Poya Asbaghi

Poya Asbaghi (Persian: پویا اسبقی; [puːjɒː æsbæɣiː]; born 17 July 1985) is a Swedish-Iranian football manager who was most recently head coach of English Championship side Barnsley.

Poya Asbaghi
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-07-17) 17 July 1985
Place of birth Karaj, Iran
Teams managed
Years Team
2014–2015 Dalkurd FF (assistant)
2016–2017 Dalkurd FF
2017 Gefle IF
2018–2020 IFK Göteborg
2021 Sweden U21
2021–2022 Barnsley

Managerial career

IFK Göteborg

Asbaghi was appointed as manager of Swedish Allsvenskan side IFK Göteborg before the start of the 2018 Allsvenskan season.[1][2][3] On 25 July 2019, IFK extended his contract until 2022.[4] After the 2019 season, Poya Asbaghi was nominated as the manager of the year in Allsvenskan.[5] He was subsequently offered the manager role at English Championship side Barnsley which he turned down.[6]

Asbaghi led Göteborg to the 2019–20 Swedish Cup final after a win over IF Elfsborg on 9 July 2020.[7] On 30 July 2020, Asbaghi and Göteborg won the 2020 Swedish Cup Final after a 2–1 extra time win over Malmö FF, qualifying the team to the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds.[8]

Asbaghi was relieved of his duties on 3 September 2020 during the 2020 season.[9]

Sweden U21

On 24 November 2020, Asbaghi was appointed as manager of the Sweden U21 national team, with his contract running until summer 2023. He left in November 2021 to join Barnsley as their new head coach.[10]

Barnsley

In November 2021, Asbaghi was appointed head coach of Championship club Barnsley after the sacking of former head coach Markus Schopp. Ferran Sibila became his assistant.[11] Following relegation to League One for the 2022–23 season, Asbaghi left Barnsley by mutual agreement.[12]

Personal life

Asbaghi has stated that his family fled from Iran when he was one year old because of political persecution and for being advocates of freedom and opponents of the Islamic regime; he dreams of one day being able to go back unhindered.[13] Asbaghi grew up in Uppsala where his parents lived as of June 2020.[13]

Managerial record
As of 8 March 2022[14]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team From To Record Ref
M W D L Win %
Dalkurd FF 1 January 2016 14 May 2017 41 20 15 6 048.78
Gefle IF 29 May 2017 31 December 2017 21 10 4 7 047.62
IFK Göteborg 1 January 2018 3 September 2020 78 24 24 30 030.77
Sweden U21 24 November 2020 17 November 2021 7 5 2 0 071.43
Barnsley 21 November 2021 24 April 2022 19 3 5 11 015.79
Total 166 63 49 54 037.95 —

Honours

IFK Göteborg[15]

References
  1. "Vändningen: Han tar över IFK Göteborg".
  2. "Blåvitt-tränaren Asbaghi: "Jag skäms inte över min bakgrund"".
  3. Radio, Sveriges (19 December 2017). "Poya Asbaghi ska leda blåvitt mot toppen - P4 Göteborg". Sveriges Radio.
  4. "Poya Asbaghi förlänger med IFK Göteborg". www.aftonbladet.se.
  5. "De kan vinna pris som "allsvenskans bästa"". www.aftonbladet.se.
  6. "Poya Asbaghi: Gothenburg coach turns down Barnsley job". Sky Sports.
  7. "Asbaghi: "Man kan skriva en bok om Wernerssons vecka"". fotbollskanalen.
  8. "TV: IFK Göteborg cupmästare - Farnerud stor hjälte i förlängningsdrama mot MFF". fotbollskanalen.
  9. "Blåvitts transferintressenter bakom Poyas uttåg och flera värvningar: "För mycket att säga till om"". fotbollskanalen.
  10. "Poya Asbaghi näste U21-förbundskapten". www.svenskfotboll.se.
  11. Whitehead, Jacob (17 November 2021). "Barnsley appoint Poya Asbaghi as new head coach". The Athletic. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  12. "Poya Asbaghi: Barnsley part company with head coach following relegation to League One". BBC Sport. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  13. "Asbaghis två drömmar: Topplacering och Iranresa". www.aftonbladet.se.
  14. "Poya Asbaghi - Stats and titles won".
  15. "IFK Göteborg cupmästare". www.svenskfotboll.se.
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