Tasnim – Miodrag Bozovic was officially named Iran’s Esteghlal football team head coach on Wednesday.
The Montenegrin coach canceled his deal with Esteghlal Khuzestan due to financial issues and the non-payment of his dues on Tuesday.
Esteghlal is scheduled to play Persepolis in the Tehran derby on Thursday and the team will play Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia on Monday in the 2024-25 AFC Champions League Elite.
Bozovic started coaching career in the Serbian team Beograd in 2000 and has also worked as head coach in Russian clubs FC Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Amkar Perm, Rostov, Lokomotiv Moscow, Arsenal Tula and Azerbaijan’s Neftçi Baku.
