Kiyan Nassiri

Kiyan Nassiri Giri (born 17 November 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder[1] for ATK Mohun Bagan in the Indian Super League.

Kiyan Nassiri Giri
Personal information
Full name Kiyan Nassiri Giri
Date of birth 17 November 2000(21 years old)
Place of birth India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 ATK Mohun Bagan
Youth career
Mohun Bagan
Calcutta football club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Mohun Bagan 1 (0)
2020– ATK Mohun Bagan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Earlier career

Kiyan is the son of East Bengal legend Jamshid Nassiri.[2] He was always passionate about football and during his school days he was called up for the Bengal U14 camp in Kalyani in 2014. During the U14 camp in Kalyani, in which he made 5 appearances and scored 6 goals. He went on to play for the Mohammedan Sporting U16 I-league squad. During the 2017–18 season, he joined Calcutta Football Club,[1] and was the highest scorer in the league helping the team to promotion that season.

In 2019, he joined Mohun Bangan to play for their U-19 side in the Zee Bangla Football League and was sent on trial for the senior team.

Mohun Bagan

Kibu Vicuna was impressed by his performance at 2019–20 pre-season trial in Goa and promoted him to the senior team.[3] He made his debut at the senior level on 1 March 2020, by coming as a substitute against TRAU FC in the I-League.[4]

ATK Mohun Bagan

Following the merger of ATK and Mohun Bagan in 2020 to form ATK Mohun Bagan, he signed a long term contract with the club and was included in senior squad for the 2021–22 Indian Super League season. Ahead of the team's inter-zonal semifinal match against Uzbek side FC Nasaf in the 2021 AFC Cup, Kiyan was called up in twenty-two member squad.[5] He debuted for the side against Nasaf.[6]

Career statistics
As of 11 February 2021[7]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mohun Bagan 2019–20 I-League100000——10
Career total 1000000010

References
  1. "Kiyan ready to shoulder Nassiri burden - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. Kamath, Sooraj. "Father-son duo to have graced Indian football | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  3. "Hero I-League: I want to enjoy my game, says former Iranian striker Jamshid's son Kiyan Nassiri - myKhel". www.mykhel.com. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. "Kiyan Nassiri: I try to think like Fran Gonzalez and Dhanachandra Singh". Khel Now. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. Kauko included in ATK Mohun Bagan squad The Hindu. Retrieved 18 September 2021
  6. "AFC Cup: ATK Mohun Bagan ousted after 0-6 drubbing at hands of FC Nasaf". First Post. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. Kiyan Nassiri at Soccerway
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