Jalal Talebi

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Jalal Talebi
Personal information
Full name Seyed Jalal Talebi
Date of birth (1942-03-23) 23 March 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth Tehran, Iran[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1964 Daraei
1964–1971 Taj
International career
1964–1971 Iran 15 (1)
Managerial career
1973–1976 Daraei
1976–1978 Iran U20
1980–1986
Al-Khaleej
1996–1997
Geylang United
1997 Indonesia (olympic)
1998 Iran
2000–2001 Iran
2001–2002 Syria
2005–2006
Al Taliya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Seyed Jalal Talebi (Persian: جلال طالبی, born 23 March 1942) is a retired Iranian football player and manager.

Playing career

Talebi had a very short playing career in which he played for Daraei, Taj (Esteghlal) and the Iran national football team, for which he played three matches at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and won the 1968 AFC Asian Cup.[1] 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.[2]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 December 1966 Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  India 4–1 W 1966 Asian Games
Correct as of 24 July 2021[3]

Managerial career

Talebi attended Chelsea coaching school in England for several months between 1971 and 1973.[2] He coached the Iran national under-20 football team from 1976 to 1978.[4]

Talebi had coached soccer at

2000 Asian Cup in Lebanon. He resigned after Iran's elimination in the tournament.[7]

Talebi has also managed

Al Taliya
from 2005 to 2006.

Coaching career statistics

Nat Team From To Record
G W D L Win % GF GA +/-
Iran
Iran
May 1998 August 1998 4 1 0 3 25% 2 6 −4
Iran
Iran
March 2000 October 2001 20 13 5 3 65% 39 15 +24
Syria Syria November 2001 September 2002 10 9 0 1 90% 11 3 +8
Total 34 23 5 4 70% 52 24 +28

Personal life

Talebi lives in

Palo Alto, California, with his wife and three sons.[2] He moved to the United States in 1983.[8]

Honours

Jalal Talebi and Parviz Ghelichkhani with the 1968 AFC Asian Cup

Player

Daraei
  • Tehran Championship
    (1): 1961
Taj

Manager

Geylang United
Iran
  • 2000

References

  1. ^ a b c Jalal Talebi. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b c Jalal Talebi. takhtejamshidcup.com
  3. ^ Profile: Jalal TALEBI. Teammelli.com. Retrieved on 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ فضای رختکن متشنج بود. footballiran.ir
  5. ^ Longman, Jere (16 January 2000). "A Match With Diplomacy on the Sideline". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  6. ^ "Iran World Cup coach Talebi resigns". allsports.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
  7. ^ "Iranian inquest into Cup defeat". BBC. 29 October 2000. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  8. ^ Metcalf, Rupert (21 June 1998). "Football: Double agent Talebi?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 11 September 2009.

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