# Mehdi Monajati

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Iranian footballer and coach

Mehdi Monajati Right: Homayoun Behzadi - Faramarz Zelli - Mehdi Monajati - Mohammad Dadkan in 2012 Personal information Full name Mehdi Monajati Date of birth (1947-06-29) 29 June 1947 (age 79) Place of birth Tehran, Iran Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Position Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1966–1981 Pas International career 1969–1974 Iran 15 (1) Managerial career 1989 Iran 1999–2002 Iran U-23 * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Mehdi Monajati** ([Persian](/source/Persian_language): مهدی مناجاتی, born 29 June 1947) is a retired [Iranian](/source/Iranian_peoples) [footballer](/source/Association_football) and [Coach](/source/Manager_(association_football)).

## Club career

Monajati started his professional football career with [Pas Tehran](/source/Pas_Tehran) in his homeland in [Tehran](/source/Tehran). He played his whole [football](/source/Association_football) career with [Pas Tehran](/source/Pas_Tehran) playing with the team for 15 years. In five of his career with [Pas](/source/Pas_Tehran) he played was a [Team meli](/source/Iran_national_football_team) player.[1]

## International career

Monajati debuted for the [Iran national football team](/source/Iran_national_football_team) on 13 September 1969 in a friendly match against [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan_national_football_team) which ended 4-2 victory for [Iran](/source/Iran_national_football_team). He played his next two games against [Turkey](/source/Turkey_national_football_team). Monajati then debuted his first [FIFA](/source/FIFA) tournament by competing against [Denmark](/source/Denmark_national_football_team) in [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics) which ended a 0-4 loss. He also played three [1974 FIFA World cup qualifying matches](/source/1974_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC_and_OFC)) which two of them was a win for [Iran](/source/Iran_national_football_team), in those three matches he did manage to score a goal against [North Korea](/source/North_Korea_national_football_team). His 15th and last match was a [friendly match](/source/Exhibition_game) against [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia_national_football_team) which ended a 0-1 loss.[2]

## Management career

Monajati was appointed as [Team meli](/source/Iran_national_football_team) Head Coach in 1989, the job last only months after he just managed 3 matches, his side beat [Thailand](/source/Thailand_national_football_team) 3-0 but losing to [China](/source/China_national_football_team) 0-2 in [Shenyang](/source/Shenyang) but they later beat them 3-2 in Tehran. He left the [Iranian national team](/source/Iran_national_football_team) after he failed to qualify Iran for the [1990 FIFA World Cup](/source/1990_FIFA_World_Cup).

## Career statistics

- *As of 22 July 1989.*

Team From To G W D L Win % GF GA GD Iran 30 May 1989 22 July 1989 3 2 0 1 066.67 6 4 +2

### International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 11 May 1973 Tehran, Iran North Korea 2–1 Win 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mehdi Monajati"](http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/30533/Mehdi_Monajati.html). *www.national-football-teams.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Match data"](http://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/player.php?id=169). *www.teammelli.com*.

v t e Iran football squad – 1972 Summer Olympics 1 Ghoflsaz 2 Ashtiani 3 Kashani 4 Halvaei 5 Kargarjam 6 Ghelichkhani 7 Parvin 8 Jabbari 9 Sadeghi 10 Iranpak 11 Sharafi 12 Vafakhah 13 Ghorab 14 Khordbin 15 Lavasani 16 Azizi 17 Allahverdi 18 Monajati 19 Rashidi Coach: Ranjbar

v t e Iran squad – 1972 AFC Asian Cup winners (2nd title) GK Mavaddat GK Hejazi DF Kashani DF Arab DF Ashtiani DF Kargarjam DF Monajati DF Halvaei MF Ghelichkhani MF Ghorab MF Parvin MF Jabbari FW Sharafi FW Mazloumi FW Behzadi FW Kalani FW Iranpak Coach: Ranjbar

v t e Iran national under-23 football team – managers Soleimani (1980–82) Yavari (1982–84) Soleimani (1984–88) Rudi Gutendorf (1988) Soleimani (1988–91) Habibi (1991–94) Hadžiabdić (1994) Jürgen Gede (1994–95) Habibi (1995) Ghasempour (1997–99) Coordes (1999) Monajati (1999–02) Ivanković (2002–03) Mayeli Kohan (2003–04) Faraki (2004) Simões (2005–06) Begović (2006–07) Nikolić (2007–08) G. Peyrovani (2009–10) Afazeli (2010–11) Mansourian (2011–14) Vingada (2014) Khakpour (2014–16) A. Peiravani (2017–18) Kranjčar (2018–19) Majidi (2019) Estili (2019–21) Mahdavikia (2021–22) Enayati (2023) Ravankhah (2025–)

v t e Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C. – managers Atef (1993–2001) Monajati (2001–02) Cheraghpour (2002) Ghalenoei (2002–03) Hejazi (2003–04) Bonačić (2004–05) Khachatourian (2005) Yavari (2005) Gemaljević (2005–06) Karimi (2006–07) Mohajeric (2007) Jalali (2007–08) Boostanic (2008) Yavari (2008) Ahadi (2008) Misaghian (2008–09) Azizi (2009) Bagherinia (2009) Ahmadzadeh (2009) Hasheminasabc (2009) Firouzi (2009–10) Yazdi (2010–11) Karimi (2011) Komaei (2011) Fazlic (2011) Yazdi (2011) Hardani (2011–12) Hanteh (2012–13) Mahabadi (2013–14) Yazdi (2014–15) Khadirian (2015) Hardani (2015) Seyed-Salehi (2015) Mirghorbanic (2015) Bakhtiarizadeh (2015) Hanteh (2015) Bakhtiarizadeh (2015–) (c) = caretaker manager

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