Tehrantimes - Iranian international and NEC Nijmegen winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh has been nominated for the Best Player Award in the 2014-2015 season of the Dutch second tier league (Jupiler League).

Jahanbaksh who signed a three-year contract with NEC in summer of 2013, has scored 19 goals and provided 24 assists in 64 appearances for the club so far.

The 21-year old winger has also won 15 caps for his country including three World Cup matches against Nigeria, Bosnia and Argentina in Brazil last summer.

Jahanbaksh’s coach in NEC Ruud Brood has also nominated for the best coach award. He has led his team to the title and promotion to the first division (Eredivisie) six weeks before the end of the season.

The 2015 award ceremony will take place on Tuesday May12th at the Sparta stadium Castle in Rotterdam. The top scorer and the talent of the year will also announce in the ceremony.

The nominations are as the following:

Player of the year

1. Alireza Jahanbakhsh (NEC)

2. Vincent Janssen (Almere City FC)

3. Joey Sleegers (FC Eindhoven)

4. To be announced

Talent of the year

1. Dean Koolhof (De Graafschap)

2. Vincent Janssen (Almere City FC)

3. Branco van den Boomen (FC Eindhoven)

4. To be announced

Coach of the year

1. Jean-Paul de Jong (FC Eindhoven)

2. Fred Grim (Almere City FC)

3. Ruud Brood (NEC)

4. To be announced