Nader Dastneshan (Persian: نادر دست نشان, 29 November 1959 – 16 April 2021) was an Iranian football player and coach.

Early life

Nader Dastneshan was born on 24 May 1960 in Shaahi, Mazandaran province. His father, an Azerbaijani,[1] was from Tabriz and his mother was from Sari. He had three sisters and five brothers; he was the youngest son in the family. Initially, he played as a goalkeeper but later became a midfielder.[2]

Club career

He started his playing career with Nasaji Mazandaran and remained with the club until his retirement in 1993.

Coaching career

Dastneshan studied coaching techniques in FIFA and received a degree by AFC for coaching.[3] He became assistant coach to Carlo Soldoy, Italian head coach of Iran under-20 national football team in 1997. Iran U-20 team came fourth in AFC Asian Cup at that year. He coached in many Iranian clubs and he is known as a manager who upgraded teams to Division 1 of Iranian football but he didn't manage for more than one year in each club.[4]

Honours

Mes Kerman

Pegah Gilan

Steel Azin

Naft Tehran

Sanat Naft

Death

Dastneshan died one week after being hospitalised due to COVID-19. He was 61 years old.[5]

References

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