{{Short description|Iranian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mohammad Mayeli Kohan | image = Mohammad Mayeli Kohan.jpg | caption = Mohammad Mayeli Kohan in 2016 | fullname = Mohammad Mayeli Kohan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|06|05|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bandar-e Anzali]], Iran | death_date = | height = {{height|m=1.69}} | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1969–1974 | youthclubs1 = [[Malavan F.C.|Ghasre Yakh]] | years1 = 1974–1976 | years2 = 1976–1990 | clubs1 = [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] | clubs2 = [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] | caps1 = 100 | goals1 = 30 | caps2 = 60 | goals2 = 10 | nationalyears1 = 1978–1982 | nationalteam1 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1990–1992 | manageryears2 = 1991–1992 | manageryears3 = 1992–1995 | manageryears4 = 1995–1997 | manageryears6 = 2003 | manageryears7 = 2003–2004 | manageryears8 = 2004 | manageryears9 = 2006–2007 | manageryears10 = 2008–2011 | manageryears11 = 2012–2013 | manageryears12 = 2013 | manageryears13 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs1 = [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] <small>(assistant)</small> | managerclubs2 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] <small>(assistant)</small> | managerclubs3 = [[Iran national futsal team|Iran Futsal]] | managerclubs4 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | managerclubs6 = [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U23]] | managerclubs7 = [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] | managerclubs8 = [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] | managerclubs9 = [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] | managerclubs10 = [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] | managerclubs11 = [[Gahar Zagros F.C.|Gahar Zagros]] | managerclubs12 = [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]] | managerclubs13 = [[Malavan]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{medalCountry|{{fb|IRN}} <small>(as manager)</small>}} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]]|}} }}

'''Mohammad Mayeli Kohan''' ({{langx|fa|محمد مایلی کهن}}, born 5 June 1954) is an Iranian [[association football|football]] coach and former player. He recently managed [[Malavan]] in [[Azadegan League]].

== Early life== He was born on 5 June 1954 in [[Bandar-e Anzali]] in [[Iran]]. His father was a farmer. He has two brothers and one sister.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

== Playing career == He moved to [[Tehran]] in 1967 and joined Ghasre Yakh Club in 1969. He played there until 1974. From 1974 to 1976 he played at [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]]. Mayeli Kohan joined [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] in 1976. His best time was in Perspolis. He retired as a player in 1990. He played for [[Iran national football team]] 6 times.

== Coaching career ==

===Assistantship=== He was chosen as assistant manager of [[Persepolis F.C.|Perspeolis]] just months after his retirement in 1990 and became assistant manager of [[Iran national football team]] in 1991 by [[Ali Parvin]].

===Iran futsal=== In 1992, he became head coach of [[Iran national futsal team]] and was in team's charge until 1995. Iran national futsal team became in Fourth place at [[1992 FIFA Futsal World Cup]] with Mayeli Kohan.

===Iran football=== After good results with national futsal team, he was appointed as manager of [[Iran national football team]] after [[Stanko Poklepović]]'s resignation. He coached team in [[1996 AFC Asian Cup]] and was ranked in third place. He invited players such as [[Farhad Majidi]], [[Khodadad Azizi]] and [[Ali Daei]] to the national team which team became Iran's best players in next years.

===Iran Under-23=== In 2003, [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran]] appointed Mayeli Kohan as the head coach of [[Iran national under-23 football team]]. He resigned two months later to become the head coach of [[Iran Pro League]] side [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]].

===Saipa=== He became head coach of Saipa in July 2003 replacing [[Giovanni Mei]]. He was head coach until the end of season which lead team in 13th ranked and team was relegated to the [[Azadegan League]] and Mayeli Kohan was sacked by the club.

===Paykan=== After his poor showing with Saipa, he was appointed as the head coach of [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] in 2004. He had an unsuccessful stint with Paykan and resigned shortly after.

===Foolad=== He took a hiatus from coaching for two years but returned to manage [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] in 2006. Foolad were relegated to [[Azadegan League]] a sharp decline from their previous season's 8th place finish. He was fired two days after the end of season.

===Returning to Saipa=== He was returned to Saipa in 2008 after [[Ali Daei]] became head coach of [[Iran national football team]]. During [[2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup|2008–09]] season, he received good results with Saipa and ended the season in 10th rank, finishing bad years of coaching. He was reappointed for two years by club chairman in 2009.[[Saipa F.C.]]'s last minute goal against [[Esteghlal F.C.]] in a game held in April 2009, threatened Esteghlal's chance of winning the Iranian title. After the game, because of fan clashes between the two teams and fan insults towards Mayeli Kohan and his family, Mayeli Kohan sent a letter to Esteghlal manager [[Amir Ghalenoei]] which reportedly included harsh references to Ghalenoei's height, facial appearance and background.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Persian League- Latest Iran League News - Iran Football News - Iran Sport News - Qotbi: S. Africa will host Iran | url=http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/4792-qotbi-s-africa-will-host-iran | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428031930/http://persianleague.com:80/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/4792-qotbi-s-africa-will-host-iran | access-date=2025-07-01 | archive-date=2009-04-28}}</ref><ref name="m%252Egoal%252Ecom">{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en|title=Football News, Live Scores, Results & Transfers &#124; Goal.com|website=www.goal.com}}</ref> When he was appointed as head coach of [[Iran national football team]] in 2009, he wasn't resigned as his position in Saipa and after he was refuse to coaching national team, he came back to Saipa. He was end [[2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup|2009–10 season]] in 8th rank and [[2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup|2010–11 season]] in 11th rank and was resigned as head coach of Saipa in the last match which they won and wasn't relegated to [[Azadegan League]]. After one of Saipa's games, when one of the reporters asked him about his great winning streak with Saipa 4 games in a row, Mayelikohan started to cry and couldn't give the reporter any answer

===Appointment as Iran national team coach for second time=== [[File:Iran Olympic team coaching staff.jpg|thumb|250px|Mayeli Kohan as technical manager with Iran U-23 team]] He was assigned as the new coach of Iran National football team on 7 April 2009 replacing [[Ali Daei]] who had been sacked a week earlier and was released on 21 April 2009.

