Mansour Pourheidari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mansour Pourheidari

Iranian footballer

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1945

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Date of Death: 04-Nov-2016

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mansour Pourheidari (Persian: ????? ?????????, 26 January 1946 – 4 November 2016) was an Iranian football player, coach and manager. He started his football career at Daraei, before joining Taj (currently known as Esteghlal) in 1965.
He played ten years for Taj; between 1965 and 1975.
Pourheidari returned to Daraei in 1975 to play his final career's two years at the club.
He also played for Iran albeit earning three caps only.
After retiring from playing football, Pourheidari started his coaching career, becoming assistant manager of Esteghlal.
He was promoted to the first team manager in 1983.
He was the head coach of the club for 9 years overall, managing them in 309 games.
He is also the only Iranian who has won AFC Champions League as both player and coach.
He was the Head Coach of Iran national football team in 1998 Asian Games where they won the first place and gold medal.
He died on 4 November 2016 of cancer.
He was technical manager and a member of the board of directors of Esteghlal at the time of his death.