Mehdi Monajati

Mehdi Monajati
	Right: Homayoun Behzadi - Faramarz Zelli - Mehdi Monajati - Mohammad Dadkan in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Mehdi Monajati
Date of birth	29 June 1947 (age 76)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1981	Pas
International career
1969–1974	Iran
Managerial career
1989	Iran
1999–2002	Iran U-23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mehdi Monajati (Persian: مهدی مناجاتی, born 29 June 1947) is a retired Iranian footballer and Coach.

Club career edit

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

International career edit

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

Management career edit

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