As a result of conflicts with [[Amir Ghalenoei]], an angered Ghalenoei, along several other Esteghlal players and officials including [[Fabio Januario]], [[Farhad Majidi]] and [[Arash Borhani]], stormed the [[IRIFF]] headquarters demanding an action to be made against Mayeli Kohan. Several days later Mayeli Kohan resigned without coaching Iran in any match.<ref name="m%252Egoal%252Ecom"/>

===Technical Manager of Persepolis=== He was appointed as Technical Manager of [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] by [[Habib Kashani]] on 6 July 2011. He was resigned on 20 August 2011 after his deference with head coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/51843/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87%D9%86-%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF|title=کاشانی: مایلی کهن فداکاری کرد|website=ورزش سه}}</ref>

===Gahar Zagros=== On 27 August 2012, Mayeli Kohan was appointed as head coach of [[Gahar Zagros F.C.|Gahar Zagros]], replacing with [[Mehdi Tartar]] who resigned last month. He returned to management after nearly two years. His side was relegated to the [[Azadegan League]], just one year after their promotion. He left the team at the end of the [[2012–13 Iran Pro League|season]].

===Saba Qom=== On 30 May 2013, he signed a one-year contract with [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1011159/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%82%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF|title=مایلی‌کهن سرمربی صبای قم شد|website=ورزش سه}}</ref> His first match as head coach of Saba was a 1–0 win over [[Malavan F.C.|Malavan]].

===Malavan=== He was appointed as manager of [[Malavan]] on 21 July 2016.

===Statistics===

{{updated|17 April 2017}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record |- !G!!W!!D!!L!!Win % |- |align=left|[[Iran national football team|Iran]] |align=left|26 April 1996 |align=left|7 November 1997 {{WDL|40|24|10|6}} |- |align=left|[[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] |align=left|1 August 2003 |align=left|1 August 2004 {{WDL|26|3|12|11}} |- |align=left|[[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U-23]] |align=left|3 May 2003 |align=left|12 May 2004 {{WDL|8|5|0|3}} |- |align=left|[[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]] |align=left|6 December 2008 |align=left|21 May 2011 {{WDL|75|30|35|10}} |- |align=left|[[Gahar Zagros F.C.|Gahar Zagros]] |align=left|27 October 2012 |align=left|11 May 2013 {{WDL|23|3|5|15}} |- |align=left|[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]] |align=left|1 June 2013 |align=left|11 November 2013 {{WDL|16|4|4|8}} |- |align=left|[[Malavan]] |align=left|21 July 2016 |align=left|27 May 2017 {{WDL|34|16|11|7}} |- ! colspan="3" | Total !219!!84!!75!!57!!{{#expr:84/219*100 round 2}} |}

==Personal life== On 3 January 2026, in an interview with [[Iran International]], Mayeli Kohan appealed to Iranian athletes to support the [[2025–2026 Iranian protests]], saying: "Whatever athletes have, they have from the people.".<ref>https://www.iranintl.com/202601048779</ref> On 9 February 2026, he publicly objected to being included on a list of supporters of the [[Iranian Revolution|1979 Islamic Revolution]] by the [[Ministry of Sport and Youth (Iran)|Ministry of Sport and Youth]], ahead of the Revolution's anniversary.<ref>https://www.iranintl.com/202602090161</ref>

==Honours== [[File:Mohammad Mayeli Kohan in Iran U23 training.jpg|thumb|Mayeli Kohan in [[Iran national under-23 football team]] training in 2015]]

===Player=== '''Persepolis''' *[[Iranian Football League]]: [[1975–76 Takht Jamshid Cup|1975–76]], [[1976–77 Takht Jamshid Cup|1976–77]] (runner-up), [[1977–78 Takht Jamshid Cup|1977–78]] (runner-up), [[Qods League|1989–90]] (runner-up) *[[Hazfi Cup]]: [[1987–88 Hazfi Cup|1987–88]] *[[1979 Shahid Espandi Cup|Espandi Cup]]: [[1979 Shahid Espandi Cup|1979]] *[[Tehran Football League]]: 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990

===Manager=== '''Iran Futsal''' *[[FIFA Futsal World Cup]]: [[1992 FIFA Futsal World Cup|1992]] (fourth place)

'''Iran''' *[[AFC Asian Cup]]: [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]] (bronze medal)

== Electoral history == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Year !! Election !!Votes !! % !! Rank !! Notes |- |2008||[[Iranian legislative election, 2008|Parliament]]||95,878||5.50||67th | style="background-color:#C66"|Lost<ref>{{citation|title=تعداد و درصد آراء 100 نامزد اول تهران|language=fa|url=https://www.asriran.com/fa/news/38811/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%88-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-100-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86|work=Asr Iran|access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref> |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Mohammad Mayeli Kohan}}

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*[http://irannegah.com/Video.aspx?id=1111 Mayeli Kohan ejected from the field during a football match] Irannegah.com *[http://irannegah.com/Video.aspx?id=1054 Mohammad Mayeli Kohan Spiritual answer!] Irannegah.com *[http://www.irannegah.com/Video.aspx?id=1132 Mayeli Kohan harshly criticises Firouz Karimi] Irannegah.com

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