Saket Elhami

Saket Elhami (Persian: ساکت الهامی; born 24 May 1971) is an Iranian football manager and a former player who started his career as the manager of Persian Gulf Pro League club Nassaji from 2017.

Saket Elhami

Elhami in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-05-24) 24 May 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth	Ardabil, Iran
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Nassaji (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Esteghlal Ahvaz
	Keshavarz
	Tractor
1993–1994	PAS
1994–1996	Bahman
1996–1997	PAS
1997–1998	Polyacryl
Managerial career
2004–2006	Rah Ahan Tehran (assistant)
2006–2007	Esteghlal (assistant)
2007–2008	Esteghlal (assistant)
2012–2013	Saba Qom (assistant)
2016–2017	Saba Qom (assistant)
2017	Nassaji (assistant)
2017	Nassaji
2018–2019	Padideh (assistant)
2019	Tractor (assistant)
2019	Atrak Bojnourd (assistant)
2019	Machine Sazi (assistant)
2019–2020	Tractor
2021–2022	Nassaji
2022–2023	Havadar
2023–2024	Mes Rafsanjan
2024–2025	Nassaji
2025	Nassaji (academy)
2025–	Nassaji
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Elhami was born in Ardabil, Iran on 24 May 1971.^[1]

In May 2022, he was removed as the manager of Nassaji. In April 2022, the team won the Iran’s Hazfi Cup under his guidance. He is later appointed as the new manager of Havadar club.^[2]

In June 2023, he was named as the coach of the Iranian top flight club Mes Rafsanjan replacing Mohammad Rabiei.^[3] In April 2025, he returned to Nassaji for the remainder of the 2024-2025 Iran’s Persian Gulf Professional League.^[4]

He played for PAS, Esteghlal Ahvaz, and Tractor.

Managerial statistics

As of 10 November 2022

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Nassaji	January 2017	February 2017	3	0	1	2	000.00
Tractor	December 2019	September 2020	21	12	5	4	057.14
Nassaji	March 2021	March 2022	46	18	15	13	039.13
Havadar	June 2022	until present	33	10	12	11	030.30

Honours

Manager

Tractor

• Hazfi Cup: 2019–20

Nassaji

• Hazfi Cup: 2021–22