Afshin Ghotbi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Afshin Ghotbi | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Playing position | Manager | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1981–1985 | UCLA Bruins Men's | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1984–1988 | UCLA Bruins Women's | ||
| 1988–2001 | Global Soccer School | ||
| 1988–1991 | La Cañada High School | ||
| 1997 | Golden Eagles | ||
| 1997–1998 | United States (Assistant) | ||
| 2000–2002 | South Korea (Assistant) | ||
| 2002–2004 | Suwon Bluewings (Assistant) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Los Angeles Galaxy (Assistant) | ||
| 2004–2007 | South Korea (Assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Persepolis | ||
| 2009–2011 | Iran | ||
| 2011–2014 | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
| 2016 | Buriram United | ||
| 2016– | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | ||
Afshin Ghotbi (Persian: افشین قطبی, born 8 February 1964 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian American football coach.
Afshin Ghotbi was born in the Tehran. He is the son of a teacher in Iran (See below) with whom he left Iran at the age of 13 and moved to Los Angeles, United States of America where he has been a resident for more than two decades. He received his B.Sc. qualification in Electrical Engineering from UCLA where he was a member of the football team.
Prior to coaching in the professional ranks, for years he was a highly thought of coach Southern California youth football scene, responsible for the discovery and development of players such as Peter Vagenas and John O'Brien.
He worked for Korea Republic national football team under Dutchman Guus Hiddink from December 2000 till July 2002 as a football analyst. He continued his journey in Korea by taking the role of an assistant coach of Samsung Bluewings from 2002–2004. He returned to Korean National Team, as an assistant coach under Dick Advocaat from October 2005 until July 2006. He continued as an assistant coach for Korea under Dutch head coach Pim Verbeek from July 2006 till July 2007.
In 2007 he was Head-Coach of Persepolis F.C., an Iran Pro League club, in compliance with the new contract he signed in August 2007. In February 2008 his name was on the shortlist for coaching the Iranian national team, however the job went to Ali Daei. He ultimately led Persepolis to Iranian Pro league championship in May 2008. Ghotbi left Persepolis in June 2008.
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