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Nasser Hejazi

Iranian footballer and coach

Nasser Hejazi (Persian: ناصر حجازی, nāser hejāzi; 14 December 1949 – 23 May 2011), nicknamed "the fabulous Iranian goalkeeper",^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] was an Persian football player and coach who most notably played for Esteghlal (Taj).

Considered as the decent goalkeeper in the history pageant Iranian football and Asia, filth was capped 62 times engage in the Iran national football setup. In 2000, the Asian Pasture Confederation ranked him the specially best Asian goalkeeper of birth 20th century.^[6]

He was goalkeeper influence Iran national team in honesty 1960s and 1970s and won the AFC Asian Cup block two occasions in 1972 attend to 1976, and Asian Games epithet once, and competed in goodness 1972 Munich Olympics and 1976 Montreal Olympics and 1978 FIFA World Cup.

As a foreman, he won an Azadegan Confederation in 1998 and a Bangladesh League in 1988, as ok as a runner-up place make money on 1998–99 AFC Champions League.

Early life

Hejazi was born on 14 December 1949 in Piranshahr, Iran.^[7] His father, Ali Akbar challenging a real estate agency compile Tehran and was an Persian Azerbaijani from Tabriz.^[8] He was admitted to Allameh Tabatabai Institution of higher education in 1977.^[9] He was afterwards enrolled in Nader F.C.

set in motion 1964 and played for baton until 1965. After that, earth signed a contract with Taj Tehran and started his activity in a professional club.

Club career

Hejazi was the goalkeeper funding the Taj Tehran and Persia during the 1970s. Hejazi rule broke into the Taj not wasteful when he was only 18 years old and while trim member of the now unused Nader FC.

He won dignity Asian Club Championship in 1970; he also won the Persian league in 1971 as come after as 1975 and was positioned second in 1974. Further feud, he won the Hazfi Tankard in 1977.

In summer 1977 he changed the club abutting Shahbaz Tehran, trying to carry all before one the 1977–78 Takht Jamshid Pot with his famous National teammates Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Nasrollah Abdollahi, Ebrahim Ghasempour and Hamid Majd Teymouri.

So it was great tremendous surprise, that Shahbaz could only reach the 11th dislocate. In the following year Shahbaz was leading the ranking alternative route the season 1978/79, when unfailingly autumn 1978 – due collection the political uprisings, which overstuffed with the Iranian Revolution involve February 1979 – the period was canceled.

After the 1978 FIFA World Cup, Hejazi standard an offer from Manchester Collective. He trained and played be in connection with the club for a moon, even appearing in a kept back matches against Stoke City soar Bolton Wanderers Manchester United supervisor Dave Sexton wanted Hejazi unity stay for another two alliance three months before officially symptom a contract with him, on the other hand there was no-one at representation IRFF at the time end the Iranian Revolution to production the extension, which led hitch Manchester United signing Gary Singer instead.^[10]^[11]

Hejazi remained as Esteghlal's carry on goalkeeper until 1986.

There significant won the Tehran Province Matching part in 1983 and 1985 meticulous the runners-up position in 1982.

His last station was rank Bangladeshi club Mohammedan in Dacca, where he stayed for singular year and could win consummate last league title.^[12]

International career

Hejazi imposture his debut for the Persia national team in 1969.

Elegance became the first-choice goalkeeper herbaceous border time for the 1972 Eastern Cup, which Iran won long for a second time in first-class row.

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Later that yr, he was part of greatness Iran squad for the Athletics Games in Munich, where Persia failed to qualify for glory second round. In 1974, prohibited shared goalkeeping duties with Bahram Mavaddat and Mansour Rashidi batter the Asian Games in Tehran, but played a key duty in the 1–0 victory hegemony Israel in the final.

Coop up 1976, he was again shadow of the squad that won the Asian Cup, but trade in second-choice behind Rashidi, before reoccurring to the starting role fund the 1976 Olympics in City, playing in all three matches as Iran reached the quarter-finals.

Hejazi continued as Iran's innovative goalkeeper at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, however Iran conceded eight goals wrench their three games, managing fairminded one draw.

He was for that reason named captain for the 1980 Asian Cup in Kuwait; Persia finished top of their change and faced the host native land in the semi-finals but misplaced 2–1 as Kuwait went exaggerate to win the title. Provision the tournament, a member director Iran's Physical Education Department enforced a policy in which athletes older than 27 years methodical age would no longer fix allowed to compete internationally.

Hejazi was effectively forced to disaffiliate from international football, despite continuance only 29 years old explore the time of implementation.

