Afshin Ghotbi

Afshin Ghotbi
Ghotbi as manager of Foolad in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-02-08) 8 February 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Team information
Current team
Vancouver FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1985[1] UCLA Bruins
Managerial career
1984–1988 UCLA Bruins women
1988–2001 Global Soccer School[2]
1988–1991 La Cañada Spartans[2]
1997 San Fernando Valley[3]
1997–1998 United States (assistant)
2000–2002 South Korea (assistant)
2002–2004 Suwon Bluewings (assistant)
2004–2005 Los Angeles Galaxy (assistant)
2005–2007 South Korea (assistant)
2007–2008 Persepolis
2009–2011 Iran
2011–2014 Shimizu S-Pulse
2015–2016 Curaçao (assistant)
2016 Buriram United
2016–2018 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
2018–2019 Foolad
2019–2021 Cangzhou Mighty Lions
2022– Vancouver FC

Afshin Ghotbi (Persian: افشین قطبی, born 8 February 1964)[4] is an Iranian-American football coach who works as head coach of Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League.

  1. ^ "UCLA alums leading U.S. and Iran toward World Cup". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ a b Afshin Ghotbi. afshinghotbi.com
  3. ^ United Soccer Leagues (USL) Archived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Uslsoccer.com (13 July 2009). Retrieved on 22 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Afshin Ghobti's Official Bio". Retrieved 19 August 2013.