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Nasser Hejazi

1949 - 2011

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Nasser Hejazi (Persian: ناصر حجازی, nāser hejāzi; 14 December 1949 – 23 May 2011), nicknamed "the legendary Iranian goalkeeper", was an Iranian football player and coach who most notably played for Esteghlal (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nasser Hejazi is the 3,498th most popular soccer player (down from 3,222nd in 2019), the 397th most popular biography from Iran (down from 393rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nasser Hejazi ranks 3,498 out of 21,273. Before him are Boris Gaganelov, Takeshi Koshida, Mami Kaneda, Alexandru Neagu, Sándor Mátrai, and Sándor Bíró. After him are Pasieguito, John Carew, François Omam-Biyik, Michael Baur, Maurice Martens, and Matthias Heidemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Nasser Hejazi ranks 498. Before him are Maury Chaykin, Anita Borg, Ivo Linna, Debra Monk, Tabitha King, and Arturo Sandoval. After him are Letizia Moratti, Richard Russo, Charles Roven, Alexander Maltsev, Valeri Vasiliev, and Olivier Roy. Among people deceased in 2011, Nasser Hejazi ranks 339. Before him are George Cadle Price, Szeto Wah, Annette Charles, Ragnhild Hveger, Lewis Binford, and Maurice Goldhaber. After him are Gilbert Adair, Célestin Oliver, Wenche Foss, Bhimsen Joshi, Milton Babbitt, and Kjell Johansson.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Nasser Hejazi ranks 397 out of 631. Before him are Hassan Ali Mansur (1923), Emam-Ali Habibi (1931), Guity Novin (1944), Navid Negahban (1968), Andranik Eskandarian (1951), and Zia ol Din Tabatabaee (1888). After him are Viguen (1929), Abol-Fath Khan Zand (1755), Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (1940), Ali Abbasi (1981), Ali Parvin (1946), and Shahrnush Parsipur (1946).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iran

Among soccer players born in Iran, Nasser Hejazi ranks 4. Before him are Ali Daei (1969), Mehdi Taremi (1992), and Andranik Eskandarian (1951). After him are Ali Parvin (1946), Sardar Azmoun (1995), Iraj Danaeifard (1951), Mehdi Mahdavikia (1977), Amir Ghalenoei (1963), Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (1950), Ali Karimi (1978), and Javad Nekounam (1980).

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