Nader Dastneshan

Nader Dastneshan
	Dastneshan in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Nader Dastneshan
Date of birth	29 November 1959
Place of birth	Shaahi, Iran
Date of death	16 April 2021 (aged 61)
Place of death	Qaem Shahr, Iran
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1999	Nassaji Mazandaran
Teams managed
2004–2005	Payam Khorasan
2005–2006	Shahid Ghandi Yazd
2006–2007	Mes Kerman
2007	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
2007–2008	Pegah Gilan
2008–2009	Steel Azin
2009–2010	Naft Tehran
2010	Aboomoslem
2011	Sanat Sari
2011–2012	Shahrdari Arak
2012–2013	Saipa Shomal
2013–2015	Nassaji Mazandaran
2015	Machine Sazi
2015–2017	Sanat Naft
2017	Khooneh be Khooneh
2017–2018	Malavan
2018–2019	Mes Kerman
2019	Sepidrood
2020–2021	Rayka Babol
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nader Dastneshan (Persian: نادر دست نشان, 29 November 1959^[1] – 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 Azerbaijani^[2] was from Tabriz and his mother was from Sari. He has three sisters and five brothers which he is last son of the family. At beginning of football, he was a goalkeeper but later he became Midfielder.^[3]

Club career[]

He started his career in Nasaji Mazandaran and was in club until his retirement in 1993.

Coaching career[]

Dastneshan studied coaching techniques in FIFA and received a degree by AFC for coaching.^[4] 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.^[5]