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After the team moved to

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, he became the technical director and was eventually promoted to manager when

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was released from his contract. He kept Saba safe from the relegation zone in 2010–11 season but went on to produce very good results with the team in next season. This ended with the team finishing the season in 4th place and they qualified for the

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. He left the team at the end of the season. He signed a two-year contract with newly promoted

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on 14 May 2012 but was sacked on 27 January 2013 after a series of bad results.

Esteghlal Khuzestan

On 18 May 2013, he became head coach of another newly promoted team,

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. He led Esteghlal Khuzestan to 12th position in his first season, three points better than the relegation zone. In the second season, Esteghlal Khuzestan bought

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,

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, Soumbeïla Diakité, Mehdi Seyed Salehi, Meysam Baou and released Fábio Carvalho, Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh,

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and

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. However, Veisi finished the season in the 14th position with Esteghlal Khuzestan, placing them in the relegation play-off which they faced

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. Esteghlal Khuzestan won the play-off 3–0 on aggregate thanks to goals from

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(twice) and kept their

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spot. Veisi extended his contract until 2018 after the end of the season and started promoting young talents from the academy and Foolad Novin to the first squad. They started the season with three consecutive wins which was continued with four consecutive winning streaks in the 12th week, which made Esteghlal Khuzestan finish champions of the first half of the season. After a great result with Veisi, Esteghlal Khuzestan managed to keep their shape at the second half of the season. On 1 January 2016, Esteghlal Khuzestan lost to

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which made the race tighter for first place and also made Esteghlal Khuzestan fall to second place, Esteghlal became first after 17th week. Veisi later said that our main goal is to take place at

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. On 8 May 2016, Esteghlal Khuzestan qualified to the

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for the first time after a 1–0 win over Padideh, which led Esteghlal Khuzestan to the top of the league with one game remaining. On 13 May 2016, Veisi won

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title with Esteghlal Khuzestan after a 2–0 win over Zob Ahan. He was named as

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best manager of the season after the end of the tournament.

Sepahan

On 23 May 2016, Veisi was named as new

Sepahan Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club (, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi-Varzeši-ye Fulâd-e Mobârake-ye Sepâhân''), commonly known as Sepahan, is an Iranian sports club based in Isfahan. It is best known for their football section that play in the P ...

manager with signing a four-year contract. He was sacked on 17 March 2017 after a series of bad results, placing Sepahan in the 7th place.

Return to Esteghlal Khuzestan

Veisi returned to

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in June 2017 by signing a two-year contract.

Statistics

Honours

Manager

;Esteghlal Khuzestan *

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(1): 2015–16 *

Azadegan League The Azadegan League (, ''Lig-e Âzâdegân''), also known as League 1 (, ''Lig-e Yek''), is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran from its foundation in 1991 until 2001, when t ...

(1):

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;Shahin Bushehr *

Azadegan League The Azadegan League (, ''Lig-e Âzâdegân''), also known as League 1 (, ''Lig-e Yek''), is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran from its foundation in 1991 until 2001, when t ...

promotion (1): 2018–19

Individual

*

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Best Manager (1): 2015–16 *IFCA Best Manager of the Year (1): 2016 * IRFF Awards Manager of the Season (1): 2015–16 * Iranian Manager of the Year (1): 2016

Trivia

He became the subject of comparisons drawn between his likeness to famous ex Bayern München coach,

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by Iranian media.Jahan

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Veisi, Abdollah Living people Iranian men's footballers Sepahan S.C. footballers Foolad F.C. players Iranian football managers 1971 births Paykan F.C. managers Shahin Bushehr F.C. managers Saba Qom F.C. managers Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from Khuzestan province Persian Gulf Pro League managers

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Managerial career

Early years

Saba Qom and Paykan

Esteghlal Khuzestan

Sepahan

Return to Esteghlal Khuzestan

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