Afshin Nazemi ( fa, افشین ناظمی; born 20 February 1971 in

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) is an Iranian

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and the retired player who is currently manager of Gilanmehr Fouman.

Playing career

He began his career as a football player in 1990 with Esteghlal Rasht. After two years, he joined the first team squad and played for the team for ten years, then moved to Pegah and played three years for the team. He retired in July 2006.

Managerial career

He became assistant manager of

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, a new club that was established after the dissolution of Pegah. The first head coach who Nazemi worked with was

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, then he worked with Hossein Abdi,

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and

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. After Pušnik was sacked in July 2010, Nazemi was appointed as the caretaker head coach of the club. After

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was signed as the new head coach, he returned to his assistant role and worked with him. Then

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, Omid Harandi and

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. When Derakhshan was sacked by the club, Nazemi was appointed as caretaker manager of the club to lead the team until the end of the

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. After his good results, he was confirmed by club chairman,

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to lead the team in 2013–14 season. However, Nazemi was sacked as Damash's manager on 26 January 2014 after six consecutive defeats.Official: Nazemi sacked as Damash manager

Managerial Statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nazemi, Afshin 1971 births Living people Iranian men's footballers Iranian football managers Footballers from Gilan province S.C. Damash Gilan managers Men's association football midfielders Persian Gulf Pro League managers