Name Mohammed Amar Full name Mohammed Ali Amar 1985–1987 Barcelona B Place of birth Ceuta, Spain Role Footballer | 1979–1985 Barcelona Height 1.77 m Years Team | |
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Date of birth (1966-11-05) 5 November 1966 (age 49) | ||
Nayim long game winning goal zaragoza vs arsenal 1995
Mohammed Alí Amar (born 5 November 1966), known as Nayim, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder.
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- Nayim long game winning goal zaragoza vs arsenal 1995
- Mohammed nayim goal vs liverpool
- Barcelona Tottenham
- Zaragoza Later years
- Personal life
- Club
- International
- References
He scored a last-minute goal for Real Zaragoza in the 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final against Arsenal, with a 40-yard lob in the final minute of extra time. Over the course of eight seasons in La Liga, he played 130 games and scored five goals.
Having started his professional career with Barcelona, Nayim also represented Tottenham for five years.
Mohammed nayim goal vs liverpool
Barcelona / Tottenham
At the age of 12, Nayim left his hometown of Ceuta and joined FC Barcelona's youth academy La Masia, as the main squad was managed by Terry Venables, but had very few first-team opportunities over the course of two seasons. He arrived at Tottenham Hotspur in November 1988 originally on loan (11 league appearances during the 1988–89 campaign, scoring twice), signing the following year for £400,000; his first goal for the club came in a 2–0 win at Southampton, and he also found the net in Spurs' 3–0 home success over West Ham United.
In 1989–90 Nayim made a total of 23 appearances, helping Tottenham to a third-place finish. The League Cup offered him his first experience of English cup competition, playing in four games en route to the quarter-finals and scoring three goals.
The following season proved to be Nayim's most successful campaign in English football. Although Spurs finished in only 11th, he appeared in 33 league matches and netted five times; his path to a Wembley final was again halted at the League Cup semi-final but, in the FA Cup, Tottenham overcame Nottingham Forest 2–1 in the final, with Nayim replacing injured Paul Gascoigne early in the game and setting up both of his team's goals to bring success to White Hart Lane.
In 1991–92 Nayim appeared in 31 league contests, adding six appearances in the League Cup campaign, including both legs of the semi-final loss to Nottingham Forest. The following season he won the Goal of the Month competition for October, with a volley against Liverpool; later in the season he scored a hat-trick in the FA Cup quarter-final at Manchester City, helping his team to a 4–2 win.
Zaragoza / Later years
In May 1993, after 144 appearances and 18 goals for Tottenham, Nayim signed for Real Zaragoza for £500,000. His most notable moment in football came in the final seconds of extra-time in the 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final by lobbing David Seaman from 45 yards to score a last-minute goal and win it 2–1 against Arsenal; nearly two decades later he told UEFA's website that the strike was premeditated as his experience in England had taught him that the Gunners played a high defensive line.
Nayim retired in 2000, after a stint with Spanish second division side CD Logroñés. He took up coaching afterwards, managing Atlético Ceuta and serving as assistant to AD Ceuta; In late 2009 he joined former Zaragoza teammate José Aurelio Gay's coaching staff, being named his assistant manager after Marcelino García Toral's sacking. He returned to his hometown in May 2016 to become sporting director at AD Ceuta FC.
Personal life
Nayim, a Muslim, was the only player of the Islamic faith to compete in the inaugural Premier League season. The eldest of his three children, Youssef, pursued a football career in the same position. In 2006 the Aragonese village of Trasmoz named a street 'Gol de Nayim' ('Nayim's Goal').