Nasser Hejazi

Acting•Born December 19, 1949•Died May 23, 2011 (age 61)•Tehran, Iran

Biography

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 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.