| Navid Nasseri | |
| Fullname: | Navid Nasseri |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Manchester, England |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Midfielder, left winger |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2012 |
| Youthclubs1: | Manchester United |
| Youthyears2: | 2012 |
| Youthclubs2: | Crewe Alexandra |
| Youthyears3: | 2012 |
| Youthclubs3: | Blackburn Rovers |
| Youthyears4: | 2013–2014 |
| Youthclubs4: | Bury |
| Youthyears5: | 2014–2016 |
| Youthclubs5: | Birmingham City |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Macclesfield Town |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Clubs2: | Syrianska |
| Caps2: | 25 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs3: | Gillingham |
| Caps3: | 8 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | Glentoran |
| Caps4: | 20 |
| Goals4: | 6 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | Linfield |
| Caps5: | 26 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs6: | Larne |
| Caps6: | 27 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Years7: | 2023 |
| Clubs7: | Macclesfield |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalteam1: | Iran U20 |
| Club-Update: | 20:35, 2 August 2022 (UTC) |
Navid Nasseri (Persian: نوید ناصری; born 26 July 1996) is an Iranian-English professional footballer who most recently played for Macclesfield.
Nasseri played for the Manchester United Academy until the age of 16.[1] He subsequently had stints with the academies of Crewe Alexandra, Blackburn Rovers and Bury.
Nasseri joined Birmingham City on a one-year deal in July 2014 and was assigned to the development squad.[2] After making eight appearances for the side, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[3]
On 28 October 2016, Nasseri signed for Macclesfield Town.[4] In the winter of 2017, he trialled with Swedish clubs AIK and GIF Sundsvall. In March 2017, he joined Syrianska in the same country.[5]
On 26 January 2018, Nasseri signed with League One club Gillingham for the remainder of the season.[6] He made his professional debut on 10 March, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–1 away win against Portsmouth.[7] He scored a goal in his first start for the club on 29 March 2018 against MK Dons.[8] 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.[9] [10]
After an unsuccessful trial with Dutch side RKC Waalwijk,[11] Nasseri signed for NIFL Premiership side Glentoran in October 2019.[12] He scored on his debut on 9 October 2019 as the club fell to a 2–1 defeat to Coleraine in the Northern Ireland Football League Cup, before making his full league debut three days later in a 3–1 win over Carrick Rangers.[13] [14] On 31 July 2020, Nasseri and Glentoran won the 2019–20 Irish Cup.[15]
The day after winning the Irish Cup it was announced that Nasseri had signed for Linfield.[16] Nasseri made his Linfield debut in a UEFA Champions League Preliminary round game against Tre Fiori.[17] On 16 August 2021 it was announced Nasseri had signed for Larne, as part of a player exchange deal involving Martin Donnelly.[18]
Nasseri left Larne in the summer of 2022, and was without a club until joining Macclesfield in February 2023.[19] After a single appearance, in which he scored a consolation penalty in a 2–1 Cheshire Senior Cup defeat to Runcorn Linnets, Nasseri was released at the conclusion of the 2022–23 season.[20] [21]
| Club | Division | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Macclesfield Town | National League | 2016-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Syrianska | Superettan | 2017 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 2 | |||
| Gillingham | League One | 2017-18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2018-19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Glentoran | NIFL Premiership | 2019–20 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 25 | 7 | ||
| Linfield | 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sweden total | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |||
| England total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Northern Ireland total | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 53 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 10 | |||
Glentoran[15]
Linfield
Larne
2021-22[24]