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Mohammad Ali Amar, known as Nayim, was born in Ceuta, Spain on November
5th 1966. He came to Spurs originally on loan from Barcelona in November
1988 and signed the following year for £400, 000. The Moroccan made 11
league appearances during the 1988-89 campaign, scoring twice. His first
goal for the club came in a 2-0 win at Southampton and he also found
the net in Spurs 3-0 home win over West Ham. In 1989-90 Nayim made a
total of 23 appearances, helping the North London club to a 3rd place
finish. The League Cup offered Nayim his first experience of English cup
competition, the Moroccan playing in 4 of Spurs games en route to the
semi-final and scoring 3 goals.
The following season proved to be
Nayim's most successful campaign in English football. Although Spurs
finished in only 11th position in the table, Nayim enjoyed 33 league
outings and scored 5 times. His path to a Wembley final was again halted
at the League Cup semi-final stage but Spurs would not fail in the FA
Cup; overcoming Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the final. Nayim replaced Paul
Gascoigne early in the final, after a series of reckless challenges by
the Geordie threatened to end his own career. Nayim's marvellous skills
and deft touches made him a crowd favourite and he appeared in 31 games
in the league throughout 1991-92. The former Barcelona midfielder played
6 times in Spurs League Cup campaign, including both legs of the
semi-final where Nottingham Forest gained revenge for the previous
season's FA Cup final defeat by proving too strong for the London club.
In May 1993, after 144 appearances and 18 goals for Spurs, Nayim signed
for Real Zaragoza for £500,000. A year later the former Spurs man
attained immortality by lobbing David Seaman from 50 yards in the final
seconds of extra-time to beat Arsenal in the European Cup Winners Cup
Final. (Tony Smith)
Club career
1985–1987 Barcelona B 46 (7)
1987–1988 Barcelona 7 (0)
1988–1993 Tottenham 112 (11) League games
1993–1997 Zaragoza 123 (5)
1997–2000 Logroñés 67 (5)
Total 387 Games (35 goals)
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