Nahir Besara (Syriac: ܢܗܝܪ ܒܪܣܐܪܐ; born 25 February 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who captains Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF.

[4][5] He had a difficult first season at his new side, since head coach Gregg Berhalter regularly opted to play him out of position as a forward.

He made his mark towards the end of the season and scored a hattrick in a 4–2 win against Östersunds FK on home turf on 28 October, which consolidated Hammarby's top position in the league.

[14] During the second half of the campaign, Besara played 13 games, scoring four goals, and helped Örebro to finish in 9th place in the Allsvenskan table.

[16] In 2018, Besara had a flying start to the season and was nominated as Allsvenskan player of the month in April, but missed out the award to Jiloan Hamad from Hammarby.

[18] On 25 January 2019, Besara signed a six-month deal with Al-Fayha in the Saudi Professional League, with an option to extend the contact for another season.

[23] Throughout the campaign, Besara scored 12 goals and provided four assists in 29 games, helping the club to reach a 7th place in the Allsvenskan table, their best result since 2014.

[29] Besara featured in the final of the 2021–22 Svenska Cupen, in which Hammarby lost by 4–5 on penalties to Malmö FF after the game ended in a 0–0 draw.

[33] On 2 April 2023, Besara was appointed as the new club captain of Hammarby, replacing Richard Magyar that had retired at the end of last season.