 = 2010–2011 | manageryears23 = 2011 | manageryears24 = 2011–2013 | manageryears25 = 2013 | manageryears26 = 2013 | manageryears27 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs1 = [[Zob Ahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]] | managerclubs2 = [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] | managerclubs3 = [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]] | managerclubs4 = [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] | managerclubs5 = [[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran U-20]] | managerclubs6 = [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U-23]] | managerclubs7 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | managerclubs8 = [[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran U-20]] | managerclubs9 = [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] | managerclubs10 = [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]] | managerclubs11 = [[Fajr Sepasi F.C.|Fajr Sepasi]] | managerclubs12 = [[PAS Tehran F.C.|Pas Tehran]] | managerclubs13 = [[Tractor S.C.|Tractor]] | managerclubs14 = [[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]] | managerclubs15 = [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]] | managerclubs16 = [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Esteghlal Ahvaz]] | managerclubs17 = [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]] | managerclubs18 = [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Esteghlal Ahvaz]] | managerclubs19 = [[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]] | managerclubs20 = [[Shahin Bushehr F.C.|Shahin Bushehr]] | managerclubs21 = [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba]] | managerclubs22 = [[PAS Hamedan F.C.|Pas Hamedan]] | managerclubs23 = [[Steel Azin F.C.|Steel Azin]] | managerclubs24 = [[Fajr Sepasi F.C.|Fajr Sepasi]] | managerclubs25 = [[Zob Ahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]] | managerclubs26 = [[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]] | managerclubs27 = [[Fajr Sepasi F.C.|Fajr Sepasi]] }} '''Mahmoud Yavari''' ({{langx|fa|محمود یاوری}}, 11 October 1939<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ostanha.tabnak.ir/fa/news/228211|title=نه قیصر ، نه سلطان، نه ژنرال؛ من محمود یاوری هستم!|first=اخبار استان|last=ها|date=February 22, 1395|website=fa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1465561/فوتبالی‌ها-در-جشن-تولد-78-سالگی-یاوری-(عکس | title=فوتبالی‌ها در جشن تولد ۷۸ سالگی یاوری (عکس) }}</ref> – 10 November 2020) was an Iranian [[Football (soccer)|football]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]] and player. He was head coach of the [[Iran national football team]] for a short period of time in 1984. He had coached many teams like [[Zob Ahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]], [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]], [[Shahin Bushehr F.C.|Shahin Bushehr]], [[Tractor S.C.|Tractor]], [[Pas Tehran F.C.|Pas Tehran]], [[PAS Hamedan F.C.|Pas Hamedan]], [[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]] and [[Fajr Sepasi F.C.|Fajr Sepasi]]. He was one of the oldest and most experienced head coaches in [[Football in Iran|Iranian football]] history.

==Playing career==

===Club=== He began his football at [[Shahin F.C.|Shahin Isfahan]] and joined the [[PAS Tehran|PAS]] after the club's establishment and was teammate with [[Mohammad Ranjbar|Ranjbar]] and [[Hassan Habibi (footballer)|Habibi]]. He retired and left Pas in 1969.

===International=== He was invited to the [[Iran national football team]] by [[Mahmoud Bayati]] in 1967. He made his debut in a match against [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]] on 10 May 1968. He had just three caps with the national team without scoring any goal.

==Coaching career==

===Early years=== After [[Zob Ahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]] was established in 1969, Yavari became the club's first ever head coach but because he didn't have any managerial experience, he was sacked in 1970. Then, he was appointed as coach to another [[Isfahan]]-based team, [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]. He was head coach of Sepahan for eight seasons in his first time in the club. He resigned in 1978 and was quickly appointed as [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]] head coach but was sacked in the same year. Sepahan appointed Yavari for a second time and was kept as club head coach until 1980.

===National team head coach=== In 1980, he was selected as [[Iran national under-20 football team]] head coach. These were successful years for Yavari. After his good results with the under-20 team, he was appointed as coach for the [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran national Olympic team]] in 1982.

On 7 August 1984, he became head coach of [[Iran national football team|Iran]]. Along with his assistant, [[Nasser Ebrahimi]], they helped to build a new base for the national team. He led six matches, all of them won, but resigned on 1 December 1984. After his role in the senior team, he returned as the head coach of the under-20 team in 1985 and resigned in 1996.

===Later career=== He was [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]] head coach in 1996. In 1998, he became [[Fajr Sepasi F.C.|Fajr Sepasi]] head coach but was sacked in 1999. After that, he returned to [[PAS Tehran F.C.|PAS Tehran]] as head coach in 1999 but only for a short period. After that, Yavari led many teams.

