Nasser Hejazi
Acting
December 19, 1949
Died at age 61
May 23, 2011
Date of Death
Tehran, Iran
2 Credits
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.
