{{Short description|Iranian footballer (born 1956)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Majid Jalali | image = Majid Jalali 2019.jpg | upright = | caption = Jalali with [[F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran|Nassaji]] in 2019 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1956|9|6}} | birth_place = [[Tehran]], Iran | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | years1 = 1973–1977 | years2 = 1977–1983 | years3 = 1983–1984 | years4 = 1984–1986 | clubs1 = Alborz | clubs2 = [[Vahdat F.C.|Vahdat Tehran]] | clubs3 = [[Shahin F.C.|Shahin Tehran]] | clubs4 = [[Vahdat F.C.|Vahdat Tehran]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = | goals3 = | caps4 = | goals4 = | manageryears1 = 1986–1993 | manageryears2 = 1993–1996 | manageryears3 = 1996–1998 | manageryears4 = 1990–1992 | manageryears5 = 1993–1994 | manageryears6 = 1994–1997 | manageryears7 = 2002–2003 | manageryears8 = 2003–2004 | manageryears9 = 2005 | manageryears10 = 2006 | manageryears11 = 2006 | manageryears12 = 2007 | manageryears13 = 2007–2012 | manageryears14 = 2013–2014 | manageryears15 = 2014–2016 | manageryears16 = 2016–2018 | manageryears17 = 2019 | manageryears18 = 2019–2020 | manageryears19 = 2021 | managerclubs1 = [[Vahdat F.C.|Vahdat Tehran]] | managerclubs2 = Homa Tehran | managerclubs3 = [[Payam Khorasan]] | managerclubs4 = [[Iran national under-17 football team|Iran U17]] | managerclubs5 = [[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran U20]] | managerclubs6 = [[Islamic Republic of Iran Army|Iran Army]] | managerclubs7 = [[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran U20]] | managerclubs8 = [[Pas F.C.|Pas Tehran]] | managerclubs9 = [[Saba Battery Club|Saba Battery Tehran]] | managerclubs10 = [[Shahid Ghandi Yazd]] | managerclubs11 = [[Pas F.C.|Pas Tehran]] | managerclubs12 = [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Esteghlal Ahvaz]] | managerclubs13 = [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad Khouzestan]] | managerclubs14 = [[Tractor S.C.|Tractorsazi Tabriz]] | managerclubs15 = [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa Tehran]] | managerclubs16 = [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan Tehran]] | managerclubs17 = [[F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran|Nassaji Mazandaran]] | managerclubs18 = [[Gol Gohar Sirjan F.C.|Gol Gohar Sirjan]] | managerclubs19 = [[F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran|Nassaji Mazandaran]] }}
'''Majid Jalali ''' ({{langx|fa|مجید جلالی}}, born 6 September 1956) is an Iranian [[association football|football]] manager and a former player.<ref>[http://www.varzesh3.com/news.do?itemid=1010886&title=%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D8%AF Majid Jalali becomes new Tractor Sazi manager]</ref> He has served as the manager in several clubs in Iran like [[Pas Tehran F.C.|Pas Tehran]], [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Battery]], [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]], and also national football teams at various youth levels. He is also currently the secretary general of the Iran Football Coaches Association.
==Club career== Jalali was born on 6 September 1956 in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. His parents are originally from [[Yazd province]], [[Pandar]]. He started his club career with Alborz Tehran at the age of 17. Later, he played for other Tehran clubs like [[Vahdat Tehran]] and [[Shahin F.C.|Shahin]].
==International career== In 1982, Jalali was invited to [[Iran national football team|Iran national team]] but never played for it.
==Coaching career== Jalali started his coaching career aged 21 by coaching Vahdat's youth team while he was playing for the senior team. He officially coached Vahdat's senior team as of 1986. Jalali is most notable for his role as coach for [[Pas Tehran F.C.|Pas Tehran]] and [[Saba Battery F.C.|Saba Battery]] and in recent years when he won the league and [[Hazfi Cup]] with these teams, but he had few unsuccessful terms in [[Shahid Ghandi Yazd|Shahid Ghandi]] and [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Esteghlal Ahvaz]]. He has also served as coach of Iran's [[Iran national football team|under-16]], and [[Iran national under-20 football team|under-20]] teams, as well as, Iran's armed forces football team. He was the manager of [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] in [[2008–09 Iran Pro League|2008–09]] season but left the club because the chairman despite his good results was negotiating with other coaches for the season after. He returned to the club few weeks after the season where the club failed to win any matches and finished 10th in the league. He announced that he will not be renewed his contract at the end of [[2011–12 Iran Pro League|2011–12 season]]. After spending one season out, he signed a one-year contract with [[Tractor S.C.|Tractor]] on 27 May 2013. He also had bids from [[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan Sorinet]] and [[Football League Championship|Championship]] side [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]].<ref>[http://www.goal.com/iran/news/1825/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/2013/05/27/4008280/%D9%85%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86?ICID=OP Jalali receives bid to become head coach of Brighton]</ref> He was sacked by the club on 19 January 2014. On 13 May 2014, he was named as head coach of [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] with signing a three-year contract.<ref>[http://isport.ir/fa/content/31791/%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A Official: Jalali, new manager of Saipa]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Jalali in 2019 year connected head coach of [[Nassaji Mazandaran]].<ref>[https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2019/01/18/1925752/majid-jalali-replaces-firouz-karimi-in-nassaji-mazandaran Majid Jalali Replaces Firouz Karimi in Nassaji Mazandaran]</ref>
==Coaching statistics== {{updated| 30 November 2018}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Team !rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|To !colspan=8|Record |- !G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %!!GF!!GA!!+/- |- |[[Pas Tehran F.C.|Pas Tehran]] |align="left"|June 2003 |align="left"|June 2004 {{WDL|26|15|8|3}}||48||29||+19 |- |[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Battery]] |align="left"|January 2005 |align="left"|December 2005 {{WDL|30|13|11|6}}||35||31||+4 |- |[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] |align="left"|July 2007 |align="left"|June 2012 {{WDL|175|77|55|43}}||201||163||+38 |- |[[Tractor S.C.|Tractor]] |align="left"|June 2013 |align="left"|January 2014 {{WDL|24|10|11|3}}||35||23||+12 |- |[[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] |align="left"|May 2014 |align="left"|May 2016 {{WDL|61|24|15|22}}||76||65||+13 |- |[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] |align="left"|May 2016 |align="left"|December 2018 {{WDL|71|26|20|25}}||83||77||+5 |}
==Honours==
===Manager=== ;Vahdat *[[Tehran Football League]] (U-16 sides): 1982, 1985 (runner-up)
;Iran (Armed Forces) *[[World Military Cup]]: 1995 (runner-up)
;Pas Tehran *[[Iran Pro League]]: [[2003–04 Iran Pro League|2003–04]]
;Saba Battery Tehran *[[Hazfi Cup]]: [[2004–05 Hazfi Cup|2004–05]] *[[Iranian Super Cup]]: [[2005 Iranian Super Cup|2005]]
===Individual=== *Iranian Manager of the Year: 2004 *[[Navad]] Manager of the Month (1): October 2017
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Majid Jalali}} * {{Official website|http://www.majidjalali.com/}} {{in lang|fa}}
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