Nayim

For me, Nayim, born Mohamed Alí Amar in Ceuta, will forever be defined by one transcendent moment: that audacious lob from the halfway line in the dying seconds of extra time, sinking Arsenal in the 1995 Cup Winners' Cup Final. Most diligent central midfielders spend careers in honest anonymity; he stamped his name into football folklore in a single instant of nerve and imagination. There's a poetry to that. A North African-born Spaniard, a journeyman's discipline, and then one flash of genius that outlives everything else. If you get even one moment like that, I'd say a career was well lived.

Name (English)

Nayim

Name (Japanese)

モハメド・アリ・アマル

Reading

もはめど・あり・あまる

Born

November 5, 1966 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

Origin

Ceuta, Spain

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A1%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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