Mahmoud Bayati
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 March 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tehran,Iran | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 December 2022(aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1949 | Taj SC | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1949–1960 | Taj | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1949–1951 | Iran Olympics | ||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1959 | Iran | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | Taj | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1969 | Iran | ||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1974 | Iran | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Mahmoud Bayati(Persian:محمود بیاتی;22 March 1928 – 2 December 2022) was an Iranian football player and coach.
Early life[edit]
Bayati was born on 22 March 1928 inTehran.He was a member and captain of Tehran Students Team when he was a student. He was also a member of Tehran Youth team.
Playing career[edit]
Bayati signed a contract withTajin 1946 and played for senior squad from 1949. He was one of the best players during this time and was invited to theIran national teamin 1950. He retired from international career in 1959 and a year later, he also retired from club career.[1]
Coaching career[edit]
Six years after retirement from his club career, Bayati was named asTaj's head coach in 1966.[2]After good results with the team, he was appointed head coach of theIran national teamin 1967 and led the team in the1968 AFC Asian Cupin which Iran won the title without any loss or draw. He resigned after the tournaments in protest to the then President ofIran Football Federationand was succeeded byZdravko Rajkov.He returned to the national team after four years and was re-appointed head coach in 1972 after the resignation ofMohammad Ranjbar.Bayati led the team in the1972 Summer Olympicswith bad results and was unable to be qualified to the1974 FIFA World Cup.He was sacked as national football team head coach in 1974.[3]
Personal life and death[edit]
Bayati died on 2 December 2022, at the age of 94.[4]
Honours[edit]
Player[edit]
Taj
- Tehran Provincial League: 1955–56, 1957–58, 1959–60; runner-up: 1950–51, 1956–57
Iran
- Asian GamesSilver medal:1951
Manager[edit]
Iran
References[edit]
- ^Bayati, Mahmoud
- ^Taj head coaches
- ^"AFC Winning Managers".Archived fromthe originalon 8 February 2013.Retrieved29 September2011.
- ^"بیاتی سرمربی اسبق تیم ملی فوتبال ایران درگذشت".Tarafdari.Retrieved3 December2022.
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- 1928 births
- 2022 deaths
- Footballers from Tehran
- Esteghlal F.C. players
- Esteghlal F.C. managers
- Iranian football managers
- AFC Asian Cup-winning managers
- Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 1951 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games
- 1968 AFC Asian Cup managers
- Men's association football forwards
- Iranian men's footballers
- Iran men's international footballers