Nima Nakisa

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Personal information
Nima Nakisa
Full name	Nima Nakisa
Date of birth	May 1, 1975 (age 31)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Esteghlal Jonub Dezful
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1999 1999 1999-2000 2000-2002 2002-2006 2006-present	Persepolis FC KS Flamurtari Vlorë AO Kavalas Bargh Shiraz Pas Tehran Esteghlal Jonub Dezful	2 (0)
National team²
1996-1998	Iran	11 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 September 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 8 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Nima Nakisa (نیما نکیسا in Persian) (born May 1, 1975 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football goalkeeper.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Personal life
4 External link

[edit] Club career

Nakisa first entered the limelight in Iranian football when he played for Persepolis FC. Following World Cup 1998, Nakisa was transferred to Albanian Side KS Flamurtari Vlorë, but left very soon after to AO Kavalas. He had a tough time there, and moved back to Iran the season after. He went back to Persepolis but due to his rivalry with Abedzadeh, Nakisa decided to leave the club for Pas Tehran. He played there until August 2006, when he quit after having an argument with Pas Tehran officials. There was speculation linking him to Esteghlal Ahvaz, but after the signing of Ebrahim Mirzapour, Nakisa was no longer needed. Because of this he missed the IPL transfer deadline and had to sign for Azadegan League team, Esteghlal Jonub Dezful.

[edit] International career

Nakisa made his first appearance for the Iranian national team in a friendly versus Lebanon on November 13, 1996. Nakisa was playing for Persepolis FC at the time. Because of an injury to Iran's number one goalkeeper, Ahmadreza Abedzadeh, Nakisa started all of Iran's games in Asia Cup 1996, performing quite well, despite his lack of experience. He was called up again to the national team for World Cup 1998. Once again Abedzadeh was injured and Nakisa started in his place for the first game versus Yugoslavia national football team. Nakisa was extremely nervous, and his mistake allowed Siniša Mihajlović to score on a free kick. Iran lost the game 1-0. Nakisa did not start the other two games and his only other international appearances after that were at the Thailand Asian Games in 1998. He was called up to the national team again by Iran's then manager Branko Ivanković, but did not play.

[edit] Personal life

Nakisa has a background in music. He is able to play the piano, and also released a music album in 2005.

[edit] External link

Nima Nakisa at TeamMelli.com

	Iran squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Abedzadeh \| 2 Mahdavikia \| 3 Saadavi \| 4 Khakpour \| 5 Peyrovani \| 6 Bagheri \| 7 Mansourian \| 8 Dinmohammadi \| 9 Estili \| 10 Daei \| 11 Azizi \| 12 Nakisa \| 13 Latifi \| 14 Mohammadkhani \| 15 Ostad‑Asadi \| 16 Shahroudi \| 17 Zarincheh \| 18 Hamedani \| 19 Seraj \| 20 Pashazadeh \| 21 Minavand \| 22 Boromand \| Coach: Talebi