Background
Mansourian was born in Tehran.
Mansourian was born in Tehran.
He is currently manager of Naft Tehran F.C. in Iran Pro League. He played for Skoda Xanthi for one and a half seasons, taking part in 23 games. In December 1999 Mansourian went to Apollon Athens for six months where he played seven games and scored once.
After Apollon"s relegation he continued his career in Germany"s Saint Pauli where he remained for two seasons.
Finally he returned to Iran and Esteghlal Football Club where he was appointed as the teams captain. Mansourian said farewell to professional football at the end of the 2007-2008 season where Esteghlal became Hazfi Cup Champions.
Mansourian made 46 appearances for the Iran national football team and scored eight goals. He also participated in the 1998 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup.
He was head coach of Pas for four months in 2009.
In August 2010, Afshin Ghotbi chose Mansourian as his assistant coach for the Iran national football team After resignation of Ghotbi as head coach of national team, Mansourian was named as interim head coach until the appointment of Carlos Queiroz. On 28 April 2011, he became head coach of the Iranian national under-23 football team
On 2 January 2014, Mansourian resigned as head coach of Iran"s under-23 side.
He was replaced with Nelo Vingada. He became manager of Iran Pro League club Naft Tehran on 31 May 2014.