Majid Namjoo-Motlagh (; born May 31, 1966, in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

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) is a former

ian

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player and now

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Playing career

International career

Namjoo-Moltagh debuted for the

Iran national football team The Iran national football team (), recognised as IR Iran by FIFA since 2018, represents Iran in men's international senior Association football, football and is governed by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI). At the cont ...

on May 28, 1986, in a friendly match against

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. He made 45 appearances for Iran from 1986 to 1997. In August 2015, he played for Iranian All-Star team against World All-Star and got rejected when asking to exchange his jersey with one of the all-star players.

Managerial career

Namjoo-Motlagh signed as head-coach of newly formed Shahrdari Bandar Abbas in August 2006. Near the end of the season he was replaced by former

Mes Kerman Mes Kerman Football Club (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Sân't-e Mes Kârman'') is an Iranian professional association football, football team based in Kerman, Iran. They were promoted to Iran's top league, the Iran Pro League, in the 2005–06 season. ...

head coach,

Nader Dastneshan Nader Dastneshan (, 29 November 1959 – 16 April 2021) was an Iranian football player and coach. Early life Nader Dastneshan was born on 24 May 1960 in Shaahi, Mazandaran province. His father, an Azerbaijani, was from Tabriz and his mother was ...

Career statistics

International goals

Honours

Club

;Esteghlal *

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(1): 1990-91 *

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(1): 1989-90 * Tehran Province League (2): 1985-86, 1991–92 ;Persepolis *

(2): 1995-96, 1996-97

National

;Iran * Asian Games Gold Medal (1):

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

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