More than 20,000 people turned out in Tehran today for the funeral of legendary goalkeeper Nasser Hejazi. He passed away Monday, aged 61, after battling lung cancer. Known as the "Eagle of Asia ...

The young Hejazi's first athletic interest was basketball, but his high school coach saw a natural goalkeeper in his slim, tall protégé. Thus began a career in football as turbulent as the ...

GOALKEEPERS are not temperamentally aggressive; their job is to defend. So it must have surprised many people when Nasser Hejazi's public comments began to depart from his customary discussion of ...

Hejazi, who was rushed to Tehran’s Kasra hospital on Friday, died at the age of 62. He was goalkeeper of Iran national football team in 1960's and 1970's . Hejazi won the AFC Asian Cup twice. The ...

Hejazi played for Iran football team 62 times from 1968 to 1980. He appeared as goalkeeper in the 1972 Olympics in Munich and in 1976 in Montreal. Hejazi also was a member of Iran's World Cup team in ...

Hejazi died on May 23, 2011 at the age of 62 after a long battle with lung cancer. He played for Iran as a goalkeeper in late 1960s and 1970s. Hejazi won the AFC Asian Cup twice for Iran and also ...

One of Asia’s greatest goalkeepers of the 20th century, Hejazi was Iran’s number one as Team Melli won back-to-back AFC Asian Cup titles in 1972 and 1976. Hejazi, who passed away in 2011 ...

HE was known simply as The Legend. Nasser Hejazi was Iran's greatest goalkeeper and pursued in his prime by Manchester United. He was also an outspoken critic of the present regime, which is why ...

For many enthusiasts, earliest memories of football are inspired by him. Hejazi will forever be etched into the heart of the Iran football. He was goalkeeper of Iran national football team in the ...

This documentary is about the life and activity of the legend Iranian coach and goalkeeper Nasser Hejazi. It shows the legend's life in five seasons named I have a dream, Last resistant man ...