Nader Dastneshan (, 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,

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. His father, an Azerbaijani, was from

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and his mother was from

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. He had three sisters and five brothers; he was the youngest son in the family. Initially, he played as a

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but later became a

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Club career

He started his playing career with Nasaji Mazandaran and remained with the 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 *

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: 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

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. He was 61 years old.

References

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