{{short description|Iranian football coach and former player (born 1964)}} {{Infobox football biography |name=Samad Marfavi |image = [[File:Samad Marfavi - Saba vs. Peykan.jpg|250px]] |fullname=Abdolsamad Marfavi |height = {{height|m=1.82}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|5|18}} |birth_place = [[Khorramshahr]],<ref>{{cite web|title=زندگینامه: عبدالصمد مرفاوی|url=http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/details/91879|website=همشهری آنلاین|date=3 October 2009 |quote=عبدالصمد مرفاوی سال ۱۳۴۳ در خرمشهر به دنیا آمد}}</ref> [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran]] |currentclub = [[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran U-20]] |clubnumber = |position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]] | youthyears1 = 1980–1983 | youthclubs1 = [[Pas F.C.|PAS FC]] | years1 = 1983–1985 | years2 = 1985–1986 | years3 = 1986–1989 | years4 = 1989–1993 | years5 = 1993–1994 | years6 = 1995–1996 | years7 = 1996–1997 | years8 = 1998 | years9 = 1998–1999 | clubs1 = [[Niroye Zamini F.C.|Niroye Zamini]] | clubs2 = [[Sepahan]] | clubs3 = [[Daraei F.C.|Daraei]] | clubs4 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | clubs5 = [[Keshavarz F.C.|Keshavarz]] | clubs6 = [[Al Kuwait]] | clubs7 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | clubs8 = [[Tanjong Pagar United FC]] | clubs9 = [[Bahman F.C.|Bahman]] |caps1= | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = | goals3 = | caps4 = | goals4 = | caps5 = | goals5 = | caps6 = | goals6 = | caps7 = | goals7 = | caps8 = | goals8 = | caps9 = | goals9 = |nationalyears1 = 1986–1994 |nationalteam1= [[Iran national football team|Iran]] |nationalcaps1= 31 | nationalgoals1 = 11 | manageryears1 = 2000–2002 | manageryears2 = 2002–2003 | manageryears3 = 2003–2006 | manageryears4 = 2006–2007 | manageryears5 = 2007 | manageryears6 = 2007–2008 | manageryears7 = 2008–2009 | manageryears8 = 2009–2010 | manageryears9 = 2010–2011 | manageryears10 = 2012–2014 | manageryears11 = 2014–2015 | manageryears12 = 2016–2017 | manageryears13 = 2020 | manageryears14 = 2020–2021 | manageryears15 = 2022– | managerclubs1 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] (youth) | managerclubs2 = [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Esteghlal Ahvaz]] (assistant) | managerclubs3 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] (assistant) | managerclubs4 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | managerclubs5 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] (assistant) | managerclubs6 = [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Esteghlal Ahvaz]] (assistant) | managerclubs7 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] (assistant) | managerclubs8 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | managerclubs9 = [[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]] | managerclubs10 = [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]] | managerclubs11 = [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] | managerclubs12 = [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba United]] | managerclubs13 = [[Nassaji Mazandaran F.C.|Nassaji]] (Technical Director) | managerclubs14 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] (Technical Director) | managerclubs15 = [[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran U-20]] }}
'''Abdolsamad Marfavi''' ({{langx|fa|عبدالصمد مرفاوی}}; born May 18, 1964, in [[Khorramshahr]]), better known as '''Samad Marfavi''' (Persian: {{lang|fa|صمد مرفاوی}}), is an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[association football|football]] coach and former player.
==Club career== He played the majority of his playing career for [[Iran's Premier Football League|IPL]] giants [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]].
==International career== Marfavi debuted for the [[Iran national football team|Iranian national team]] against [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]] on February 27, 1987. He scored 11 goals in 31 appearances for [[Iran national football team|Iran]].
==Managerial career== He was [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]'s assistant coach from 2003 until 2006 when he was replaced with [[Amir Ghalenoei]] who was appointed as the [[Iran national football team]] coach in August 2006 just one month before the season starts. He had a good season result till 27th week of the season and [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] was in first place but the last three weeks of the season was a distastor for him where he only earned one point out of 3 home matches and finished fourth. He came back as the assistant coach of [[Nasser Hejazi]] next season but after the differences he left the club and returned the season after to help [[Amir Ghalenoei]] to win the league. After [[Amir Ghalenoei]] left the club for [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]], he was re-appointed as the head coach of [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] in July 2009. On 18 May 2010, he extended his contract with Esteghlal for another season.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Persian League- Latest Iran League News - Iran Football News - Iran Sport News - Marfavi extends contract with Esteghlal | url=http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/5529-marfavi-extends-contract-with-esteghlal | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524053623/http://www.persianleague.com:80/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/5529-marfavi-extends-contract-with-esteghlal | access-date=2025-06-29 | archive-date=2010-05-24}}</ref> However, he would later resign from his position only a couple of days later.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Persian League- Latest Iran League News - Iran Football News - Iran Sport News - Marfavi resigns as Esteghlal coach | url=http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/5534-marfavi-resigns-as-esteghlal-coach | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524053555/http://www.persianleague.com:80/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/5534-marfavi-resigns-as-esteghlal-coach | access-date=2025-06-29 | archive-date=2010-05-24}}</ref> On 2 June 2010, he was appointed head coach of [[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]] and was resigned on 25 August 2011. He became head coach of [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]] on 25 September 2012 and signed a contract until end of the season. Before the start of [[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]] season, it was announced that his contract will not renewed. On 11 November 2013, he was reappointed as Saba's head coach for a second time.
{{updated| 4 May 2017}} {| 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!!+/- |- |[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] |align="left"| 15 August 2006 |align="left"| 3 July 2007 |30||14||10||6|| 45% ||39||30||+9 |- |[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] |align="left"| 1 July 2009 |align="left"| 1 June 2010 |43||20||13||10|| 46% ||77||45||+32 |- |[[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes]] |align="left"| 2 June 2010 |align="left"| 25 August 2011 |40||13||14||13|| 30% ||46||41||+5 |- |[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba]] |align="left"| 25 September 2012 |align="left"| 31 May 2013 |28||7||14||7|| 25% ||30||28||+2 |- |[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba]] |align="left"| 11 November 2013 |align="left"| 26 November 2014 |31||10||10||11|| 32% ||31||35||–4 |- |[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] |align="left"| 27 November 2014 |align="left"| 1 July 2015 |8||0||5||3|| 0% ||5||9||–4 |- |[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba]] |align="left"| 3 July 2016 |align="left"| 26 July 2017 |31||8||10||13|| 25% ||30||33||–3 |- !colspan="3"|Total ! 212 !! 73 !! 77 !! 63 !! 35% !! 257 !! 220 !!+41 |}
==Honours== *Gold Medal winner at [[1990 Asian Games]], as member of the [[Iran national football team]]. *Nominated for 1991 Asian Footballer of the year winning 16 votes losing to [[Yong-Hwan Chung]] who received 28 and [[Joo-Sung Kim]] who won the award with 31 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?3c0d847e4a952bd8153dca833c5fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6ecf8a70a|title=IFFHS Dashboard|date=10 April 2020 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Samad Marfavi}} * [http://www.teammelli.com/Players/StatsMarfavi.htm Samad Marfavi] at [http://www.teammelli.com/ TeamMelli.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061023174832/http://www.persianfootball.com/readstory.php?storyid=20060724385028542367 Marfavi takes over Esteghlal reins]
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