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{{short description|Iranian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Jalal Talebi
| image               = Jalal Talebi 3.jpg
| image_size          = 230
| caption             = 
| fullname            = Seyed Jalal Talebi
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1942|3|23|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]<ref name=sr/>
| currentclub         =
| position            = [[Midfielder]]
| height              = 186 cm<ref name=sr/>
| youthyears1         = 
| youthclubs1         = 
| years1 = 1960–1964 | years2 = 1964–1971 | years3 =1971–1973
| clubs1 = [[Daraei F.C.|Daraei]] | clubs2 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Taj]]
| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = 
| nationalyears1      = 1964–1971
| nationalteam1       = [[Iran national football team|Iran]]
| nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1973–1976 | manageryears2 = 1976–1978 | manageryears3 = 1980–1986 | manageryears4 = 1996–1997 | manageryears5 = 1997 | manageryears6 = 1998 | manageryears7 = 2000–2001 | manageryears8 = 2001–2002 | manageryears9 =2005–2006
| managerclubs1 = [[Daraei F.C.|Daraei]] | managerclubs2 = [[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran U20]] | managerclubs3 = [[Al Khaleej Club|Al-Khaleej]] | managerclubs4 = [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] | managerclubs5 = [[Indonesia national under-23 football team|Indonesia]] (olympic) | managerclubs6 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | managerclubs7 = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | managerclubs8 = [[Syria national football team|Syria]] | managerclubs9 =[[Al Taliya]]
}}

'''Seyed Jalal Talebi''' ({{langx|fa|جلال طالبی}}, born 23 March 1942) is a retired [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[Association football|football]] player and manager.

==Playing career==
Talebi had a very short playing career in which he played for [[Daraei F.C.|Daraei]], [[Esteghlal F.C.|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]].<ref name=sr/> 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.<ref name=r1/>

===International goals===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 13 December 1966 || [[Chulalongkorn University Stadium]], [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] || {{fb|IND}} || 4–1 || W || [[Football at the 1966 Asian Games|1966 Asian Games]]
|-
| colspan=18|<small>''Correct as of 24 July 2021''<ref>[https://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/player.php?id=139  Profile: Jalal TALEBI]. Teammelli.com. Retrieved on 24 July 2021.</ref></small>
|-
|}

==Managerial career==
Talebi attended [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] coaching school in England for several months between 1971 and 1973.<ref name=r1/> He coached the [[Iran national under-20 football team]] from 1976 to 1978.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120227052643/http://www.footballiran.ir/Nsite/FullStory/?Id=34991 فضای رختکن متشنج بود]. footballiran.ir</ref>

Talebi had coached soccer at [[De Anza College|De Anza Community College]]. He was the head coach of the [[Iran national football team|Iranian national team]] during the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A Match With Diplomacy on the Sideline|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C14FA3A5E0C758DDDA80894D8404482|date=16 January 2000 |work=The New York Times|access-date=11 September 2009 | first=Jere | last=Longman}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allsports.com/soccer/iran/980820.html|title=Iran World Cup coach Talebi resigns|work=allsports.com|access-date=9 August 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060209/http://www.allsports.com/soccer/iran/980820.html|archive-date=28 September 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> but returned to lead the team again during [[Asian Cup 2000|2000 Asian Cup]] in Lebanon. He resigned after Iran's elimination in the tournament.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iranian inquest into Cup defeat|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/996915.stm|date=29 October 2000 |publisher=BBC|access-date=11 September 2009}}</ref>

Talebi has also managed [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] of [[S.League]] in 1996, [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesian Olympic Team]] from 1996 to 1997, [[Syria national football team]] from 2001 to 2002, and [[Al Taliya]] from 2005 to 2006.

===Coaching career statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="8"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %!!GF!!GA!!+/-
|-
|{{flagicon|IRI}}
|[[Team Melli|Iran]]
|align="left"| May 1998
|align="left"| August 1998
|4||1||0||3|| 25% ||2||6|| −4
|-
|{{flagicon|IRI}}
|[[Team Melli|Iran]]
|align="left"| March 2000
|align="left"| October 2001
|20||13||5||3|| 65% ||39||15|| +24
|-
|{{flagicon|SYR}}
|[[Syria national football team|Syria]]
|align="left"| November 2001
|align="left"| September 2002
|10||9||0||1|| 90% ||11||3|| +8
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
! 34 !! 23 !! 5 !! 4 !! 70% !! 52 !! 24 !! +28
|}

==Personal life==
Talebi lives in [[Palo Alto]], [[California]], with his wife and three sons.<ref name=r1/> He moved to the United States in 1983.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football: Double agent Talebi?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-double-agent-talebi-1166561.html|date=21 June 1998|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=11 September 2009 | location=London | first=Rupert | last=Metcalf}}</ref>

==Honours==
[[File:Jalal Talebi and Parviz Ghelichkhani 1968 AFC Asian Cup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Jalal Talebi and [[Parviz Ghelichkhani]] with the [[1968 AFC Asian Cup]]]]

===Player===
;Daraei
*[[Tehran Championship]] (1): 1961

;Taj
*[[Iran Pro League|Iranian League]] (1): [[1970–71 Local League|1970–71]]
*[[Tehran Championship]] (1): 1970, 1971
*[[AFC Champions League|Asian Club Championship]] (1): [[1970 Asian Club Championship|1970]]

===Manager===
;Geylang United
*[[S.League]] (1): [[1996 S.League|1996]]
*[[Singapore FA Cup]] (1): 1996

;Iran
*[[West Asian Football Federation Championship]] (1): [[2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship|2000]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=r1>[http://takhtejamshidcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=237&Itemid=785 Jalal Talebi]. takhtejamshidcup.com</ref>
<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102659/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/jalal-talebi-1.html Jalal Talebi]. sports-reference.com</ref>
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Jalal Talebi}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|jalal-talebi}}

{{Iran national football team managers}}
{{Syria national football team managers}}
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