Nader Dastneshan

Nader Dastneshan was an Iranian football player and coach.

Early life

Nader Dastneshan was born on 24 May 1960 in Shaahi, Mazandaran province. His father, an Azerbaijani, was from Tabriz and his mother was from Sari. He had three sisters and five brothers; he was the youngest son in the family. Initially, he played as a goalkeeper but later became a midfielder.

He started his playing career with Nasaji Mazandaran and remained with the club until his retirement in 1993.

Dastneshan studied coaching techniques in FIFA and received a degree by AFC for coaching. He became assistant coach to Carlo Soldoy, Italian head coach of Iran under-20 national football team in 1997. Iran U-20 team came fourth in AFC Asian Cup at that year. He coached in many Iranian clubs and he is known as a manager who upgraded teams to Division 1 of Iranian football but he didn't manage for more than one year in each club.

Mes Kerman

Pegah Gilan

Steel Azin

Naft Tehran

Sanat Naft

Dastneshan died one week after being hospitalised due to COVID-19. He was 61 years old.