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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ardeshir "Amir" Ghalenoei | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Imperial State of Iran | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Iran (Manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Rah Ahan | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Rah Ahan | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1987 | Shahin | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Al-Sadd | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1997 | Esteghlal | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Iran U-20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1996 | Iran | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Keshavarz | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Bargh Tehran | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Esteghlal (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Esteghlal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Iran | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Mes Kerman | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Esteghlal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Sepahan | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Tractor | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Esteghlal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Tractor | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Zob Ahan | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Sepahan | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Gol Gohar | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Iran | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Ardeshir "Amir" Ghalenoei (Persian: ; born 22 November 1963 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football coach and former player who currently manages Iran national football team. He has been the most successful coach in the Iran Pro League and managed several clubs, including Esteghlal, Mes Kerman, Sepahan S.C. and Tractor, with two of which he won a total of five championships and two Hazfi Cup titles. He was also the head coach of Iran national football team from August 2006 to July 2007 where he managed the team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup where Iran was eliminated in the quarter-finals.