Wet Hejazi
| Wet Hejazi | ||
 (1978)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Wet Hejazi | |
| birthday | December 19, 1949 | |
| place of birth | Tehran , Iran | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1964-1965 | Nader | 20 (0) |
| 1967-1977 | Taj | 106 (0) |
| 1977-1980 | Shahbaz Tehran | 57 (0) |
| 1980-1986 | Esteghlal | 43 (0) |
| 1986-1987 | Mohammedan SC | 31 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1968-1980 | Iran | 62 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1988 | Mohammedan SC | |
| 1988-1989 | Shahrdari Kerman | |
| 1989 | Bangladesh | |
| 1990-1992 | Bank Tejarat FC | |
| 1992-1993 | Sepahan | |
| 1996-1999 | Esteghlal | |
| 1999-2001 | Zob Ahan | |
| 2001-2002 | Esteghlal Rasht | |
| 2003 | Machine Sazi Tabriz | |
| 2003-2004 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | |
| 2006-2007 | Nassaji Mazandaran | |
| 2007 | Esteghlal | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Nasser Hejazi (born December 19, 1949 in Tehran , Iran ; † May 23, 2011 ibid) was an Iranian football player and coach . He spent most of his career with Esteghlal Tehran and was referred to by many as Ostureh (The Legend) .
He is considered one of the most successful football players in the history of Iranian football and belonged to the so-called "Golden Team" of the 1970s; He was considered one of the world's best goalkeepers in the late 1970s and was voted the second best goalkeeper of the 20th century in Asia by the Asian Football Association in 2000 .
In the 1970s he was in the goal of Team Melli and won twice the Asian Cup ( 1972 and 1976 ) and once the soccer competition of the Asian Games ( 1974 ); he took part in the Summer Olympic Games ( 1972 in Munich and 1976 in Montreal ) and the World Cup ( 1978 in Argentina ). As a coach he celebrated national (championship and cup win) and international successes (participation in the final of the Asian Champions League ).
Early career
Hejazi was born on December 19, 1949 in the Iranian capital Tehran. His father, a real estate agent, was from Tabriz . He himself began his career with Nader FC in 1964 and stayed there for a year. Then he decided against Pas Tehran and for Taj Tehran , where he signed a contract that enabled him to start a professional career.
Career in the club
Hejazi played for Taj Tehran between 1965 and 1977. He celebrated his first major success at the age of 20 when he won the Asian championship with his club . Then he confirmed his achievements by winning the Tehran championship in 1971 and the runner-up title and the title in the Iranian league in 1974 and 1975; in addition there was the cup victory in 1977.
In 1977 Hejazi moved to Shahbaz Tehran within the Iranian league . In late 1978, when the championship was interrupted after twelve rounds in the wake of political unrest, Shahbaz Tehran led the table.
Before the 1978 World Cup , Hejazi had many offers from other European countries, including a. from Paris Saint-Germain , knocked out because he had hoped for better offers after the World Cup. Indeed, in the fall of 1978, Manchester United invited him to practice training and test matches. When the move to England should have taken place in the winter of 1978/79 , in the turmoil of the revolution within the Iranian Football Association, nobody was entitled to approve this move.
Hejazi stayed with Esteghlal Tehran (Taj was renamed after the 1979 revolution) until 1986, where he won the Tehran League twice in 1983 and 1985 (the national league paused until 1989 because of the First Gulf War ).
At the end of his career he moved to Bangladesh to Mohammedan SC , where he celebrated his last championship title as a player in 1987.
Career in the national team
Hejazi was invited for the first time to the Iranian national team that won the Asian Cup for the first time in 1968 against the then highly valued Israeli team. From 1970 he was the team's regular goalkeeper until 1980, with short interruptions due to injuries. During this time he was able to win the Asian Championships in 1972 and 1976 and the 1974 Asian Games soccer competition.
In 1972 and 1976 he represented Iran at the Olympic Games. While the Melli team could only achieve an insignificant victory in 1972 in Munich in the last group game against Brazil, they reached the quarter-finals of the tournament in Montreal in 1976 , in which they had to admit defeat 1: 2 to the strong Soviet team around Oleh Blochin .
He played his best tournament in 1978 in Argentina , where he suffered eight goals (four from penalties), but his performances were highly praised by the press, especially those in the 1-1 draw against Scotland , which had traveled to Argentina as an insider tip for the World Cup.
After the Iranian Revolution he only played two tournaments: in 1980 he was able to win the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow , although Iran did not take part due to the Olympic boycott; then he led Iran as captain to third place at the 1980 Asian Championships in Kuwait .
After that, Hejazi retired from the national team due to a curious regulation, according to which players older than 28 could no longer be nominated for the national team.
Career as a coach
Hejazi began his coaching career in 1987 in Bangladesh with Dhaka Mohammedan SC , where he stayed until 1991. He celebrated two championship titles in 1988 and 1989. The local football association recognized Hejazi's achievements with a two-year contract for the national team .
After 1991 Hejazi returned to Iran, where he looked after some top division teams. His greatest success was the final of the Champions League Asia 1999, where his team, Esteghlal Tehran , lost to Jubilo Iwata in Tehran .
Hejazi's other great successes as a coach were the discovery of some young players. a. Ali Daeis and Rahman Rezaeis .
successes
Hejazi was probably the best soccer goalie in Iranian and Asian soccer history. He made history with the national team, a team that won the Continental Cup three times in a row . In addition, he was the only goalkeeper who could win all Asian football competitions and also took part in the two world tournaments, the Olympic Games and the World Cup.
