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Human Afazali became the youngest coach in Iranian professional football history
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30 when he took charge of division one side Shahab Zanjan. During his three years
with the club, he implemented the modern 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2 systems with flat back
four which was refreshing and daring in Iran’s football dominated by traditional
3-5-2 formation. Zanjan club produced some fluid and contemporary football despite
limited talent and finance. Afazali’s tactical genius and practical savvy did not
go unnoticed. After a friendly match between Iran’s national team and Shahab Zanjan
in Tehran, Iran’s then head coach Miroslov Ciro Blazovic,
who had already guided
his Croatian side to third place in World Cup ’98 invited Human to join the national
team staff as technical advisor and analyst. Ciro, “Human is a football mastermind
and we need to have him on board even though we are fully staffed. He simply must
join us.” After Ciro departed, Afazali stayed with the national team for four more
years as newly promoted Branko Ivankovic called Human ‘my right hand man’. With
a gold medal in Asian Games, third place finish in Asian cup, a World Cup 2006 appearance
with Iran, and more than 100 international
matches under his belt, the 35-year old
tactician is considering offers from Iran and abroad.
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Personal Information
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Date of Birth:
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03/09/1971
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Marital Status:
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Single
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Nationality:
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Iranian
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Language:
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Persian, English (fluent)
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Education :
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B.A. English
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Email:
Web Page:
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human@humanafazeli.com
www.humanafazeli.com
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Experience
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Coaching:
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- 2008- Iran National Team Assistant
- 2005-2006 Iran National Team Assistant Coach (Qualified for WC 2006
Germany/ WC 2006 Group Stage Participation)
- 2002-2005 FC Shahab Zanjan Head Coach Senior Squad 1st Div.(During these 3 years 12 Players progressed into Premiere Div. -PGL- and 2 players into
A National Team, 2 players to Olympic squad, top scorer of season 2003-4 from our
club while the Budget of the club was among last 3. They Also achieved 5th place
in final standing for 1st time of club history in 2004-5 season)
- 2001-2002 FC Shahab Zanjan U-21 Head Coach
- 2000-2001 FC Pas U-18 Head Coach
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Professional:
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- 2007-8 FC Saipa Technical Advisor
- 2002-2005 Pro. Branko Ivankovic (National Team Head Coach) Personal
Assistant
- 2002-3 Technical Advisor FC Foolad Ahvaz IPL
- 2001-2 Technical Advisor FC Teraktorsazi 1st Div
- 2001 Miroslav Ciro Blazevic (National Team Head Coach) Personal
Assistant
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Educational:
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- Asian Football Confederation D, C, B & A Licenses (Currently Participating In AFC/UEFA Professional Diploma)
- Iranian Football Federation Instructor
- Asian Football Confederation D, C, B & A licenses
- Iranian Olympic Committee Conditioning Course
- Iranian Olympic Committee Biomechanical Course
- Olympic Solidarity/Fifa Course
- Instructor Educational Course
- Youth Development Course
- Refreshment Course of Erich Rutemoller (Assistant Instructor)
- Refreshment Course of Tomislav Ivic
- Refreshment Course of Horst Kriete
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Observations:
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- FC Bayern Munchen Winter Break Camp in Dubai 2006
- FC Liverpool
- German National Team
- Japan National Team
- Portugal National Team
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Researches:
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- 3-5-2 advantages & disadvantages (Published on internet
in 5 languages)
- 4-4-2 Modern Theory (Published on internet in 5 languages)
- Basis of Modern Player Selection (Published on Iranian Newspapers
& Coaching Seminars)
- A close look at 4-1-4-1 Formation
- A close look at 4-2-3-1 Formation
- 4-4-2 Diamond and key features
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Reference |
Coaches: |
- Miroslave Ciro Blazevic (Former Iran & Croatia National Team
Head Coach)
- Branko Ivankovic (Former Iran National Team Head Coach/Current Dinamo
Zagreb Head Coach)
- Ali Daei (Legendary Iran Player/Currently Iran National Team Head Coach)
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Players: |
- Vahid Hashemian (Former FC Bayern Munchen-HSV-Bochum Hannover / Currently Under Contract By Bochum/Iran National Team Player)
- Javad Nekonam (Iran National Team Captain/Currently Under Contract By Ossassuna FC Spain
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