Seyed Jalal Talebi (, born 23 March 1942) is a retired

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player and manager.

Playing career

Talebi had a very short playing career in which he played for Daraei, Taj (Esteghlal) and the

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, for which he played three matches at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

, and won the

1968 AFC Asian Cup The 1968 AFC Asian Cup was the 4th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Iran between 10 and 19 May 1968, with five teams ...

. He was known for his heads up plays, his jumping abilities and his skills with the ball. A meniscus injury ended his playing career aged 27.

International goals

Managerial career

Talebi attended Chelsea coaching school in England for several months between 1971 and 1973. He coached the Iran national under-20 football team from 1976 to 1978. Talebi had coached soccer at De Anza Community College. He was the head coach of the Iranian national team during the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 1 ...

. Prior to the tournament, he was appointed to replace Tomislav Ivic. He had held the position of technical director before he was named as head coach. He stepped down as head coach after the

on 20 August 1998, but returned to lead the team again during 2000 Asian Cup in Lebanon. He resigned after Iran's elimination in the tournament. Talebi has also managed

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of S.League in 1996, Indonesian Olympic Team from 1996 to 1997,

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from 2001 to 2002, and Al Taliya from 2005 to 2006.

Coaching career statistics

Personal life

Talebi lives in

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, with his wife and three sons. He moved to the United States in 1983.

Honours

Jalal Talebi and Parviz Ghelichkhani 1968 AFC Asian Cup

Player

;Daraei * Tehran Championship (1): 1961 ;Taj * Iranian League (1): 1970–71 * Tehran Championship (1): 1970, 1971 *

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(1):

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Manager

;Geylang United * S.League (1):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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(1): 1996 ;Iran * West Asian Football Federation Championship (1):

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Talebi, Jalal Olympic footballers for Iran Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Iranian men's footballers Esteghlal F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Iran men's international footballers Iranian football managers Iran national football team managers Syria national football team managers 1968 AFC Asian Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup managers 2000 AFC Asian Cup managers Iranian expatriates in the United States Footballers from Tehran Living people 1942 births Geylang International FC managers Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1966 Asian Games Iran national under-20 football team managers AFC Asian Cup–winning players Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games