Amin Nazari

Amin Nazari
Personal information
Full name Amin Lazarte Nazari
Date of birth (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Falkenbergs FF
Number 19
Youth career
1998–2011 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Malmö FF 18 (0)
2013Assyriska FF (loan) 23 (4)
2015Fredrikstad (loan) 26 (3)
2016– Falkenbergs FF 4 (1)
National team
2009 Sweden U17 12 (3)
2011–2012 Sweden U19 8 (3)
2013 Sweden U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 May 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

Amin Nazari (Persian: امین نظری; born 26 April 1993 in Malmö)[1] is a Swedish born Iranian-Filipino footballer currently playing for Falkenbergs FF as a centre midfielder. His brother Omid also played for Malmö FF.[2]

Career

Club career

Malmö FF

Nazari began playing football at Malmö FF at the age of five.[3] He made his way up to the first team and made his Allsvenskan debut in a match against Mjällby AIF on 20 April 2011.[4] Nazari signed a two-and-a-half year first team contract on 4 May 2011, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2013 season.[5] He made his UEFA debut on 26 July 2011 in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round against Rangers F.C..[6][7] Nazari saw much more limited play during the 2012 season due to high competition in the central midfield. He only played one match during the season, a goalless home draw against BK Häcken. Back in Malmö FF during the 2014 season, Nazari made sporadic substitution appearances, adding up to a total of ten matches during the league season.

Loan spells

On 29 March 2013 it was announced that Nazari was to be on loan at Superettan club Assyriska FF until the end of the 2013 season. At the same time he extended his contract with Malmö FF until the end of the 2015 season.[8] Nazari played 23 matches and scored four goals for Assyriska during his loan spell at the club. After having made sporadic appearances for Malmö FF during the 2014 season Nazari went on loan to Norwegian side Fredrikstad for the duration of the 2015 season.[9]

Falkenbergs FF

On 7 January 2016 it was confirmed that Nazari had signed a contract with Falkenbergs FF in the Allsvenskan.[10] Nazari scored his first goal for Falkenbergs on 21 February 2016 in the 2015–16 Svenska Cupen.[11]

International career

Nazari was born in Sweden, his parents are from Iran and the Philippines.[1] He is therefore eligible to play for Sweden, Iran or the Philippines. Nazari has stated that playing for Sweden would be the most logical choice should the opportunity arise in the future.[3] His older brother Omid Nazari played for the Iranian national team and now he represents to the Philippines.[12][13]

In 2009, he played for Sweden's under-17 team during the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, playing in all three matches and scoring one goal.[14]

Career statistics

As of 6 November 2015.[15]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Malmö FF 2011 703110111
2012 100000
Total 803110121
Assyriska FF 2013 23410244
Total 2341000244
Malmö FF 2014 1001030140
Total 1001030140
Fredrikstad 2015 26324287
Total 2632400287
Career total 67775407812

Honours

Club

Malmö FF

References

  1. 1 2 "Den Himmelsblå Framtiden: Omid om drömmen att spela med brorsan" (in Swedish). Svenska Fans. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  2. "Omid Nazari". angelholmsff.se (in Swedish). Ängelholms FF. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 Högström, Henrik (20 April 2011). "Nazari: "Det största jag varit med om"". Expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  4. Jönsson, Jan (20 April 2011). "Bästa MFF-starten på 60 år". Sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  5. "Amin Nazari – dubbelt 18!". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  6. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/clubs/player=250012745/
  7. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000261/match=2007528/postmatch/lineups/index.html
  8. "Nytt kontrakt och utlåning för Amin". mff.se (in Swedish). 29 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  9. "Amin Nazari lånas ut till Fredrikstad". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  10. "Nazari lämnar MFF för allsvensk konkurrent" (in Swedish). expressen.se. 7 January 2016.
  11. http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/fff-inledde-tavlingsaret-med-seger-547944.aspx
  12. "Omid Nazari: "Stort att mäta sig med de bästa"". svenskafans.com (in Swedish). Svenska Fans. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  13. "PFF advisory on Philippines men’s national team’s WCQ matches on 24 and 29 March 2016". pff.org.ph. Philippines Football Federation. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  14. "Amin Nazari profile". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  15. "Amin Nazari". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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