He was appointed as the head coach of [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba]] in the summer of 2010 and a few months later was sacked by the club. He was head coach of [[Steel Azin F.C.|Steel Azin]] from April 2011 until May 2011. He was appointed as head coach of [[Fajr Sepasi F.C.|Fajr Sepasi]] on 27 November 2011. He led the club for two seasons and left the club at the end of [[2012–13 Iran Pro League|2012–13 season]]. In July 2013, he was named as head coach of [[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]]. He resigned as the manager of the club on 14 September 2013 to become head coach of [[Fajr Sepasi F.C.|Fajr Sepasi]] after just four months. After Fajr's relegation, Yavari resigned and retired.

===Coaching career statistics=== {{updated| 11 April 2014}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record |- !G!!W!!D!!L!!Win % |- |[[Zob Ahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]] |align="left"| October 1969 |align="left"| February 1970 |2||1||0||1|| {{#expr: 1/2 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] |align="left"| May 1970 |align="left"| October 1978 |212||64||72||76||{{#expr: 64/212 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]] |align="left"| October 1978 |align="left"| December 1978 |12||4||4||4||{{#expr: 4/12 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] |align="left"| December 1978 |align="left"| June 1980 |30||15||5||10||{{#expr: 15/30 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran U-20]] |align="left"| June 1980 |align="left"| June 1982 |10||8||2||0||{{#expr: 8/10 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U-23]] |align="left"| June 1982 |align="left"| August 1984 |14||9||4||1||{{#expr: 9/14 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Iran national football team|Iran]] |align="left"| August 1984 |align="left"| December 1984 |6||6||0||0||{{#expr: 6/6 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran U-20]] |align="left"| October 1995 |align="left"| 1996 |42||27||10||3||{{#expr: 27/42 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]] |align="left"| 1996 |align="left"| 1996 |4||2||0||2||{{#expr: 2/4 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Fajr Sepasi F.C.|Fajr Sepasi]] |align="left"| September 1998 |align="left"| May 1999 |30||8||10||12||{{#expr: 8/30 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[PAS Tehran F.C.|PAS Tehran]] |align="left"| October 1999 |align="left"| December 1999 |7||3||1||3||{{#expr: 3/7 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Tractor S.C.|Tractor]] |align="left"| June 2001 |align="left"| June 2002 |26||2||9||15||{{#expr: 2/26 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Aboomoslem]] |align="left"| June 2002 |align="left"| May 2003 |26||5||11||10||{{#expr: 5/26 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]] |align="left"| July 2004 |align="left"| January 2005 |25||7||10||8||{{#expr: 7/25 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Esteghlal Ahvaz]] |align="left"| February 2005 |align="left"| June 2005 |5||0||3||2||{{#expr: 0/5 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]] |align="left"| May 2007 |align="left"| April 2008 |34||11||14||9||{{#expr: 11/34 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]] |align="left"| October 2008 |align="left"| April 2009 |20||6||8||6||{{#expr: 6/20 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Shahin Bushehr F.C.|Shahin Bushehr]] |align="left"| September 2009 |align="left"| May 2010 |34||9||12||13||{{#expr: 9/34 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba]] |align="left"| June 2010 |align="left"| October 2010 |13||4||5||4||{{#expr: 4/13 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[PAS Hamedan F.C.|PAS Hamedan]] |align="left"| December 2010 |align="left"| March 2011 |6||0||2||4||{{#expr: 0/6 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Steel Azin F.C.|Steel Azin]] |align="left"| April 2011 |align="left"| May 2011 |9||1||2||6||{{#expr: 1/9 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Fajr Sepasi F.C.|Fajr Sepasi]] |align="left"| November 2011 |align="left"| June 2013 |49||17||15||17|| {{#expr:17/49 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]] |align="left"| July 2013 |align="left"| September 2013 |9||0||5||4|| {{#expr:0/9 * 100 round 2}} |- |[[Fajr Sepasi F.C.|Fajr Sepasi]] |align="left"| September 2013 |align="left"| June 2014 |21||5||8||8|| {{#expr:5/21 * 100 round 2}} |- !colspan="3"|Total ! 672 !! 217 !! 223 !! 242 !! {{#expr: 217/672 * 100 round 2}} |}

==References== <references /> *[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iran-coach.html Iran National Team Coaches]

==External links== {{commons category|Mahmoud Yavari}}

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