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

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who plays as a

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for One Taguig of the

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. Born in Sweden, he has represented the Iran national team.

Career

Club career

Malmö FF

Nazari made his

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debut for

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in a match against

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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

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. It was announced on 15 December 2011 that Nazari would leave Malmö to join

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side

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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 in

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

Global F.C.

Nazari was signed by

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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 2016 UFL Cup scoring a hat-trick in the 7–0 win over

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Nazari is registered as a Filipino player in the United Football League. Nazari made his debut in the League against

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coming in as a substitute. He scored his first league goal for Global in an 8-nil thrashing win against

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Melaka United

On November 17, 2016, Melaka United 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 F.C.

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

. 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

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. and made his debut against PSS Sleman. 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

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and his parents are from

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

and the

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. He was, therefore, eligible to play for

or the

. On 12 May 2012 the

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side's manager, Carlos Queiroz, confirmed that Omid will join Team Melli in a camp in

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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

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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

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to make the switch.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

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

Honours

Ceres Negros *

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Terengganu *

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runner-up: 2023

References

External links

SvFF profile
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