Nima Kadivar

Nima Kadivar
Personal information
Full name	Nima Kadivar
Date of birth	23 August 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth	Gothenburg
Position(s)	Field Player
Club information
Current team	IFK Göteborg Futsal
Number	7
2017–2020	IFK Göteborg Futsal
National team‡
Years	Team
2017–	Sweden (futsal)
	‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 May 2019

Nima Kadivar (Persian: نیما کدیور, born 23 August 1994) is a Swedish professional futsal player who plays for IFK Göteborg Futsal in the Swedish Futsal League and the Swedish national futsal team. Nima Kadivar has been nominated as the Swedish futsal player of the year 2019 ^[1] ^[2]

Club career[]

Nima Kadivar joined the futsal team of IFK Göteborg in 2017, where they play in the Swedish Futsal League.^[3]^[4]^[5]

During the semi-final match against AFC in 2020, Nima Kadivar suffered a serious knee injury, which stopped Nima Kadivar from playing futsal in the 2020/21 season.

During his long rehabilitation period, he became head coach of IFK Gothenburg's women's futsal team.Nima Kadivar tar över IFK Göteborg futsals damlag

As the head coach for the IFK Gothenburg's women's futsal team Nima Kadivar became the Swedish champion for the season 2020/2021. In the final game, IFK played against the local rival team GAIS and won the game by 3-2 [1]

International career[]

Kadivar made his debut for the Sweden national futsal team on 11 November 2017 against Hungary, and has represented Sweden in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions of the Nordic Futsal Cup.^[6] He scored a goal in the opening match of their 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification campaign for a 3–1 win over Armenia on 30 January 2019.^[7]^[8]