Nader Dastneshan ( fa, نادر دست نشان , 29 November 1959 – 16 April 2021) was an Iranian

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player and coach.

Early life

Nader Dastneshan was born on 24 May 1960 in Shaahi, Mazandaran Province. His father Azerbaijani was from Tabriz and his mother was from Sari. He has three sisters and five brothers; he was the youngest son in the family. At beginning of football, he was a goalkeeper but later he became midfielder.

Club career

He started his career in Nasaji Mazandaran and was in club until his retirement in 1993.

Coaching career

Dastneshan studied coaching techniques in

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and received a degree by AFC for coaching. He became assistant coach to Carlo Soldoy, Italian head coach of Iran under-20 national football team in 1997. Iran U-20 team came fourth in AFC Asian Cup at that year. He coached in many Iranian clubs and he is known as a manager who upgraded teams to Division 1 of Iranian football but he didn't manage for more than one year in each club.

Honours

Mes Kerman *

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: 2006–07 Pegah Gilan * Hazfi Cup: 2007–08 (Runner-up) Steel Azin *

: 2008–09 Naft Tehran *

: 2009–10 Sanat Naft *

: 2015–16

Death

Dastneshan died one week after being hospitalised due to COVID-19. He was 60 years old.

References

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