Hejazi, The "GOOD" Person of week, April 29, 2011 Parazit 3 گلچین پارازیت جمعه Iran Nasser Hejazi (Persian: ناصر حجازی; born 19 December 1949 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football coach, manager, and former player. One of the most famous football players in Iran. In 2000, the Asian Football Confederation ranked him the second best Asian goalkeeper of the 20th century. Hejazi was the goalkeeper of the Taj FC and Iran during the 1970s. Hejazi first broke into the Taj side when he was only 18 years old and won the Asian Club Championship in 1970; he also won the Iranian league in 1971 as well as in 1975 and reached the second place in 1974. Further he won the Hazfi Cup in 1977. After the 1978 FIFA World Cup Hejazi received an offer from Manchester United. He trained and played with them for a month, even appearing in a reserve match against Stoke City. Manchester United manager Dave Sexton wanted Hejazi to stay for another two or three months and then they would officially sign him, but there was no-one at the IRFF at the time of the Islamic Revolution to arrange the extension so Manchester United signed Gary Bailey. He remained as Esteghlal’s main goalkeeper until his retirement in the mid-eighties. There he could win the Tehran provincial league in 1983 and 1985 and the runners-up position in 1982. Hejazi joined up with the Team Melli, just in time to feature in the squad that won the Asian Cup in 1968 and picked up two more in 1972 as the first choice and 1976 as the ...