Navid Nasseri

Navid Nasseri (Persian: نوید ناصری‎; born 26 July 1996) is an Iranian-English professional footballer who plays for Linfield.

Navid Nasseri
Personal information
Full name Navid Nasseri
Date of birth (1996-07-26) 26 July 1996
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team
 Linfield
Number 19
Youth career
Manchester United
Crewe Alexandra
0000–2013 Blackburn Rovers
2013–2014 Bury
2014–2016 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Macclesfield Town 0 (0)
2017 Syrianska 25 (2)
2018–2019 Gillingham 8 (1)
2019–2020 Glentoran 20 (6)
2020– Linfield 0 (0)
National team
Iran U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:29, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Nasseri played for the Manchester United Academy until the age of 16.[1] He subsequently had stints with the academies of Crewe Alexandra, Blackburn Rovers and Bury.

Nasseri joined Birmingham City on a one year deal in July 2014 and was assigned to the development squad.[2] After making eight appearances for the side, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[3]

On 28 October 2016, Nasseri signed for Macclesfield Town.[4] In the winter of 2017, he trialled with Swedish clubs AIK and GIF Sundsvall. In March 2017, he joined Syrianska in the same country.[5]

On 26 January 2018, Nasseri signed with League One club Gillingham for the remainder of the season.[6] He made his professional debut on 10 March, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–1 away win against Portsmouth.[7] He scored a goal in his first start for the club on 29 March 2018 against MK Dons.[8] He signed a one-year deal with the club in May 2018, but he made just four further league appearances for the club before his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in January 2019.[9][10]

After an unsuccessful trial with Dutch side RKC Waalwijk,[11] Nasseri signed for NIFL Premiership side Glentoran in October 2019.[12] He scored on his debut on 9 October 2019 as the club fell to a 2–1 defeat to Coleraine in the Northern Ireland Football League Cup, before making his full league debut three days later in a 3-1 win over Carrick Rangers.[13][14] On 31 July 2020, Nasseri and Glentoran won the 2019–20 Irish Cup.[15]

The day after winning the Irish Cup it was announced that Nasseri had signed for Linfield.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 August 2020
Club Division Season League Cup League cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Macclesfield Town National League 2016-17 0000000000
Syrianska Superettan 2017 25210––262
Gillingham League One 2017-18 4100000041
2018-19 4000003070
Glentoran NIFL Premiership 2019–20 2064011–257
Linfield 2020–21 0000000000
Sweden total 252100000262
England total 81000030111
Northern Ireland total 206401100257
Career total 5395011306210

Honours

Glentoran[15]

gollark: Hang gliding?
gollark: Scuba diving?
gollark: You keep reusing that one.
gollark: Dice stacking?
gollark: Snowboarding?

References
  1. "Fostrad i Manchester Uniteds akademi – nu har han skrivit på för Syrianska: "Har härlig teknik" [Born in the Manchester United Academy - now he has written for Syrianska: "Has a great technique"]" (in Swedish). LT. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. Colin Tattum (28 July 2014). "Blues sign Bury youngster Navid Nasseri". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  3. Brian Dick (20 January 2015). "Birmingham City: Navid Nasseri leaves Blues after failing to break into the first team". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. "Macclesfield Town bring in three new faces including ex-Wrexham defender Curtis Obeng". The Non-League Football Paper. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. "Officiellt: Syrianska FC värvar Navid Nasseri [Official: Syriaska FC sign Navid Nasseri]" (in Swedish). Fotboll Transfers. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  6. "Navid Nasseri: Gillingham sign Iran Under-21 international". BBC Sport. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  7. "Portsmouth 1–3 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  8. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43495169
  9. "Midfielder Navid Nasseri completes contract extension at Gillingham". 31 May 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  10. "Navid Nasseri leaves Gillingham after cancelling his contract". Kent Online. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  11. "Team Talks: Navid Nasseri | Glentoran FC". www.glentoran.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  12. "Glentoran sign former Gillingham midfielder Navid Nasseri". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  13. "Coleraine 2-1 Glentoran | Glentoran FC". www.glentoran.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  14. "Glentoran 3-1 Carrick Rangers | Glentoran FC". www.glentoran.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  15. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53596794
  16. "Linfield make quadruple signing as Glentoran back up Irish Cup success with new arrivals of their own". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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