Iraj Soleimani

Iraj Soleimani
Personal information
Full name	Iraj Soleimani
Date of birth	(1946-12-15)15 December 1946
Place of birth	Masjed Soleyman, Iran
Date of death	23 February 2009(2009-02-23) (aged 62)
Place of death	Karaj, Iran
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1960–1962	Shahbaz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1961–1971	Shahbaz
1971–1975	Persepolis	115	(40)
Teams managed
1980–1982	Iran U-23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Iraj Soleimani (15 December 1946 – 23 February 2009) was an Iranian professional footballer. Soleimani was born in Masjed Soleiman, Khuzestan, Iran. He played for Shahbaz F.C. and capped for Persepolis F.C. 115 times. He scored 2 goals in the Tehran derby that Persepolis won with 6 goals. He managed Iran U23 from 1980 to 1982.

Tomb of Ahmad Ebadi

Iran national under-23 football team – managers

Soleimani (1980–82)
Yavari (1982–84)
Soleimani (1984–92)
Habibi (1992–94)
Hadžiabdić (1994)
Jürgen Gede (1994–95)
Habibi (1995)
Ghasempour (1997–99)
Coordes (1999)
Monajati (1999–02)
Ivanković (2002–03)
Mayeli Kohan (2003–04)
Faraki (2004)
Simões (2005–06)
Begović (2006–07)
Nikolić (2007–08)
Peyrovani (2009–10)
Afazeli (2010–11)
Mansourian (2011–14)
Vingada (2014)
Khakpour (2014–)

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