IPL: Kurban Berdyev named new Tractor Sazi manager

Tehran Times – TABRIZ, Tractor Sazi Tabriz have appointed former Rubin Kazan coach Kurban Bekiyevich Berdyev as their new manager to take over from Ertugrul Saglam, the Iranian football club said on Sunday.

The 69-year-old coach will work in the club as head coach and technical manager at all levels, the Tabriz-based club said.

Tractor Sazi has not won a title in the Iran Pro league so far.

They have hired big coaches namely, Georges Leekens, Mustafa Denizli, John Toshack, and Antonio Jose Conceicao Oliveira over the past years.

Tractor Sazi came 13th in Iran Professional League in the 2021/22 season.