Hamid Motahari

Hamid Motahari (Persian: حمید مطهری) was born on 25 April 1974 in Tehran, Iran. He an Iranian football coach and former player. He currently serves as the head coach of Nassaji Mazandaran.^[1][2][3]

Hamid Motahari

Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-04-25) 25 April 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Foolad (assistant)
Youth career
1990–1992	Vahdat
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1996	Sepahan	9	(2)
1995–1997	Fath Tehran F.C.	60	(9)
1996–1997	Keshavarz	22	(1)
1997–1999	Persepolis	8	(2)
International career
1991–1993	Iran U20		(5)
1993–1995	Iran U23		(3)
Managerial career
2007–2009	Saba Qom (assistant)
2009–2011	Rah Ahan (assistant)
2012	Saba Qom (assistant)
2014–2015	Saipa (assistant)
2016–2018	Paykan (assistant)
2019	Nassaji Mazandaran (assistant)
2019–2020	Shahr Khodro (assistant)
2020–2022	Persepolis (assistant)
2022–2023	Nassaji Mazandaran
2023–2024	Iran (assistant)
2024	Tractor (caretaker)
2024–	Foolad (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Hamid Motahari was born in Tehran, Iran, on 25 April 1974. He is married and has one daughter named Harir.^[4]

Club career

Motahari began his career as a midfielder with the youth team Vahdat and later played for both the youth and senior team simultaneously.^[5] He professionally played for teams such as Sepahan and Keshavarz. He later joined Persepolis, but his playing career at Persepolis was cut short due to a serious injury.

International career

Motahari represented Iran in the U-20 team from 1991 to 1993 and the U-23 team from 1993 to 1995

Managerial career

Saba Qom

In 2007, Motahari started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Saba Qom.

Rah Ahan

In 2009, at the age of 35, Motahari joined Rah Ahan as a coach. He served as an assistant coach in the technical staff of the club for about two years.

Persepolis U-23

In 2014, Motahari became the head coach of Persepolis U–23.

Saipa

Motahari joined Saipa in the subsequent year.

Paykan

In 2016, Motahari signed a contract with Paykan and worked as an assistant coach under Majid Jalali for two years.

Nassaji

After a brief experience elsewhere, Motahari joined Nassaji Mazandaran.

Shahr Khodro

In 2019, Motahari was a member of the technical staff at Shahr Khodro.

Persepolis

When Yahya Golmohammadi was part of the Persepolis team, Motahari also joined the club.

Hamid Motahhari has been Yahya Golmohammadi's assistant in Persepolis since 2020.^[6]

Nassaji Mazandaran

Motahari was appointed as new head coach of Nassaji football team.^[7][8]

Career Statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals
Vahdat	1990-1992	Second Division
Sepahan	1993-1996	Azadegan League		2
Fath Tehran	1995-1997	Azadegan League
Keshavarz	1996-1997	Azadegan League		1
Persepolis	1997-1999	Azadegan League		2

• Club
• Vahdat 1990–1992
• Sepahan Azadegan League 1993–1996
• Fath Tehran Azadegan League 1995–1997
• Keshavarz Azadegan League 1996–1997
• Persepolis Azadegan League 1997–1999
• International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iran U-20	1991–1993		5
Iran U-23	1993–1995		3

Honours

Coaching

Persepolis (as Assistant Coach)

• Persian Gulf Pro League (2): 2019–20, 2020–21; Runner-Up: 2021–22
• Iranian Super Cup (1): 2020; Runner-Up: 2021
• AFC Champions League Runner-Up: 2020

Nassaji Mazandaran (as Head Coach)

• Iranian Super Cup Runner-up : 2022