Editing Nayim (section)

==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]].<ref name=PAIS>{{cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/fue/Nayim/heroe/Recopa/Zaragoza/elpepudep/20090206csrcsrdep_3/Tes#|title=Qué fue de Nayim... el héroe de la Recopa del Zaragoza|trans-title=What happened to Nayim...Zaragoza's Cup Winners' Cup hero|newspaper=[[El País]]|first=Beatriz|last=Ortiz|language=Spanish|date=6 February 2009|accessdate=20 January 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> 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 F.C.|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.<ref name=Book>{{cite book|first=Adam|last=Crafton|title=From Guernica to Guardiola: how the Spanish conquered English football|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=2018|location=London|isbn=978-1-4711-5713-4|pages=78–83}}</ref> Having initially spent several weeks waiting for a [[Work permit (United Kingdom)|work permit]], he signed the following year for [[Pound sterling|£]]400,000 as part of the deal that took [[Gary Lineker]] in the same direction;<ref name=Book/> his first goal for the club came in a 2–0 away win against [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]], and he also found the net in Spurs' 3–0 home victory over [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]].

On 25 October 1989, Nayim scored a [[Free kick (association football)|free kick]] in a 3–0 win away to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], which put pressure on their manager [[Alex Ferguson]].<ref name=Book/> He made a total of 23 appearances in [[1989–90 Football League|1989–90]], helping Tottenham to a third-place finish. The [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] offered him his first experience of English cup competition, playing four games [[1989–90 Football League Cup|''en route'' to the quarter-finals]] and scoring three times.

[[1990–91 Football League|The following season]] proved to be Nayim's most successful in English football. Although the team finished tenth, he appeared in 33 league matches and netted five times; his path to a [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] final was again halted at the League Cup semi-final but, in the [[FA Cup]], they overcame [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] 2–1 in [[1991 FA Cup Final|the final]], with the player replacing injured [[Paul Gascoigne]] early in the game and setting up both goals to bring success to [[White Hart Lane]].<ref name=FACUP>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/141059.html|title=Spurs' glory overshadowed by Gazza's pain|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=15 March 2012|accessdate=14 June 2018}}</ref> In a pre-match interview, he was praised by [[Bill Nicholson (footballer)|Bill Nicholson]], Tottenham's [[Double (association football)|double]]-winning manager of [[1960–61 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season|1961]].<ref name=Book/>

Nayim took part in 31 league games in [[1991–92 Football League|1991–92]], adding six in the [[1991–92 Football League Cup|League Cup campaign]], including both legs of the semi-final loss to Nottingham Forest. [[1992–93 FA Premier League|The following season]], he won the ''Goal of the Month'' competition for October with a volley against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport.co.uk/football/three-tottenham-hotspur-cult-heroes/35357/|title=Three Tottenham Hotspur cult heroes|publisher=Sport.co.uk|date=11 March 2010|accessdate=14 June 2018}}</ref> he added a [[hat-trick]] in the [[1992–93 FA Cup|FA Cup quarter-final]] at [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], helping his team to a 4–2 win.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12617493.Nayim_hat_trick_overshadowed_by_riot/|title=Nayim hat trick overshadowed by riot|newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|date=8 March 1993|accessdate=2 June 2017}}</ref> [[Spain national football team|Spain national team]] manager [[Javier Clemente]] made a rare foreign trip to monitor him, but he never earned a [[Cap (sport)|cap]].<ref name=Book/>

During his time in England, Nayim was accused by the press of [[Diving (association football)|diving]]; a feign against [[Oxford United F.C.|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.<ref name=Book/>

===Zaragoza===
In May 1993, Nayim signed for [[Real Zaragoza]] for £500,000. His most notable moment in football came in the final seconds of [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] in the [[1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final]] by lobbing [[David Seaman]] from 45 yards to score a [[last-minute goal]] and win it 2–1 against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]];<ref name=NAYIM/> nearly two decades later, he told [[UEFA]]'s website that the strike was premeditated as his experience in England had taught him that the Gunners played a high defensive line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/021b-0f8a73dd18bd-5c4abf051943-1000--nayim-was-looking-at-seaman-the-whole-night/|title=Nayim was 'looking at Seaman the whole night'|publisher=UEFA|first=Richard|last=Martin|date=13 November 2014|access-date=2 June 2017}}</ref>

===Later years===
Nayim retired in 2000, after a stint with Spanish [[Segunda División]] side [[CD Logroñés]]. He took up coaching afterwards, managing [[Atlético Ceuta]] and serving as assistant to [[AD Ceuta]];<ref name=PAIS/> in late 2009, he joined former Zaragoza teammate [[José Aurelio Gay]]'s coaching staff, being named his assistant manager after [[Marcelino García Toral]]'s sacking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtve.es/deportes/20101023/pep-se-funden-gay/364378.shtml|title=Los de Guardiola se funden a Gay y sus hombres|trans-title=Guardiola's crew melts Gay and his men|publisher=[[RTVE]]|language=Spanish|date=23 October 2010|accessdate=14 June 2018}}</ref>

Nayim returned to his hometown in May 2016, to become sporting director at [[AD Ceuta FC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceutaactualidad.com/articulo/deportes/luhay-hamido-y-nayim-tomaran-riendas-ceuta-proxima-semana/20160514142208024975.html|title=Luhay Hamido y Nayim tomarán las riendas del Ceuta la próxima semana|trans-title=Luhay Hamido and Nayim will take the reins at Ceuta next week|publisher=Ceuta Actualidad|first=Juanma|last=Navas|language=Spanish|date=14 May 2016|accessdate=2 June 2017}}</ref>