Hossein Faraki

Hossein Faraki
	Faraki in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Hossein Faraki
Date of birth	March 22, 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1976–1979	Pas
1979	Persepolis
1979–1981	Al-Shaab
1981–1992	Pas
International career
1977–1980	Iran
Managerial career
1994–2000	Pas (assistant)
2000	Pas
2003–2006	Iran (assistant)
2004	Iran U-23
2009–2010	Kaveh Tehran
2010–2012	Naft Tehran
2012–2014	Foolad
2014–2015	Sepahan
2016–2017	Saipa
2018–2020	Paykan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hossein Faraki (Persian: حسین فرکی, born 22 March 1957) is a retired Iranian football player and a coach.

Personal life

He was born on 22 March 1957 in Tehran, Iran. He began playing football with PAS Tehran in 1976.

Faraki has a son named Hessam.

Playing career

Club career

He spent most of his career playing for Pas Tehran. Faraki won with Pas the Iranian Takht Jamshid in 1977 and 1978; he was the top goal scorer of the Iranian league in 1978/79, when the league was left incomplete due to political unrest in Iran at the time.

Faraki also played for Al-Shaab of the UAE at the time when Heshmat Mohajerani became head coach of the club.

International career

He played for the Iran national football team and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where he played all three matches. He also reached the third place in the 1980 Asian Cup in Kuwait.

Managerial career

Faraki began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Pas Tehran, the club that he played for in 1976 to 1992. He worked with many coaches like Ebrahim Ghasempour, Firouz Karimi and Bijan Zolfagharnasab. After six years as assistant coach, he was named as caretaker manager of the team after the resignation of Ghasempour in 2002. He led the team until the end of the 1999–00 season which the club ended in 7th place. He left the team after Farhad Kazemi becomes the team's head coach.

During Branko Ivankovic's time as Team Melli manager, Faraki was the assistant manager. He was also the head coach of the Iran national under-23 football team from 2003 till 2006. He was manager of Kaveh Tehran which led the club to promotion to the Azadegan League. He was appointed as head coach of Naft Tehran on 1 July 2010 and secured the team from relegation in his first season at the club. At the second season, he led the club to the 5th place, which was their best league end until 2014. He not renewed his contract with the team and signed a two years contract with Foolad on 5 June 2012. He led Foolad to the AFC Champions League for the second time since 2006 after they finished 4th in 2012–13. In 2013–14 season, Faraki's side won the league, finishing the season with 57 points, two more from runners-up Persepolis. He resigned as Foolad's manager at the end of the season because he needs an imminent knee operation.

On 9 September 2014, Faraki was named as new manager of Sepahan with signing a two-year contract, replaced Zlatko Kranjčar who resigned day before.^[1] He led Sepahan to the league title in his first season at the club. On 30 May 2015, he extended his contract with Sepahan until 2018. However, he was sacked by the club on 1 November 2015 after a run of unsuccessful results.

Statistics

International goals

#	Date	City	Opponent	Final score	Competition
1	22 April 1977	Shiraz, Iran	Saudi Arabia	2–0	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	1 October 1977	Tehran, Iran	Hungary	3–1	Friendly
3	11 May 1978	Toulouse, France	France	1–2	Friendly
4	27 February 1980	Singapore, Singapore	China	2–2	1980 Summer Olympics qualification
5	1 March 1980	Singapore, Singapore	Singapore	3–0
6	1 March 1980	Singapore, Singapore	Singapore	3–0
7	7 March 1980	Singapore, Singapore	India	2–0
8	5 August 1980	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	2–0	Friendly
9	5 August 1980	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	2–0
10	7 August 1980	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	3–0
11	7 August 1980	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	3–0
12	28 September 1980	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	1–2	1980 AFC Asian Cup Semi-final

Coaching career statistics

Faraki coaches his team against Persepolis, during his spell as Sepahan manager, 17 March 2015

As of 23 August 2019

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Win %
Pas Tehran (caretaker)	May 2000	October 2000	12	3	6	3	20	21	−1	025.00
Iran U-23 (caretaker)	May 2004	December 2004	5	4	0	1	9	3	+6	080.00
Kaveh Tehran	June 2009	July 2010	50	33	7	10	58	30	+28	066.00
Naft Tehran	July 2010	June 2012	67	20	24	23	78	78	+0	029.85
Foolad	June 2012	June 2014	86	45	28	13	118	67	+51	052.33
Sepahan	September 2014	November 2015	42	26	10	6	78	31	+47	061.90
Saipa	June 2016	May 2017	33	9	11	13	25	32	−7	027.27
Paykan	December 2018	January 2020	17	5	4	8	15	25	-10	29.42
Total			310	153	85	72	374	269	+105	049.35