Jalal Talebi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jalal Talebi

| image = Jalal Talebi 3.jpg

| image_size = 230

| caption =

| fullname = Seyed Jalal Talebi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|3|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder

| height = 186 cm

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1960–1964 | years2 = 1964–1971 | years3 =1971–1973

| clubs1 = Daraei | clubs2 = Taj

| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 =

| nationalyears1 = 1964–1971

| nationalteam1 = Iran

| nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Seyed Jalal Talebi ({{langx|fa|جلال طالبی}}, born 23 March 1942) is a retired Iranian football player and manager.

Playing career

Talebi had a very short playing career in which he played for Daraei, Taj (Esteghlal) and the Iran national football team, for which he played three matches at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and won the 1968 AFC Asian Cup. He was known for his heads up plays, his jumping abilities and his skills with the ball. A meniscus injury ended his playing career aged 27.

=International goals=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

13 December 1966

Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

4–1

1966 Asian Games

colspan=18|Correct as of 24 July 2021[https://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/player.php?id=139 Profile: Jalal TALEBI]. Teammelli.com. Retrieved on 24 July 2021.

Managerial career

Talebi attended Chelsea coaching school in England for several months between 1971 and 1973. He coached the Iran national under-20 football team from 1976 to 1978.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120227052643/http://www.footballiran.ir/Nsite/FullStory/?Id=34991 فضای رختکن متشنج بود]. footballiran.ir

Talebi had coached soccer at De Anza Community College. He was the head coach of the Iranian national team during the 1998 FIFA World Cup.{{cite news|title=A Match With Diplomacy on the Sideline|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C14FA3A5E0C758DDDA80894D8404482|date=16 January 2000 |work=The New York Times|access-date=11 September 2009 | first=Jere | last=Longman}} Prior to the tournament, he was appointed to replace Tomislav Ivic. He had held the position of technical director before he was named as head coach. He stepped down as head coach after the 1998 FIFA World Cup on 20 August 1998,{{cite web|url=http://www.allsports.com/soccer/iran/980820.html|title=Iran World Cup coach Talebi resigns|work=allsports.com|access-date=9 August 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060209/http://www.allsports.com/soccer/iran/980820.html|archive-date=28 September 2007|df=dmy-all}} but returned to lead the team again during 2000 Asian Cup in Lebanon. He resigned after Iran's elimination in the tournament.{{cite news|title=Iranian inquest into Cup defeat|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/996915.stm|date=29 October 2000 |publisher=BBC|access-date=11 September 2009}}

Talebi has also managed Geylang United of S.League in 1996, Indonesian Olympic Team from 1996 to 1997, Syria national football team from 2001 to 2002, and Al Taliya from 2005 to 2006.

=Coaching career statistics=

rowspan="2"\|Nat !rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="8"\|Record
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
{{flagicon\|IRI}} \|Iran \|align="left"\| May 1998 \|align="left"\| August 1998 \|4	1	0	3	25%	2	6	−4
{{flagicon\|IRI}} \|Iran \|align="left"\| March 2000 \|align="left"\| October 2001 \|20	13	5	3	65%	39	15	+24
{{flagicon\|SYR}} \|Syria \|align="left"\| November 2001 \|align="left"\| September 2002 \|10	9	0	1	90%	11	3	+8
colspan="4"\|Total ! 34	23	5	4	70%	52	24	+28

Personal life

Talebi lives in Palo Alto, California, with his wife and three sons. He moved to the United States in 1983.{{cite news |title=Football: Double agent Talebi?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-double-agent-talebi-1166561.html|date=21 June 1998|work=The Independent|access-date=11 September 2009 | location=London | first=Rupert | last=Metcalf}}

Honours

File:Jalal Talebi and Parviz Ghelichkhani 1968 AFC Asian Cup.jpg with the 1968 AFC Asian Cup]]

=Player=

;Daraei

Tehran Championship (1): 1961

;Taj

=Manager=

;Geylang United

S.League (1): 1996
Singapore FA Cup (1): 1996

;Iran

West Asian Football Federation Championship (1): 2000

References

{{reflist|refs=

[http://takhtejamshidcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=237&Itemid=785 Jalal Talebi]. takhtejamshidcup.com

[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102659/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/jalal-talebi-1.html Jalal Talebi]. sports-reference.com

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