Amin Nazari

Amin Nazari
Personal information
Full nameAmin Nazari
Date of birth26 April 1993
Place of birthMalmö, Sweden
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Fredrikstad
(on loan from Malmö FF)
Number5
Youth career
1998–2011Malmö FF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–Malmö FF18(0)
2013→ Assyriska FF (loan)23(4)
2015–Fredrikstad (loan)4(1)
National team
2009Sweden U1712(3)
2011–2012Sweden U198(3)
2013–Sweden U211(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 February 2013

Amin Nazari (Persian: امین نظری; born 26 April 1993 in Malmö)[1] is a Swedish footballer currently playing for Fredrikstad on loan from Malmö 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] 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. He also made his UEFA Champions League debut on 16 July 2014 against FK Ventspils.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

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 plays for the Iranian national team.[9]

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.[10]

Career statistics

As of 1 May 2015.[11]
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 411354
Total 41130054
Career total 4556440559

Honours

Club

Malmö FF

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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. 3.0 3.1 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. "Malmö and Ventspils play out goalless draw". uefa.com. UEFA. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  7. "Nytt kontrakt och utlåning för Amin". mff.se (in Swedish). 29 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  8. "Amin Nazari lånas ut till Fredrikstad". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  9. "Omid Nazari: "Stort att mäta sig med de bästa"". svenskafans.com (in Swedish). Svenska Fans. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  10. "Amin Nazari profile". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  11. "Amin Nazari". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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