Nasser Hejazi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 December 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Date of death | 23 May 2011 (aged 61) | ||
| Place of death | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1965 | Nader | ||
| 1967–1977 | Taj | ||
| 1977–1980 | Shahbaz | ||
| 1980–1986 | Esteghlal | ||
| 1986–1987 | Mohammedan | ||
| National team | |||
| 1968–1980 | Iran | 62 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988 | Mohammedan | ||
| 1988–1989 | Shahrdari Kerman | ||
| 1989 | Bangladesh | ||
| 1990–1992 | Bank Tejarat | ||
| 1992–1993 | Shahrdari Kerman | ||
| 1994–1995 | Sepahan | ||
| 1995–1996 | Mashin Sazi | ||
| 1996–1999 | Esteghlal | ||
| 1999–2001 | Zob Ahan | ||
| 2001–2002 | Esteghlal Rasht | ||
| 2003 | Mashin Sazi | ||
| 2003–2004 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | ||
| 2006–2007 | Nassaji Mazandaran | ||
| 2007 | Esteghlal | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nasser Hejazi (14 December 1949 – 23 May 2011), nicknamed "the legendary goalkeeper", was an Iranian football player and coach who most notably played for Esteghlal Tehran FC (Taj).
Considered as the best goalkeeper in the history of Iranian football and Asia, he was capped 62 times for the Iran national football team. In 2000, the Asian Football Confederation ranked him the second best Asian goalkeeper of the 20th century.
He was goalkeeper of Iran national team in the 1960s and 1970s and won the AFC Asian Cup on two occasions in 1972 and 1976, and Asian Games title once, and competed in the 1972 Munich Olympics and 1976 Montreal Olympics and 1978 FIFA World Cup.
As a Manager, he won an Azadegan League in 1998 and a Bangladesh League in 1988, as well as a runner-up place in AFC Champions League in 1999.
Hejazi was born on 14 December 1949 in Tehran, Iran. His father, Ali Akbar had a real estate agency in Tehran and was an Iranian Azerbaijani from Tabriz. He was admitted to Allameh Tabatabai University in 1977. He was later enrolled in Nader F.C. in 1964 and played for club until 1965. After that, he signed a contract with Taj Tehran and started his career in a professional club.
Hejazi was the goalkeeper of the Taj Tehran and Iran during the 1970s. Hejazi first broke into the Taj side when he was only 18 years old and while a member of the now defunct Nader FC. He won the Asian Club Championship in 1970; he also won the Iranian league in 1971 as well as 1975 and was positioned second in 1974. Further on, he won the Hazfi Cup in 1977.
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