Navid Nasseri (; born 26 July 1996) is an Iranian-English professional

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Club career

Nasseri played for the Manchester United Academy until the age of 16. He subsequently had stints with the academies of

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and Bury. Nasseri joined

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

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

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. 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

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, Nasseri signed for

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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

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in the

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

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, 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

Macclesfield Macclesfield () is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is sited on the River Bollin and the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east; the town lies south of Ma ...

in February 2023. After a single appearance, in which he scored a consolation penalty in a 2–1

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defeat to Runcorn Linnets, Nasseri was released at the conclusion of the 2022–23 season. In October 2024, Nasseri joined

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Division One West club

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Indoor football career

In 2025, Nasseri joined

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and Chloe Kelly's Wembley Rangers AFC in the inaugural season of

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Glentoran *

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: 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 F ...

: 2021-22

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nasseri, Navid 1996 births Living people English men's footballers Iranian men's 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 Macclesfield F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players English Football League players English expatriate men's 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 21st-century English sportsmen 21st-century Iranian sportsmen