Navid Nasseri ( fa, نوید ناصری; born 26 July 1996) is an Iranian-English professional

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who plays for

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Club career

Nasseri played for the

Manchester United Academy Manchester United Football Club Under-21s is the most senior of Manchester United's youth teams and the club's former reserve team. They play in the Premier League 2, the highest tier of the Professional Development League. The team is effectiv ...

until the age of 16. He subsequently had stints with the academies of

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. T ...

and

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. Nasseri joined

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...

on a one-year deal in July 2014 and was assigned to the development squad. After making eight appearances for the side, his contract was terminated by mutual consent. On 28 October 2016, Nasseri signed for

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional association football, football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was liquidation, wound-up after a High Court of Justice, High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially kno ...

. In the winter of 2017, he trialled with Swedish clubs

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

and

GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its h ...

. In March 2017, he joined Syrianska in the same country. On 26 January 2018, Nasseri signed with

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club Gillingham for the remainder of the season. He made his professional debut on 10 March, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–1 away win against

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. He scored a goal in his first start for the club on 29 March 2018 against

MK Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...

. He signed a one-year deal with the club in May 2018, but he made just four further league appearances for the club before his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in January 2019. After an unsuccessful trial with Dutch side

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

, Nasseri signed for

NIFL Premiership The NIFL Premiership, known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship purposes, and colloquially as the Irish League or Irish Premiership, is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Northe ...

side

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in October 2019. He scored on his debut on 9 October 2019 as the club fell to a 2–1 defeat to

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...

in the

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, before making his full league debut three days later in a 3–1 win over

Carrick Rangers Carrick Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional Northern Irish football club playing in NIFL Premiership. The club, founded in 1939, hails from Carrickfergus, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Taylors Avenue which is known as ...

. On 31 July 2020, Nasseri and Glentoran won the 2019–20 Irish Cup. The day after winning the Irish Cup it was announced that Nasseri had signed for Linfield. Nasseri made his Linfield debut in a UEFA Champions League Preliminary round game against Tre Fiori. On 16 August 2021 it was announced Nasseri had signed for

Larne Larne (, , the name of a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory) is a town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of 18,755 at the United Kingdom census, 2011, 2011 Census. It is a major passenger and freight Roll-on/ro ...

, as part of a player exchange deal involving Martin Donnelly. Nasseri left Larne in the summer of 2022, and was without a club until joining

in February 2023.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Glentoran *

Irish Cup The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Samuel Gelston's Whiskey Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland. Ina ...

: 2019–20 Linfield *

: 2020-21 *Irish Cup: 2020-21 Larne *

County Antrim Shield The County Antrim & District Football Association Senior Shield (more commonly known as the County Antrim Shield) is a football competition in Northern Ireland. The competition is open to senior teams who are members of the North East Ulster Foo ...

: 2021-22

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nasseri, Navid 1996 births Living people English footballers Iranian footballers Men's association football midfielders Bury F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Syrianska FC players Gillingham F.C. players Glentoran F.C. players Linfield F.C. players English Football League players English expatriate footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden English people of Iranian descent British Asian footballers Sportspeople of Iranian descent Iranian expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers from Manchester