Mohsen Taheri

Mohsen Taheri is an Iranian former handball player and coach and a football administrator.^[1] He was the president and member of the director board of Sepahan F.C. club from 2016 until 2018.^[2][3]

Mohsen Taheri
Taheri in 2015
President of Sepahan
In office 10 October 2016 – 20 January 2018
Preceded by	Asghar Bagherian
Succeeded by	Masoud Tabesh
Personal details
Born	Mohsen Taheri (1968-03-21) March 21, 1968 (age 57) Khorramabad, Iran
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Occupation	Handball player and coach
Handball career Personal information Playing position Pivot (handball) Senior clubs Years Team 1995–2004 Sepahan National team Years Team 1985–2004 Iran (player) since 2004 lecturer of Iraninan Handball Federation 2004 Olympic solidarity technical course Iran (coach) 2005 Symposium Bangkok, Tailand for coaches]] (coach) 2006 Olympics games DOHA qatar (coach) 2010 Asian youth champion abu dhabi U.E.A (head coach) 2012 Asian youth champion manameh bahrain (head coach) Teams managed 2006–2007 Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan (assistant) 2007–2008 Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan (head coach) 2009–2010 Daneshgah Azad Tehran (head coach) 2011–2012 Naft and Gaz Gachsaran (head coach) 2012–2014 Parsian Tehran (head coach) 2014–2016 Foolad Sepahan novin (head coach) 2017-2021 Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan (head coach)

Club achievements

He was player and captain of the Sepahan F.C. handball club between 1995 and 2004. He has 10 championships in Iran's Handball League and Knock-out Cup.^[4]

Other achievements

• second place in Asian Club League Handball Championship 2004 in Tehran.
• Third place with Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. in Asian Club League Handball Championship in Jordan 1998.
• As an assistant coach, champion of Iranian Premier Handball League 2006, 2007 with Sepahan F.C. club.^[5]
• As a head coach of Sepahan F.C. club, 3rd place in Asian Club League Handball Championship in Kuwait 2007.
• Being the head coach in Azad University club, Naft Gachsaran, Parsian Tehran and Sepahan F.C. Handball club.
• As a player, he played in the Shahid Karimi Khoram Abad, Homa Tehran, Entezam Isfahan, Entezam Tehran, Shahrdari Arak and Sepahan F.C.

Iran men's national handball team achievement

• Iran men's national handball team player from 1985 to 2004.
• Eight years the captain of the Iran men's national handball team.
• Fourth place in Beach handball at the World Games, 2001, Akita, Japan.
• As an assistant coach, 3rd place in 2006 Asian Games.^[6]
• As a head coach, 5th place in Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2014.
• As a head coach, 4th place in Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship, Tabriz, Iran, 2014.
• As an assistant coach, 2nd place in Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification, Duha, Qatar, 2015.
• As an assistant coach, 5th place in Asian Men's Handball Championship, Manama, Bahrain, 2016.

Individual achievement

• All-star Team in Asia, Best Pivot, 2002.
• Best Pivot of Asian Club League Handball Championship 1999, 2001, and 2004.
• Holder of International Coaching Certification "Global Coaching"2011.^[7]