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Kiyan Nassiri Giri (born 17 November 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an winger for Indian Super League club Chennaiyin.
Personal life
Kiyan is the son of former Iran national youth team player and East Bengal legend Jamshid Nassiri. His mother Suzanne hails from Shillong. He grew up in Queens Mansion at Park Street. He was a student of St. James' School, where he led the school team to victory in the Debanjan Cup Interschool Tournament in 2015.
Club career
= Earlier career
=Kiyan is the son of East Bengal legend Jamshid Nassiri. 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, 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. 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.
= Mohun Bagan
=Following the merger of ATK and Mohun Bagan in 2020 to become 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. He debuted for the side against Nasaf.
He scored a hat-trick for Mohun Bagan in their 3–1 derby win against East Bengal on 29 January 2022, 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.
Career statistics
= Club
=As of 4 May 2024
Honours
Mohun Bagan
I-League: 2019–20
ISL Cup: 2022–23
Durand Cup: 2023
ISL League Shield: 2023–24
Individual
Mohun Bagan Best Forward Award: 2022
References
Further reading
Mazumder, Krishanu (7 July 2022). "এবারের 'মোহনবাগান রত্ন' কিংবদন্তি শ্যাম থাপা, 'সুভাষ ভৌমিক অ্যাওয়ার্ড' পাচ্ছেন কিয়ান নাসিরি" [This year's 'Mohunbagan Ratna' is legend Shyam Thapa, 'Subhash Bhowmik' award received by Kian Nasiri]. sangbadpratidin.in (in Bengali). Kolkata: Sangbad Pratidin. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
External links
Kiyan Nassiri on Facebook
Kiyan Nassiri at Soccerway
Kiyan Nassiri at the-aiff.com (AIFF)
Kiyan Nassiri at Global Sports Archive
Kiyan Nassiri at PlaymakerStats
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- India national football team
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