Tehran refused to release Mansourian. Mansourian signed a contract extension on 19 August 2015 for next two years. Naft Tehran began the season with selling of some of their squad stars, like Kamal Kamyabinia to Persepolis, Hossein Ebrahimi to Foolad and Leandro Padovani to Sepahan. Unless Naft facing financial problems during the season, Mansourian finished the season with Naft in fifth position. After the end of the season, Mansourian officially resigned and left the club. He received offers from English team Brighton & Hove Albion in late 2015, but he turned it down to take over his former club Esteghlal Tehran. There was a tremendous pressure from the fans to bring him back to Esteghlal Tehran. Esteghlal On 1 June 2016, Mansourian was named as head coach of Esteghlal, signed a three-year contract with the club. On 20 September 2017, he resigned from his role having managed the team for 16 months. Following his resignation, his assistant coach Mick McDermott took the job as caretaker manager. Zob Ahan On 15 November 2018, Mansourian became head coach of Zob Ahan, replacing Omid Namazi. On 18 December 2019, Mansourian stepped down as Zob Ahan football club's coach by mutual consent. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mansourian goal. Managerial statistics Honours Player Esteghlal Iranian Football League (2): 1997–98, 2005–06, Runners-up 2003–04 Hazfi Cup (2): 1995–96, 2007–08, Runners-up 2003–04 AFC Champions League : Runners-Up 1998–99 Iran 1998 Asian Games Football:Goald medal Manager Naft Tehran Hazfi Cup runner-up: 2014–15 Esteghlal Persian Gulf Pro League runner-up: 2016–17 Individual IFCA Manager of the Month: March 2015 References External links 1971 births Living people 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Esteghlal F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Greece FC St. Pauli players Association football midfielders Iran international footballers Iranian expatriate footballers Iranian footballers Xanthi F.C. players Singapore Premier League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Balestier Khalsa FC players Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Expatriate footballers in Singapore Geylang International FC players Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Esteghlal F.C. managers Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. managers Tractor S.C. managers Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. managers Iranian football managers Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Persian Gulf Pro League managers