Club title (player)
- 1969/1970: Taj Tehran - Asian Champion Cup winner
- 1970/1971: Taj Tehran - Tehran master
- 1973/1974: Taj Tehran - Iranian runner-up
- 1974/1975: Taj Tehran - Iranian champion
- 1976/1977: Taj Tehran - Iranian cup winner
- 1978/1979: Shahbaz Tehran - Iranian autumn championship title (championship not played to the end due to the Iranian revolution )
- 1981/1982: Esteghlal Tehran - unofficial Iranian runner-up (Tehran League Cup)
- 1982/1983: Esteghlal Tehran - unofficial Iranian champion (Tehran League Cup)
- 1984/1985: Esteghlal Tehran - Unofficial Iranian Champion (Tehran League Cup)
- 1986/1987: Mohammedan SC - Bangladeshi champion
Club title (coach)
- 1987/1988: Mohammedan SC - Bangladeshi champion
- 1988/1989: Mohammedan SC - Bangladeshi champion
- 1997/1998: Esteghlal Tehran - Iranian champion
- 1998/1999: Esteghlal Tehran - Iranian runner-up
- 1998/1999: Esteghlal Tehran - Iranian Cup finalist
- 1998/1999: Esteghlal Tehran - Asian championship finalist
- 2000/2001: Zob Ahan Isfahan - Iranian Cup finalist
Iranian national soccer team (players)
- 1970: ECO-Pokal (RCD / ECO Cup) in Iran - cup winners
- 1972: Asian football championship in Thailand - Asian champions
- 1972: Summer Olympics in Germany - preliminary round
- 1974: ECO-Pokal (RCD / ECO Cup) in Iran - cup finalist
- 1974: Asian Games in Iran - gold medal
- 1976: Asian soccer championship in Iran - Asian champions
- 1976: Summer Olympic Games in Canada - quarter-finals
- 1978: Soccer World Cup in Argentina - preliminary round
- 1980: Summer Olympics in the USSR - qualified, but not participating because of the boycott of Iran
- 1980: Asian Football Championship in Kuwait - 3rd place
Political activities
Candidate for president
On November 3, 2004, Hejazi announced his nomination for the 2005 presidential election . The Guardian Council did not allow this candidacy on the grounds that Hejazi lacked the experience for such an office. Thereupon Hajezi supported the campaign Ali Akbar Hāschemi Rafsanjānis , which however was defeated by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad .
In 2009 Hejazi again supported the more liberal candidate, this time Mir Hossein Mousavi .
Opposition to Ahmadinejad
Hejazi has often spoken out loud and critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's economic plans. In April 2011 he said about the economic situation of the Iranians: “[...] I feel very sorry for the people. The country is rich in oil and other resources, but many are so poor that they cannot meet the most basic needs [...] "
As a result, reporting about Hejazi in the state media was banned, whereupon a wave of protests began, so that this decision was reversed.
Private life
Hejazi married Behnaz Shafie in 1973. The two had two children, both of whom would later play soccer: their daughter, Atoosa Hejazi, was the captain of the Iranian national futsal team; the son, Attila Hejazi, played for the Esteghlal Tehran's second team.
Cancer and death
Nasser Hejazi was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lung cancer in late 2009 . According to the doctors' predictions, this disease should have been fatal after four months at the latest. With the help of "his strong will to live in order to be able to serve the people of his country" he was able to go about his daily activities for a long time without major complaints. He had to go to hospital because of a stroke in May 2011, where he died on May 23, 2011. The funeral of the critic of the regime took place on May 25, 2011 in the Azadi Stadium in Tehran.
Web links
- Nasser Hejazi in the database of weltfussball.de
- Nasser Hejazi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mehdi Rstmpvr مهدی رستمپور: ۶۲ سال با اسطوره دروازهبانی ایران ، زنده یاد ناصر حجازی. Deutsche Welle public law agency, May 23, 2011, accessed on May 28, 2011 (Persian).
- ↑ ناصر حجازی ؛ اسطوره فوتبال ایران دار فانی را وداع گفت. In: Åftab News. May 23, 2011, Retrieved May 28, 2011 (Persian).
- ↑ اصغر حاجیلو: ناصر حجازی اسطوره فوتبال ایران درگذشت. In: kaleme.com. May 23, 2011, Retrieved May 23, 2011 (Persian).
- ↑ Asia's Goalkeeper of the Century. International Federation of Football History & Statistics, accessed May 30, 2011 .
- ↑ Bioghraphy: Nasser Hejazi ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.aftabir.com/articles/view/sport/football/c6c1189065938_league_football_p1.php/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8 % A8% D8% A7% D8% B4% DA% AF% D8% A7% D9% 87% DB% 8C-% D8% A7% DB% 8C% D8% B1% D8% A7% D9% 86-% D8 % A7% D8% B2-% D8% AC% D8% A7% D9% 85-% D8% AA% D8% AE% D8% AA-% D8% AC% D9% 85% D8% B4% DB% 8C% D8% AF-% D8% AA% D8% A7-% D9% 84% DB% 8C% DA% AF
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ I'm an Iranian ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ A talk with Hejazi and his spouse ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nasser Hejazi passed away ...
- ↑ Nasser dies ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Azar More Blog For a democratic secular Iran. For peace and prosperity in the Middle East. May 24, 2011: Today, A Nation Mourns One its Favorite Sons
- ↑ Democratic Republic of Iran blog, May 25, 2011: Funeral of Naser Hejazi at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran on May Video of the funeral ceremony in the Azadi Stadium
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hejazi, Nasser |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tehran |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 2011 |
| Place of death | Tehran |