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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Seyed Jalal Talebi | ||
| Date of birth | (1942-03-23) 23 March 1942 (age 82) | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran[1] | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1964 | Daraei | ||
| 1964–1971 | Taj | ||
| International career | |||
| 1964–1971 | Iran | 15 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1973–1976 | Daraei | ||
| 1976–1978 | Iran U20 | ||
| 1980–1986 | Al-Khaleej | ||
| 1996–1997 | Geylang United | ||
| 1997 | Indonesia (olympic) | ||
| 1998 | Iran | ||
| 2000–2001 | Iran | ||
| 2001–2002 | Syria | ||
| 2005–2006 | Al Taliya | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Seyed Jalal Talebi (Persian: جلال طالبی, born 23 March 1942) is a retired Iranian football player and manager.
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.[1] 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.[2]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||||||||
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| 1. | 13 December 1966 | Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |  India |
4–1 | W | 1966 Asian Games | |||||||||||
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Talebi attended Chelsea coaching school in England for several months between 1971 and 1973.[2] He coached the Iran national under-20 football team from 1976 to 1978.[4]
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.[5] 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,[6] but returned to lead the team again during 2000 Asian Cup in Lebanon. He resigned after Iran's elimination in the tournament.[7]
Talebi has also managed Geylang UnitedofS.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.
| Nat | Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | +/- | ||||
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Iran | May 1998 | August 1998 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25% | 2 | 6 | −4 |
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Iran | March 2000 | October 2001 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 65% | 39 | 15 | +24 |
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Syria | November 2001 | September 2002 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 90% | 11 | 3 | +8 |
| Total | 34 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 70% | 52 | 24 | +28 | |||
Talebi lives in Palo Alto, California, with his wife and three sons.[2] He moved to the United States in 1983.[8]
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