Nazri Nasir

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Nasir is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Nazri.

Nazri Nasir
Nazri as assistant coach of the LionsXII
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Nazri bin Nasir
Date of birth (1971-01-17) 17 January 1971 (age 53)[1]
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Young Lions (manager) Singapore (assistant manager)
Youth career
1987 Jurong Town[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 Jurong Town[4]
1991–1992 Balestier United[5] 10 (0)
1992–1994 Police SA
1994–1995 Singapore FA[6] 14 (6)
1996 Sembawang Rangers 24 (1)
1997–2001 SAFFC
2002–2008 Tampines Rovers 299 (19)
International career
1990–2004 Singapore 104[7] (13)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Tampines Rovers (general manager)
2012–2013 NFA U15
2014–2015 LionsXII (assistant coach)
2017–2018 Young Lions (assistant coach)
2018 Singapore (assistant manager)
2019 Singapore (interim)
2020– Singapore U22
2021– Young Lions
2021–2022 Singapore (interim)
2022– Singapore (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nazri Nasir (born 17 January 1971) is a Singaporean professional football manager and former footballer. He was the captain of the Singapore national team from 1997 to 2003,[8] and led the team to the 1998 AFF Championship title. He is the current coach of Young Lions, Singapore U-23 and serves as an assistant coach of the senior Singapore national team.

He was a defensive midfielder known for his "combative, hard-running and ferocious tackling style".[2]

Nazri had spent most of his time as a head coach that understand the youth development fundamental and their weakness. He holds an AFC Pro Diploma Coaching Certificate license.

  1. ^ "Nazri Nasir's fact file". The Straits Times. 24 July 1990. p. 29.
  2. ^ a b Darren Lai (24 October 2005). "The most successful player of the decade". Today. p. 48.
  3. ^ Hakikat Rai (28 September 1987). "Jurong eager on Suria for League". The Straits Times. p. 27.
  4. ^ "Jurong Town Football Club". The Straits Times. 2 January 1988. p. 17.
  5. ^ Joe Dorai (1 April 1991). "Balestier secures Nazri's signature". The Straits Times. p. 30.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference lions94 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "FIFA Century Club fact sheet" (PDF). FIFA. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013.
  8. ^ "FAS launches FAS Captains' Advisory Panel". Federation of American Scientists. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2014.