Haj. Seyed Mehdi Qiyassi (Persian: حاج سید مهدی قیاسی; born in 1941 in

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) is one of the most experienced

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coaches from

. He first started as a swimmer before turning to Football. In 1954 with a record of 1min and 20seconds, he was ranked 4th in

for

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Playing career

He became interested in football at the age of 17, while watching the finals of a national competition between

and

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where the team from his hometown won 1-0 with a goal from Khademizadeh.

Club career

At the age of 17, due to his friendship with

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who, at the time was a footballer playing for Taj Mashhad, managed to start his football career with Sepah Mashhad which was Taj's third team. He had a speedy improvement and moved up to the second team which was called Deyhim Mashhad. During the 1960s, whilst playing for Deyhim, he reached fame and got an invitation for Khorasan XI.

National career

In 1964, he got invited to the

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and spent 40 days in a national team camp alongside fellow Mashhadi Ataollah Pazhand. Unfortunately both were crossed out.

Managerial career

At the age of 27, he received various coaching certificates including one from

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and another

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''A'' certificate in

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. He became captain and Head Coach of Arya F.C. He has held various coaching positions (Technical Director & Head Coach) with F.C. Aboomoslem throughout the 1970s and 1980s to the present day. He was the head coach of

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during

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season. He also coached the Khorasan Provincial Team (Khorasan XI) and Mashhad XI at a few competitions, most notably in the

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Achievements

As footballer *Iran National Tournament Champion with Khorasan XI: 1963 in

victory over

in final, 1964 in

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, 1965 runner-up in

, 1967 in

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runner-up losing to

in the final. As manager * 1975, 5th place in

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and best non-Tehrani team award * Head Coach of Khorasan XI from 1980–1986 particularly in

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