Hamid Motahari


Hamid Motahari was born on 25 April 1974 in Tehran, Iran. He an Iranian football coach and former player. He currently serves as the head coach of Nassaji Mazandaran.

Early life

Hamid Motahari was born in Tehran, Iran, on 25 April 1974. He is married and has one daughter named Harir.

Club career

Motahari began his career as a midfielder with the youth team Vahdat and later played for both the youth and senior team simultaneously. He professionally played for teams such as Sepahan and Keshavarz. He later joined Persepolis, but his playing career at Persepolis was cut short due to a serious injury.

International career

Motahari represented Iran in the U-20 team from 1991 to 1993 and the U-23 team from 1993 to 1995

Managerial career

Saba Qom

In 2007, Motahari started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Saba Qom.

Rah Ahan

In 2009, at the age of 35, Motahari joined Rah Ahan as a coach. He served as an assistant coach in the technical staff of the club for about two years.

Persepolis U-23

In 2014, Motahari became the head coach of Persepolis U–23.

Saipa

Motahari joined Saipa in the subsequent year.

Paykan

In 2016, Motahari signed a contract with Paykan and worked as an assistant coach under Majid Jalali for two years.

Nassaji

After a brief experience elsewhere, Motahari joined Nassaji Mazandaran.

Shahr Khodro

In 2019, Motahari was a member of the technical staff at Shahr Khodro.

Persepolis

When Yahya Golmohammadi was part of the Persepolis team, Motahari also joined the club.
Hamid Motahhari has been Yahya Golmohammadi's assistant in Persepolis since 2020.

Nassaji Mazandaran

Motahari was appointed as new head coach of Nassaji football team.

Career statistics

Club
National teamYearAppsGoals
Iran U-201991–19935
Iran U-231993–19953

Honours

Coaching

; Persepolis
; Nassaji Mazandaran