{{Short description|Iranian footballer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mehdi Monajati | image = Pishkesvatan Football 1.jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = Right: [[Homayoun Behzadi]] - [[Faramarz Zelli]] - '''Mehdi Monajati''' - [[Mohammad Dadkan]] in 2012 | fullname = Mehdi Monajati | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|6|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | position = [[Defender (association football)#Defender|Defender]] | clubnumber = | years1 = 1966–1981 | clubs1 = [[PAS Tehran F.C.|Pas]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 1969–1974 | nationalteam1 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | manageryears1 = 1989 | managerclubs1 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | manageryears2 = 1999–2002 | managerclubs2 = [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U-23]] }}
'''Mehdi Monajati''' ({{langx|fa|مهدی مناجاتی}}, born 29 June 1947) is a retired [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[association football|footballer]] and [[Manager (association football)|Coach]].
==Club career== Monajati started his professional football career with [[Pas Tehran]] in his homeland in [[Tehran]]. He played his whole [[Association football|football]] career with [[Pas Tehran]] playing with the team for 15 years. In five of his career with [[Pas Tehran|Pas]] he played was a [[Iran national football team|Team meli]] player.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/30533/Mehdi_Monajati.html|title=Mehdi Monajati|website=www.national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
== International career == Monajati debuted for the [[Iran national football team]] on 13 September 1969 in a friendly match against [[Pakistan national football team|Pakistan]] which ended 4-2 victory for [[Iran national football team|Iran]]. He played his next two games against [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]. Monajati then debuted his first [[FIFA]] tournament by competing against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] in [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Summer Olympics]] which ended a 0-4 loss. He also played three [[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)|1974 FIFA World cup qualifying matches]] which two of them was a win for [[Iran national football team|Iran]], in those three matches he did manage to score a goal against [[North Korea national football team|North Korea]]. His 15th and last match was a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] which ended a 0-1 loss.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/player.php?id=169|title=Match data|website=www.teammelli.com}}</ref>
== Management career == Monajati was appointed as [[Iran national football team|Team meli]] Head Coach in 1989, the job last only months after he just managed 3 matches, his side beat [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] 3-0 but losing to [[China national football team|China]] 0-2 in [[Shenyang]] but they later beat them 3-2 in Tehran. He left the [[Iran national football team|Iranian national team]] after he failed to qualify Iran for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]].
==Career statistics==
{{updated|22 July 1989.}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2! width=100|Team !rowspan=2! width=100|From !rowspan=2! width=100|To |- !width=40|G !width=40|W !width=40|D !width=40|L !width=60|Win % !width=40|GF !width=40|GA !width=40|GD
|- |align=left|[[Iran national football team|Iran]] {{flagicon|IRN}} |align=left|30 May 1989 |align=left|22 July 1989 {{WDL|3|2|0|1}} | 6 | 4 | +2
|}
===International goals=== {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1 || 11 May 1973||Tehran, Iran || {{fb|North Korea}} || 2–1 ||Win|| [[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Iran Squad 1972 Summer Olympics}} {{Iran squad 1972 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Iran national under-23 football team managers}} {{Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C. managers}}
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