Omid Nazari ( fa, امید نظری, born 29 April 1991) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. His brother, Amin, also played for Omid's previous club,

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association ...

, in the Allsvenskan.

Career

Club career

Malmö FF

Nazari made his Allsvenskan debut for

in a match against

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play thei ...

on 3 July 2011. He made his

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debut on 13 July 2011 in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round against HB Tórshavn. It was announced on 15 December 2011 that Nazari would leave Malmö to join Superettan side

Ängelholms FF Ängelholms FF is a football club based in Ängelholm, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Ängelholms IP. The club was formed in 1976 as a merger between Ängelholms IF and Skörpinge GIF. The ...

Ängelholms FF

When signing for Ängelholms FF, the coaching staff especially wanted to lift Nazari's potential, technique, play intelligence and speed, combined with a good character off the field. Nazari played there for three seasons.

FC Rosengård

After injuries, Nazari lost his motivation to play football, but he still wanted to try to play at least once more in a professional capacity. Therefore, he signed for FC Rosengård 1917 in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...

. While playing for FC Rosengård, Nazari reawakened his love for football, and he would later find his way to Asia.

Global FC

Nazari was signed by

Global F.C. Global Football Club was a professional association football, football club that last played in the Philippines Football League (PFL), the top flight of Philippines' club football. The club has won four league titles, two UFL Cups, one UFL FA Cu ...

of the Philippine United Football League in January 2016. According to

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, Nazari described it as an adventure, a way to discover his mother's homeland and an opportunity to chase a larger contract in Asia. Nazari made his debut at the

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scoring a hat-trick in the 7–0 win over Pasargad F.C. Nazari is registered as a Filipino player in the United Football League. Nazari made his debut in the League against Stallion coming in as a substitute. He scored his first league goal for Global in an 8-nil thrashing win against Laos.

Melaka United

On November 17, 2016,

Melaka United Melaka United Football Club () was a defunct Malaysian professional football club based in Malacca that competes in the Malaysia Super League. They were owned by Kenteam Sdn Bhd which is one of nitrile glove producer in Malaysia. Previously, th ...

announced that they had signed Nazari. Shortly after, he came down with severe food poisoning and lost several kilograms of weight, therefore missed a majority of pre-season training which included friendly matches. His contract was then terminated in January 2017 due to difficulty in regaining fitness after Nazari suffered from food poisoning.

Ceres-Negros FC

By late-March 2017, Nazari is already with Ceres-Negros F.C. which is set to participate in the inaugural season of the

Philippines Football League The Philippines Football League, commonly known as PFL, is a Filipino professional football league sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). It is the Philippines' highest level of men's club football, supplanting the United Foo ...

. Nazari won the league title with Ceres in both the 2017 and 2018 season.

Persib Bandung

On 20 August 2019, Nazari joined Liga 1 club

Persib Bandung Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Bandung'), commonly referred to as Persib Bandung, or simply Persib, is a professional football club based in Bandung, West Java, which competes in Liga 1, the to ...

. and made his debut against

PSS Sleman Perserikatan Sepakbola Sleman ( 'Sleman Football Union'), or mostly known through its abbreviation PSS, is a professional football club based in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The club competes in the Liga 1 , the top ...

. He scored his first goal for Persib Bandung against Arema leading to a 3-1 victory for Persib Bandung.

International career

Like his brother, Nazari was born in Sweden and his parents are from

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

and the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. He was, therefore, eligible to play for Sweden,

or the

. On 12 May 2012 the

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

side's manager,

Carlos Queiroz Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz (; born 1 March 1953) is a Portuguese football coach who currently is the head coach of the Iran national team. He has served as the manager of his native Portugal's national team, the United Arab Emirat ...

, confirmed that Omid will join Team Melli in a camp in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

before the friendly match against

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. He had his first international appearance for Team Melli in

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against

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in a friendly on 16 August 2012. His first national team goal came months later against

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

on 15 December. Since his five appearances for the Iran team were friendlies and West Asian Football Federation Championship matches, Nazari is still available to switch allegiance to the Philippines or Sweden. In March 2016, he received his first international call-up to the Philippines national team. However, he has yet to receive clearance from FIFA to make the switch.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;Ceres Negros *

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Career

Club career

Malmö FF

Ängelholms FF

FC Rosengård

Global FC

Melaka United

Ceres-Negros FC

Persib Bandung

International career

Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

Club

See also

References

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