Abdolsamad Marfavi (; born May 18, 1964, in Khorramshahr), better known as Samad Marfavi (Persian: ), is an Iranian football coach and former player.
Club career He played the majority of his playing career for IPL giants Esteghlal.
International career Marfavi debuted for the Iranian national team against Kuwait on February 27, 1987. He scored 11 goals in 31 appearances for Iran.
Managerial career He was Esteghlal's assistant coach from 2003 until 2006 when he was replaced with Amir Ghalenoei who was appointed as the Iran national football team coach in August 2006 just one month before the season starts. He had a good season result till 27th week of the season and Esteghlal was in first place but the last three weeks of the season was a distastor for him where he only earned one point out of 3 home matches and finished fourth. He came back as the assistant coach of Nasser Hejazi next season but after the differences he left the club and returned the season after to help Amir Ghalenoei to win the league. After Amir Ghalenoei left the club for Sepahan, he was re-appointed as the head coach of Esteghlal in July 2009. On 18 May 2010, he extended his contract with Esteghlal for another season. However, he would later resign from his position only a couple of days later. On 2 June 2010, he was appointed head coach of Mes Kerman and was resigned on 25 August 2011. He became head coach of Saba Qom on 25 September 2012 and signed a contract until end of the season. Before the start of 2013–14 season, it was announced that his contract will not renewed. On 11 November 2013, he was reappointed as Saba's head coach for a second time.
TeamFromToRecordGWDLWin %GFGA+/-Esteghlal 15 August 2006 3 July 20073014106 45% 3930+9Esteghlal 1 July 2009 1 June 201043201310 46% 7745+32Mes 2 June 2010 25 August 201140131413 30% 4641+5Saba 25 September 2012 31 May 2013287147 25% 3028+2Saba 11 November 2013 26 November 201431101011 32% 3135–4Paykan 27 November 2014 1 July 20158053 0% 59–4Saba 3 July 2016 26 July 20173181013 25% 3033–3Total 212 73 77 63 35% 257 220 +41
Honours Gold Medal winner at 1990 Asian Games, as member of the Iran national football team. Nominated for 1991 Asian Footballer of the year winning 16 votes losing to Yong-Hwan Chung who received 28 and Joo-Sung Kim who won the award with 31 votes.
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External links
Samad Marfavi at TeamMelli.com Marfavi takes over Esteghlal reins