Kiyan Nassiri

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Kiyan Nassiri Giri
Personal information
Full name Kiyan Nassiri Giri
Date of birth 17 November 2000
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

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

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. 2017-18 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.

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]

Following the merger of ATK and Mohun Bagan in 2020 to form ATK Mohun Bagan, he signed a long term contract with ATK Mohun Bagan . Kiyan is currently training with the ATK Mohun Bagan senior squad for the upcoming 2021-22 season.

Career statistics[]

As of 11 February 2021[5]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mohun Bagan 2019–20 I-League 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "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. ^ Kiyan Nassiri at Soccerway
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