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ian footballer

Football (soccer)

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 and a football

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 coach. He is the younger brother of Gholam Peyrovani and elder brother of Amir Hossein Peyrovani

Amir Hossein Peyrovani

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Club career

Peyrovani was a product of the Persepolis youth academy. On August 1, 1993 he was signed by the first team where he spent 10 years of his playing career making over 200 appearances. On August 29, 2004 he moved to Paykan Tehran F.C. on a one-year deal. Peyrovani ended his career at the end of the IPL 2004/05 season.

Club Career Statistics

Last Update 3 June 2010
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|2001–02 ||rowspan="3"|Persepolis ||rowspan="4"|Persian Gulf Cup ||||1|||||||-||-||||
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|2004–05 |||Paykan ||17||0||||||-||-||||
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International career

He has 66 caps for the Iran national football team

Iran national football team

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 and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

1998 FIFA World Cup

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Coaching career

After the departure of Afshin Ghotbi

Afshin Ghotbi

Afshin Ghotbi is an Iranian-American football coach and current head coach of the Japanese side Shimizu S-Pulse in J-League.-Early life:Though his family were from Shiraz, Mr. Afshin Ghotbi was born in the country's capital Tehran...

 in November 2008 he was appointed as the head coach of Persepolis F.C. and was replaced and became the assistant coach of Nelo Vingada

Nelo Vingada

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 in mid February 2009 and a month later he was sacked totally by the chairman.
He replaced Hamid Estili as the head coach of Steel Azin on 19 April 2010 and later on for the season after he was again appointed as the head coach of the team again which after poor results he resigned.

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Nat	Team	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
	Persepolis	18 November 2008	16 February 2009	12	7	3	2	58.3%	20	10
	Steel Azin Steel Azin F.C. Steel Azin Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Semnan, Iran.The club is owned by Hossein Hedayati, owner of Steel Azin Co.Steel Azin club also had a volleyball team, sponsored by the same Company, which competed in the Iranian Volleyball Super League.-Ekbatan football club:Ekbatan...	14 October 2010	23 November 2010	8	2	2	4	25%	7	17
Total				20	9	5	6	45%	27	27	0

External links

• RSSSF archive of Afshin Peyrovani's international appearances
• Peyrovani Sport Club