IRNA - Ebrahim Qassempour avoided starting his work
at Tractor Sazi football club of Tabriz, capital of East Azarbaijan province, as the manager Sunday.
Talking to IRNA, the club managing director said Qassempour will not return and his club is to hire another coach.
Khosro Abdollahzadeh added Qassempour was insulted by some unidentified people before he offers his plan and he preferred to
quit.
Tractor Sazi fired Romanian coach Vasile Ioan Godja and signed Ebrahim Qassempour as the new manager on December 23.
The first-division club managing director said Godja was dismissed due to unfulfillment of his obligations.
The ranking official had already termed Qassempour`s records as an important factor for picking former national player as the trainer
in the midseason.
Qassempour played for Iran in 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
During his coaching career, Qassempour was the manager of Tehran`s Pas, San`at Naft of Abadan, and the Shiraz-based Barq.
Tractor Sazi stood ninth on 20 points in midseason.
Coached by Godja, the popular Azari team which ranked third in the club competitions in 1992 has been in hot water and failed to
retain the title since then.
Scores of managers including Mohammad-Hossein Ziaei, Mahmoud Yavari, Reza Vatankhah, Firouz Karimi, Hamid Alidousti, Ahad
Sheikh-Lari, and Vasile Ioan Godja were hired but did not make
success. |