Kiyan Nassiri Giri (born 17 November 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for ATK Mohun Bagan in the Indian Super League.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kiyan Nassiri Giri | ||
Date of birth | (2000-11-17) 17 November 2000 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder / Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | ATK Mohun Bagan | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
Calcutta Football Club | |||
Mohammedan | |||
Mohun Bagan | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | ATK Mohun Bagan | 13 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:29, 20 August 2022 (UTC) |
He is the son of former Iran national youth team player and East Bengal legend Jamshid Nassiri.[1]
Kiyan is the son of East Bengal legend Jamshid Nassiri.[2][3] 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,[4] and was the highest scorer in the league helping the team to promotion that season.
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.[5] He made his debut at the senior level on 1 March 2020, by coming as a substitute against TRAU FC in the I-League.[6]
Following the merger of ATK and Mohun Bagan in 2020 to become ATK 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.[7] He debuted for the side against Nasaf.[8]
He scored a hat-trick for ATK Mohun Bagan in their 3–1 derby win against East Bengal on 29 January 2022,[9] 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.[10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Mohun Bagan | 2019–20 | I-League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
ATK Mohun Bagan | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 13 | 3 | — | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 18 | 3 | |||
2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Career total | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
Mohun Bagan
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