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Iranian football coach and former player (born 1942)

Asghar Sharafi
Personal information

Date of birth	(1942-12-22) 22 December 1942 (age 81)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1960–1962	Shahin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1963	Shahin
1963–1964	Taj
1964–1974	Pas
International career
1967–1973	Iran	11	(1)
Managerial career
1974–1975	Iran U-23 (Assistant)
1975–1978	Iran (Assistant)
1978–1982	Esteghlal (Assistant)
1982–1983	Esteghlal
1993–1997	Iranjavan
1997–2000	Iran (Assistant)
2000–2001	Bargh Shiraz
2002	Pegah Gilan
2006–2007	Ekbatan
2007–2008	DAC Dunajská Streda
2009–2010	Iranjavan
2011–2012	Mes Sarcheshmeh
2012–2013	Bargh Shiraz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Asghar Sharafi (Persian: اصغر شرفی, born 22 December 1942) is an Iranian football coach and former player who was head coach of Mes Sarcheshmeh. He has coached many teams such as Esteghlal, Iranjavan, Bargh Shiraz, Pegah and Ekbatan. He is one of the oldest head coaches in Iranian football history.

Playing career

Sharafi has one brother and one sister. He began his football career at Shahin and then joined the Taj. In 1964 he moved to PAS Tehran and was a teammate of Mohammad Ranjbar, Hassan Habibi and Mahmoud Yavari. Between 1967 and 1973 he was a member of the national team and won the 1968 and 1972 AFC Asian Cups. He played one match at the 1970 Asian Games and 1972 Summer Olympics each and scored one goal in 1970.

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v t e Esteghlal F.C. – managers
Danaeifard (1946–53) Madadnoui (1953–54) Danaeifard (1954–67) Bayati (1967–68) Danaeifard (1968–70) Rajkov (1970–71) Koozehkanani (1971) Rajkov (1971–76) Danaeifard (1976) Jekic (1976–78) Pourheidari (1979) Razavi (1980) Pourheidari (1981) Azodi (1981) Razavi (1981–82) Sharafi (1982) Azodi (1982) Hejazi (1983) Pourheidari (1983–84) Kordnouri (1984) Askarzadeh (1984) Hejazi (1984) Habibi (1984) Pourheidari (1985–86) Razavi (1986) Pourheidari (1986–88) Ranjbar (1988) Gh. Mazloumi (1988–89) Salahi (1989) Jamali (1989) Pourheidari (1989–92) Zolfagharnasab (1992–93) Jabbari (1993) Skomorokhov (1993–94) Naalchegar (1994) Bilofsky (1994) Naalchegar (1994) Abdollahi (1994–95) Malekahmadi (1995) Pourheidari (1995–96) Hejazi (1996–99) Zarincheh (1999) Skomorokhov (1999–00) Pourheidari (2000–02) Ghalenoei (2002) Koch (2002–03) Zarincheh (2003) Pourheidari (2003) Ghalenoei (2003–06) Marfavi (2006–07) Hejazi (2007) Karimi (2007–08) Ghalenoei (2008–09) Marfavi (2009–10) P. Mazloumi (2010–12) Ghalenoei (2012–15) P. Mazloumi (2015–16) Mansourian (2016–17) McDermott (2017) Schäfer (2017–19) Majidi (2019) Stramaccioni (2019) Majidi (2020) Namjoo-Motlagh (2020) Fekri (2020–21) Majidi (2021–22) Sá Pinto (2022–23) Nekounam (2023–24) Bakhtiarizadeh (2024) Mosimane (2024–)
(c) = caretaker manager

v t e Padideh F.C. – managers
Misaghian (2013–14) Marzban (2014–15) Mohajeri (2015–18) Golmohammadi (2018–20) Sarasiaei (2020) Bakhtiarizadeh (2020) Rahmati (2020–21) Mohajeri (2021–)

v t e Iran squad – 1968 AFC Asian Cup winners (1st title)
GK Asli GK Zelli DF Shahrokhi DF Kashani DF Habibi DF Arab MF Sayedi MF Haghverdian MF Esmaeili MF Ghelichkhani MF Jabbari MF Talebi MF Farzami FW Sharafi FW Kalani FW Eftekhari FW Behzadi Coach: Bayati

v t e Iran squad – 1972 Summer Olympics
1 Ghoflsaz 2 Ashtiani 3 Kashani 4 Halvaei 5 Kargarjam 6 Ghelichkhani 7 Parvin 8 Jabbari 9 Sadeghi 10 Iranpak 11 Sharafi 12 Vafakhah 13 Ghorab 14 Khordbin 15 Lavasani 16 Azizi 17 Allahverdi 18 Monajati 19 Rashidi Coach: Ranjbar

v t e Iran squad – 1972 AFC Asian Cup winners (2nd title)
GK Mavaddat GK Hejazi DF Kashani DF Arab DF Ashtiani DF Kargarjam DF Monajati DF Halvaei MF Ghelichkhani MF Ghorab MF Parvin MF Jabbari FW Sharafi FW Mazloumi FW Behzadi FW Kalani FW Iranpak Coach: Ranjbar