Nayim
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohamed Alí Amar | ||
Date of birth | 5 November 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Ceuta, Spain | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Central midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Ceuta | |||
1979–1985 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1985 | Barcelona C | 27 | (9) |
1985–1987 | Barcelona B | 46 | (7) |
1987–1988 | Barcelona | 7 | (0) |
1988–1993 | Tottenham Hotspur | 112 | (11) |
1993–1997 | Zaragoza | 123 | (5) |
1997–2000 | Logroñés | 67 | (5) |
Total | 382 | (37) | |
International career | |||
1984–1985 | Spain U18 | 4 | (0) |
1985 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
1985 | Spain U20 | 4 | (0) |
1987 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mohamed Alí Amar (born 5 November 1966), known as Nayim, is a Spanish retired professional
He scored a
Having started his professional career with Barcelona, Nayim also represented Tottenham for five years.
Club career
Barcelona and Tottenham
At the age of 12, Nayim left his hometown of Ceuta and joined FC Barcelona's youth academy La Masia.[2] He broke into the first team under Terry Venables, but had very few opportunities due to 18 months of injuries. The same manager took him to Tottenham Hotspur in November 1988 originally on loan, making him the first Spaniard to play in English football since the Basque child refugee Emilio Aldecoa in 1947.[3] Having initially spent several weeks waiting for a work permit, he signed the following year for £400,000 as part of the deal that took Gary Lineker in the same direction;[3] his first goal for the club came in a 2–0 away win against Southampton, and he also found the net in Spurs' 3–0 home victory over West Ham United.
On 25 October 1989, Nayim scored a
Nayim took part in 31 league games in 1991–92, adding six 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;[5] he added a hat-trick in the FA Cup quarter-final at Manchester City, helping his team to a 4–2 win.[6] Spain national team manager Javier Clemente made a rare foreign trip to monitor him, but he never earned a cap.[3]
During his time in England, Nayim was accused by the press of diving; a feign against Oxford United earned a rebuke from the usually reserved television commentator Trevor Brooking. He was dissuaded from continuing to simulate by Venables, who told him that the practice was reviled in England.[3]
Zaragoza
In May 1993, Nayim signed for
Later years
Nayim retired in 2000, after a stint with Spanish
Nayim returned to his hometown in May 2016, to become sporting director at AD Ceuta FC.[9]
Personal life
Nayim, a
In 2006, the Aragonese village of Trasmoz named a street 'Gol de Nayim' ('Nayim's Goal').[12]
Honours
Tottenham
Zaragoza
Spain U20
- FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 1985[15]
References
- ^ a b c "1994/95: Nayim's bolt from the blue sinks Arsenal". UEFA. 1 June 1995. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ a b Ortiz, Beatriz (6 February 2009). "Qué fue de Nayim... el héroe de la Recopa del Zaragoza" [What happened to Nayim...Zaragoza's Cup Winners' Cup hero]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4711-5713-4.
- ^ a b "Spurs' glory overshadowed by Gazza's pain". ESPN. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Three Tottenham Hotspur cult heroes". Sport.co.uk. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Nayim hat trick overshadowed by riot". The Herald. 8 March 1993. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Martin, Richard (13 November 2014). "Nayim was 'looking at Seaman the whole night'". UEFA. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Los de Guardiola se funden a Gay y sus hombres" [Guardiola's crew melts Gay and his men] (in Spanish). RTVE. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ Navas, Juanma (14 May 2016). "Luhay Hamido y Nayim tomarán las riendas del Ceuta la próxima semana" [Luhay Hamido and Nayim will take the reins at Ceuta next week] (in Spanish). Ceuta Actualidad. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Cowling, Rob (5 July 2013). "Premier League: How Muslims are changing English football culture". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "El Recreativo ficha al hijo mayor de Nayim para su equipo juvenil" [Recreativo sign Nayim's eldest son for their youth team]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 19 August 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Vivir en la calle Gol de Nayim" [Living on the Gol de Nayim street]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 18 June 2006. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Holmes, Logan (10 August 2012). "Tottenham's last FA Charity Shield appearance (1991) Know your Tottenham history". Hotspur HQ. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ Merino, Juan Manuel (21 April 1994). "Zaragoza campeón" [Zaragoza champions] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ Díez, Óscar (1 November 2014). "España en los mundiales sub'20: URSS 1985" [Spain in the under'20 World Cups: USSR 1985] (in Spanish). Cuadernos de Fútbol. Retrieved 14 June 2018.