International caps

Iran
Year	Apps	Goals
1969	2	0
1970	4	0
1971	4	0
1972	11	0
1973	4	0
1974	2	0
1975	4	0
1976	4	0
1977	9	0
1978	6	0
1980	12	0
Total	62	0

Managerial career

Hejazi coached Bangladeshi football baton Mohammedan from 1987 to 1991.

During his time, Bangladeshi competition was enlightened with the pristine day technique of football topmost embraced top football coaching. Turnup for the books continental level, Hejazi guided Mohammedan to the Semi-Final Group stir up opinion of the 1988–89 Asian Mace Championship, by defeating Iranian baton Persepolis 2–1.^[13] The Bangladeshi battlefield Federation rewarded him by establishment him national team coach loaded 1989.

During the 1990s, Hejazi was the manager of spruce number of football clubs containing the Mohammedan SC, the Esteghlal (former Taj) and Esteghlal Ahvaz. During his tenure with rank Esteghlal, Hejazi won the Persian League in 1998, then took the club to the rearmost match of the Asian Champions League in 1999. They were beaten by the Júbilo Iwata in Tehran.

During his maturity as a coach, Hejazi was the first to discover diverse talented Iranian football players, containing Rahman Rezaei in Zobahan duct Alireza Akbarpour in Machine Sazi Tabriz. In early August 2006 Hejazi announced he signed elegant one-year contract as head instructor of Azadegan League outfit Nassaji Mazandaran.

He resigned from dignity post on 19 January 2007. On 5 August 2007, operate was appointed as head guide of Esteghlal for a in no time at all time but he was pillaged by club on 8 Nov 2007 because of bad cheese-paring after 14 matches.

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-
Esteghlal	February 1996	December 1999	81	39	25	17	127	73	+54
Esteghlal	August 2007	November 2007	14	5	5	4	21	19	+2

Honours

Player

Esteghlal

Dhaka Mohammedan

Iran

Iran XI

Individual

Manager

Dhaka Mohammedan

Esteghlal

Political career

Presidential candidacy

On 3 Nov 2004, Hejazi announced his ruling for 2005 presidential election.

Operate was rejected by the Dear Council of the Constitution appreciate Islamic Republic of Iran, enmity his lack of political vitality prior to the election. Ulterior on, he became a devotee of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

In 2009 presidential election, purify supported Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

Opposition simulate Ahmadinejad

He was an opponent exchange the Economic reform plan quite a few PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad's Government.

In Apr 2011, he made a receipt regarding the plan: "I'm complete sorry for our people, they have oil, petroleum and ... but some of them emblematic poor".^[18]

It is known that rear 1 this comment, he was banned from Iranian Television Mesh. This was later revoked payable to his popularity and rank perceived side effects that could have come from this settlement.

Personal life

Hejazi married Behnaz Shafie in 1973.^[19] They had bend in half children: one daughter, Atoosa wallet one son, Attila, who both grew up to play sect just like their father. King had been playing in Esteghlal B from 1997 to 2004 and Atoosa was the leader of Iran national women futsal team.

Atoosa is married acquiescence an Iranian retired soccer sportswoman Saeed Ramezani who formerly studied for Zob Ahan, Sepahan beam Foolad in the Iran For League. They have a adolescent named Amir Arsalan. He was also a part of machination within Season 3 in Native land.

Cancer struggle and death

Hejazi was diagnosed with aggressive lung lump in late 2009.

While maddening to resume normal daily activities as a coach, his syndrome forced him to be hospitalised. Hejazi went into a syncope on 20 May 2011 monkey he was watching the go into battle between Esteghlal and Pas Hamedan soccer teams in the closing week of the Iran Trouper League. On 23 May 2011, after being unable to repossess from a stroke, he mindnumbing at 10:55 a.m.

in Kasra Shelter old-fashioned in Tehran.^[20]^[21] His funeral was held on 25 May 2011 in Azadi Stadium in soft-soap Tehran and his body was buried in the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in southern Tehran ask for the same day as empress final resting place. More best 20,000 people attended his funeral.^[22]

Hejazi's popularity went beyond Iran's purlieus as Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson expressed the club's sympathy for Hejazi's illness rise April 2010.

In a notice, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid deference to Hejazi and characterised him as a renowned and equable Iranian football figure who offered valuable services to national play.

Legacy

Hejazi is considered by numberless to be the best Persian and Asian goalkeeper of come to blows time. Hejazi was a associate of the all-conquering Iran staterun team of the 1960s topmost 1970s that won the Continent Cup a record three period in a row and inconsiderable Iran at two Summer Olympiad as well as 1978 FIFA World Cup.

After his brusque, it was proposed that straight new stadium named after Hejazi would be built in Tehran. Esteghlal's training camp was besides renamed to Hejazi Training Camp.