He also played for Aruba but unlike Curaçao and Surinam Aruba were not F.I.F.A. members; Surinam joined F.I.F.A. in May 1929, Curaçao in May 1932. Aruba applied for separate F.I.F.A. membership in 1946, following the dissolution of the N.A.V.B. (a federation for the Dutch Antilles formed in 1941 which was refused F.I.F.A. membership after World War II) but did not obtain it until 1988.
It should be noted that all three federations concerned considered their meetings to be full internationals, and the same applies to their matches against representations from British Guiana and Trinidad, which at the time were part of the British Empire and did not obtain F.I.F.A. membership until the sixties. Also note that line-ups for many matches Curaçao and Surinam played in the 1930s and 1940s are not available, so Nahar may well have played more matches for both. According to Surinam sources Nahar represented his country 70 (!) times, 30 times for the official S.V.B. and 40 times for the catholic N.G.V.B. federation. However, these numbers clearly include many non-official matches.
All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 6- 9-1910 in Paramaribo Country: Surinam Caps: 10 (W3-D3-L4 – GF27-GA23 - %45.00) National Team Career for Surinam: 0 yr 306 d [known period only] National Team Career for Curaçao: 0 yr 7 d [known period only] Total Two Team Career: 6 yr 297 d [known period only]
Surinam - S.V.B.
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 22- 7-34 Willemstad Curaçao 1-3
2 25- 7-34 Willemstad Curaçao 2-3
3 29- 7-34 Willemstad Curaçao 2-2
- 6- 8-34 Port of Spain Trinidad 3-3
4 20- 5-35 Paramaribo Curaçao 0-1
5 22- 5-35 Paramaribo Curaçao 4-1 Gouverneur van Slobbe Beker
6 24- 5-35 Paramaribo Curaçao 2-1
- 30- 9-35 Paramaribo Aruba 1-1
- 2-10-35 Paramaribo Aruba 0-0
- 4- 1-37 Paramaribo British Guiana 8-0 [!] Toernooi Koninklijk Huwelijk
- 6- 1-37 Paramaribo Trinidad 1-1 Toernooi Koninklijk Huwelijk
- 8- 1-37 Paramaribo Trinidad 3-3 Toernooi Koninklijk Huwelijk
- 9- 1-37 Paramaribo Trinidad 2-2 [*] Toernooi Koninklijk Huwelijk
[!] British Guiana were also listed as Demerara in contemporary sources;
presumably most if not all players were from Georgetown
[*] Nahar scored both Surinam goals in this match; after the 3 draws,
Trinidad were awarded the cup as visiting team
Goals
Cap 1 1
Cap 2 1
Cap 3 2
Cap 5 2
Cap 6 1
Total 7
NB: Nahar may well have played more (official) matches for Surinam,
as he reportedly represented the S.V.B. on 30 occasions (which
includes unofficial matches; regular opponents British Guiana
and Trinidad were not members of F.I.F.A. at the time).
Surinam - N.G.V.B.
The Nederlandsch Guyana Voetbal Bond was a rival federation to the
S.V.B., which had obtained F.I.F.A. membership in 1929. It was of
catholic origin (until January 1st, 1930, its name had been K.V.B.,
Katholieke Voetbal Bond) and also known as "Patro" or "Patronaat".
It had close relations to the federation of British Guiana, with
which its exchanged many visits, most notably in order to compete
for the Walcott Cup. Nahar frequently played in these matches and
earned himself the nickname "the Wizard from Surinam" in Guiana.
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
- 3- 9-31 Paramaribo British Guiana 2-0 [2] Walcott Cup
- 2- 3-32 Georgetown British Guiana 3-3 [1] Walcott Cup
- 5- 3-32 Georgetown British Guiana 2-1 [1] Walcott Cup
- 7- 3-32 Georgetown British Guiana 1-3 [*] Walcott Cup
- 31- 8-37 Paramaribo British Guiana 1-0 Walcott Cup
- 1- 9-37 Paramaribo British Guiana 3-2 [3] Walcott Cup
- 2- 9-37 Paramaribo British Guiana 2-1 [2] Walcott Cup
- 4- 4-38 Georgetown Trinidad 0-1
- 5- 4-38 Georgetown Trinidad 3-0 [2]
- 8- 4-38 Georgetown Trinidad 1-0 [1]
- 11- 4-38 Georgetown British Guiana 1-1 [1] Walcott Cup
- 12- 4-38 Georgetown British Guiana 2-0 Walcott Cup
- 14- 4-38 Georgetown British Guiana 3-0 [3] Walcott Cup
- 31- 8-38 Paramaribo British Guiana 1-1 [1] Amo Amateur Cup
- 4- 9-38 Paramaribo British Guiana 1-0 [1] Amo Amateur Cup
- 9- 9-38 Paramaribo British Guiana 1-0 [1] Amo Amateur Cup
[1] Nahar scored 1 goal in this match
[2] Nahar scored 2 goals in this match
[3] Nahar scored 3 goals in this match
[*] as holders, the N.G.V.B. retained the Walcott Cup after splitting
the series
Curaçao
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 8- 5-41 San José Panama 3-3 CCCF Championship
2 11- 5-41 San José El Salvador 2-2 CCCF Championship
3 13- 5-41 San José Costa Rica 2-6 CCCF Championship
4 15- 5-41 San José Nicaragua 9-1 CCCF Championship
Goals
Cap 1 2
Cap 4 4
Total 6
NB: Nahar may well have played more (official) matches for Curaçao, as
he reportedly represented Curaçao over a period of 3 years.
Aruba
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
- 26- 5-46 Willemstad Curaçao 1-2 C.V.B. Silver Jubilee
- 21- 6-47 Willemstad Curaçao 1-4
NB: it is not known whether Nahar played on 5 June against Surinam in
the 1946 tournament. Nahar reportedly represented Aruba over a
period of 10 years.
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