Alireza Marzban

He was born on 26 May 1958 in Azna from an Iranian father and an Iranian mother. He was moved to Germany in 1995 to study in a university in Munich.

After graduating from university, he began working at 1.FC Eschborn as a chief scout. Two years later, he became the team's assistant coach and was promoted as the team manager in 2001, a post he kept until 2004. In July 2005, he was appointed as the manager of KSV Baunatal but was sacked at the end of the season. After Afshin Ghotbi appointed as head coach of Persepolis, he was named as one of his assistants, alongside he worked as fitness trainer at the club. After resignation of Ghotbi, he left the team to become DAC Dunajská Streda's assistant coach. He also works with Hamid Estili as his assistant in Steel Azin. He was Montenegro national football team's assistant to Zlatko Kranjčar from 2009 until 2010. After Kranjčar became head coach of Sepahan in November 2011, he was named as his first team coach. He left the team after a series of problems with the management in December 2012. He has worked in IRIB's Varzesh channel as a football analyst. On 15 August 2013, he became assistant coach of Akbar Misaghian at Azadegan League side Padideh Shandiz. After Misaghian resigned despite promoting Padideh to the Iran Pro League, Marzban was named as his successor.[1]

Statistics

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
	1.FC Eschborn	December 2001	June 2004	32	15	7	10	046.88	34	24	+10
	KSV Baunatal	July 2005	July 2006	21	8	1	12	038.10	18	19	–1
	Padideh	June 2014	June 2015	34	9	16	9	026.47	37	37	0
	Paykan	July 2015	May 2016	38	18	16	4	047.37	50	29	+21
	Khoneh Be Khoneh	July 2016	January 2017	19	8	7	4	042.11	25	14	+11
	Meshki Pooshan	October 2017	December 2017	4	0	1	3	000.00	1	4	–3
	Naft Masjed Soleyman	September 2018	April 2019	16	4	6	6	025.00	12	20	–8