Nahir Besara
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nahir Besara | ||
Date of birth | 25 February 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Södertälje, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Örebro SK | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Assyriska FF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2012 | Assyriska FF | 120 | (17) |
2013–2015 | Hammarby IF | 69 | (16) |
2015–2016 | Göztepe S.K. | 15 | (1) |
2016– | Örebro SK | 49 | (17) |
International career | |||
2007–2008 | Sweden U17 | 11 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Sweden U19 | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2018 |
Nahir Besara (born 25 February 1991) is a Swedish footballer of Aramean descent. He plays for Örebro SK in Allsvenskan.[1]
Career
Assyriska
He started his career at the local team Assyriska FF, where he made his senior debut in 2008, aged 17.[2] He went on to play another four seasons with the side in Superettan, the Swedish second tier, as a regular. During this period, he also won several caps for the Swedish national U17's and 19's.[3]
Hammarby
Before the start of the 2013 season, he was transferred to fellow Superettan-club Hammarby IF.[4] Besara signed a three year-deal with the club, but enjoyed a rough first season at his new side, when then manager Gregg Berhalter opted to play him out of position as a striker.[5]
During the later stage of the 2014 season, Besara flourished under the new manager Nanne Bergstrand. He scored a hattrick on match day 28, in a 4-2 win against Östersunds FK on home turf, which consolidated Hammarby's top position in the league.[6] A few weeks later, the club won their promotion to Allsvenskan.
During the 2015 season, Besara featured as a key player in his first ever Allsvenskan season. On match day 3, in a derby against Djurgårdens IF, he scored the decisive goal in a 2-1 victory. The goal was scored with his back heel, with football pundit Jens Fjellström comparing his move with those of the Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimović.[7]
Göztepe
In July 2015, he transferred to the newly promoted Turkish second tier club Göztepe.[8] During the following campaign he played 15 competitive games, scoring once, before terminating his contract by mutual consent in the summer of 2016.[9]
Örebro
Besara then opted to return to his native country, signing a two and a half-year deal with Örebro SK on 11 August 2016.[10] The following month he returned to Tele2 Arena with Örebro to face Hammarby, his former side. Besara scored the equalising goal in stoppage time, settling the score at 1-1. However, he chose not to celebrate the goal out of compassion for the supporters' of his old club.[11]
In 2017, Besara established himself as one of the most affluent offensive players in Allsvenskan. In 30 games, he scored 10 goals and provided 7 assists, thus gathering the third most points of all players in the league.[12]
Statistics
- As of 7 May 2018
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Assyriska | 2008 | Superettan | 9 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
2009 | Superettan | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
2010 | Superettan | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
2011 | Superettan | 28 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
2012 | Superettan | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 8 | |
Total | 120 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 18 | ||
Hammarby | 2013 | Superettan | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | Superettan | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2015 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 69 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 18 | ||
Göztepe | 2015–16 | TFF First League | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Total | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
Örebro | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
2017 | Allsvenskan | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | |
2018 | Allsvenskan | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | |
Total | 49 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 21 | ||
Career total | 253 | 51 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 59 |
Honours
Club
- Hammarby
References
- ^ "Nahir Besara". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ "Inför BoIS - AFF med Nahir Besara". Svenskafans.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ "Landslagsdatabasen: Nahir Besara". SVFF. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "Nahir Besara: "Jag kommer alltid att vara en Assyriska supporter"". Assyriska FF. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ "Upproret mot egna tränaren". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ "Hattrick av Besara i Hammarbys triumf". Expressen. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ "Besaras läckra klack: "Det är ett Zlatanmål"". Expressen. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ "Nahir Besara Imzaladi". Göztepe S.K. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ "Nahir Besara bryter sitt kontrakt med Göztepe". LT. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ "Nahir Besara klar för ÖSK". Örebro SK. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ "Besara: "Trodde jag skulle tillbaka till Hammarby"". Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ "Nahir Besara: "Tog ett steg tillbaka för att ta två fram"". SVT. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
External links
- Nahir Besara at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Swedish footballers
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- Örebro SK players
- Allsvenskan players
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Swedish expatriates in Turkey
- People from Södertälje
- Swedish people of Assyrian/Syriac descent
- Sweden youth international footballers
- Swedish football midfielder stubs