Mohammad Mayeli Kohan

Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (Persian: محمد مایلی کهن, born 5 June 1954) is an Iranian football coach and former player. He recently managed Malavan in Azadegan League.

He was born on 5 June 1954 in Bandar-e Anzali in Iran. His father was a farmer. He has two brothers and one sister.^{[citation needed]}

He moved to Tehran in 1967 and joined Ghasre Yakh Club in 1969. He played there until 1974. From 1974 to 1976 he played at Naft Tehran. Mayeli Kohan joined Persepolis in 1976. His best time was in Perspolis. He retired as a player in 1990. He played for Iran national football team 6 times.

He was chosen as assistant manager of Perspeolis just months after his retirement in 1990 and became assistant manager of Iran national football team in 1991 by Ali Parvin.

In 1992, he became head coach of Iran national futsal team and was in team's charge until 1995. Iran national futsal team became in Fourth place at 1992 FIFA Futsal World Cup with Mayeli Kohan.

After good results with national futsal team, he was appointed as manager of Iran national football team after Stanko Poklepović's resignation. He coached team in 1996 AFC Asian Cup and was ranked in third place. He invited players such as Farhad Majidi, Khodadad Azizi and Ali Daei to the national team which team became Iran's best players in next years.

In 2003, Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran appointed Mayeli Kohan as the head coach of Iran national under-23 football team. He resigned two months later to become the head coach of Iran Pro League side Saipa.

He became head coach of Saipa in July 2003 replacing Giovanni Mei. He was head coach until the end of season which lead team in 13th ranked and team was relegated to the Azadegan League and Mayeli Kohan was sacked by the club.