Kiyan Nassiri
Personal information
Full name Kiyan Nassiri Giri
Date of birth (2000-11-17) 17 November 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Mohun Bagan SG
Number 25
Youth career
CC&FC[1]
Mohammedan
Mohun Bagan SG
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Mohun Bagan SG 41 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 March 2024

Kiyan Nassiri Giri (born 17 November 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan SG.

Personal life

Kiyan is the son of former Iran national youth team player and East Bengal legend Jamshid Nassiri.[2] Grew up in Queens Mansion on Park Street, Kiyan's mother Suzanne was born and brought up in Shillong. [3] He was also a student of St. James' School, Kolkata, where he led the school team to victory in the Debanjan Cup Interschool Tournament in 2015.[4]

Club career

Earlier career

Kiyan is the son of East Bengal legend Jamshid Nassiri.[5][6] 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,[7] and was the highest scorer in the league helping the team to promotion that season.

Mohun Bagan

In 2019, he joined Mohun Bagan 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.[8] He made his professional debut on 1 March 2020, by coming as a seventy ninth minute substitute against TRAU FC in a 3–1 win.[9]

Mohun Bagan SG

Following the merger of ATK and Mohun Bagan in 2020 to become Mohun Bagan SG, 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.[10] He debuted for the side against Nasaf.[11]

He scored a hat-trick for Mohun Bagan SG in their 3–1 derby win against East Bengal on 29 January 2022,[12] and became the youngest ever player in the Indian Super League to do so. As 2022–23 season began, Nassiri appeared with the club on 20 August against Rajasthan United at the 131st edition of Durand Cup, in which he scored the opener but lost the match by 3–2.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 January 2023[14]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mohun Bagan 2019–20 I-League 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Mohun Bagan SG 2020–21 Indian Super League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2021–22 13 3 0 0 6[a] 0 19 3
2022–23 10 0 4[b] 2 — 14 2
MBSG total 23 3 4 2 6 0 33 5
Career total 24 3 4 2 6 0 34 5
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

Mohun Bagan

Individual

References

  1. ^ "ডার্বির হিরো কিয়ানের পায়েখড়ি হওয়া সিসিএফসির প্রতিটা ঘাস আজ যেন গর্বিত" [Today, every grass of CC&FC where the hero of the derby Kiyan first played, is proud]. xtratimebangla.in (in Bengali). Kolkata: এক্সট্রা টাইম ওয়েব ডেস্ক. 30 January 2022. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. ^ Chakrabarty, Shamik (31 January 2022). "Jamshid Nassiri left Iran and became a Maidan legend in Kolkata. Now, he hopes his son Kiyan will play for India". indianexpress.com. Kolkata, West Bengal: The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ Dutta, Partha (31 January 2022). "ছেলের হ্যাটট্রিক এখনও স্বপ্ন মনে হচ্ছে কিয়ানের মায়ের" [His son's hat-trick is still a dream of Kiyan's mother]. eisamay.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Ei Samay. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. ^ The Telegraph news
  5. ^ Kamath, Sooraj (9 April 2020). "Father-son duos to have graced Indian football". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Kiyan Nassiri:ছোট্ট কিয়ানকে কীভাবে গড়ে তুলেছেন জামশিদ, দেখুন ভাইরাল ছবি". bangla.asianetnews.com (in Bengali). 30 January 2022. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. ^ Mergulhao, Marcus (21 April 2020). "Kiyan ready to shoulder Nassiri burden". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Panaji, Goa: The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Kiyan Nassiri: I try to think like Fran Gonzalez and Dhanachandra Singh". Khel Now. 2 March 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  10. ^ Kauko included in ATK Mohun Bagan squad Archived 18 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu. Retrieved 18 September 2021
  11. ^ "AFC Cup: ATK Mohun Bagan ousted after 0-6 drubbing at hands of FC Nasaf". First Post. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  12. ^ "ISL 2021-22 Highlights ATK Mohun Bagan vs SC East Bengal: Hat-trick hero Kiyan guides ATKMB to 3-1 win against SC East Bengal". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. 29 January 2022. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  13. ^ Bhattacharjee, Neeladri (20 August 2022). "Durand Cup HIGHLIGHTS ATK Mohun Bagan loses 2–3 to Rajasthan United, ATKMB vs RUFC; Mariners lose first match". sportstar.thehindu.com. Kolkata, West Bengal: Sportstar. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  14. ^ Kiyan Nassiri at Soccerway
  15. ^ "Former India player Shyam Thapa to be conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Kolkata, West Bengal: The Times of India. 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  16. ^ Das Sharma, Amitabha (29 July 2022). "Shyam Thapa conferred the Mohun Bagan Ratna". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

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