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Omid Namazi
Namazi in Zob Ahan training in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Omid Hamid Namazi Zadeh[1][2]
Date of birth
(1964-12-08) December 8, 1964 (age 59)[3]
Place of birth
Provo, Utah, U.S.
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)
Defender
College career
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1984–1987
West Virginia Mountaineers
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1988–1989
Washington Diplomats
1990
Deportes Iquique
1990–1991
Maryland Bays
1992
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers
14
(1)
1992–1993
Reading
1993–1994
Los Angeles Salsa
1994–1996
Baltimore Spirit (indoor)
65
(10)
1996
Delaware Wizards
1996
→ MetroStars (loan)
1
(0)
1996–2002
Philadelphia KiXX (indoor)
180
(72)
1997
New Jersey Stallions
1997
Carolina Dynamo
1998
Staten Island Vipers
2001
South Jersey Barons
4
(0)
2003–2005
Cleveland Force (indoor)
18
(2)
2005–2006
St. Louis Steamers (indoor)
2
(0)
2007–2008
New Jersey Ironmen (indoor)
4
(0)
International career
2002–2003
United States futsal
Managerial career
1999–2002
Philadelphia KiXX
2002–2003
San Diego Spirit
2004–2005
Cleveland Force
2005–2006
St. Louis Steamers
2007–2009
New Jersey Ironmen
2009
Ironbound SC (assistant)
2010
Chicago Red Stars
2010–2011
Steel Azin (assistant)
2011–2014
Iran (assistant)
2014
United States women (assistant)
2014–2017
United States U20 (assistant)
2016–2018
United States U18
2018
Zob Ahan
2019
United States U20 (assistant)
2019
FC Helsingør
2019
Iran U23 (assistant)
2019–2021
Houston Dynamo (assistant)
2022–2023
Hartford Athletic (assistant)
2023
Hartford Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Omid Namazi (Persian: امید نمازی; born December 8, 1964) is an Iranian-American former professional soccer player and coach. Namazi is a USSF “Pro” coaching license holder. Namazi played professionally as a defender in the American Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League, Major League Soccer, USISL and National Professional Soccer League where he was the 2001 Defender of the Year and he played for United States national futsal team. He is a two-time Coach of the Year in the Major Indoor Soccer League and coached in the Women's United Soccer Association. As assistant coach of Iran, he led the team to qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
^"Team profile: Islamic Republic of Iran". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
^"Omid Namazi – Player Info". GlobalSportsArchive.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
^"Omid Namazi". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
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