Vahid Shamsaei
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vahid Shamsaee | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
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Current team |
Tam Iran Khodro | ||
Number | 9 |
Vahid Shamsaee (Template:PerB, born September 21, 1975 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian futsal player who is futsal's top international goalscorer of all time. He is a striker, and currently a member of Tam Iran Khodro and the Iran national futsal team.
International career
He is the leading goalscorer for the national team, the eight time consecutive Top Goalscorer of the Asian Futsal Championship.[1]
On May 19, 2007 after scoring 1 goal against Japan in Iran's 4-1 victory in the final of the 2007 AFC Futsal Championship, he scored his 316th national goal. He is officially the world's Top Futsal Goalscorer with 14 goals ahead of Manoel Tobias of Brazil national futsal team, the previous holder of the title with 302 goals.
Honours
Individual
- Top Goalscorer, AFC Futsal Championship, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
- Most Valuable Player, AFC Futsal Championship, 2005, 2007, 2008
- Best Asian Futsal Player of the Year, nominated, 2006
- World's Top Futsal Goalscorer of All Time (with 316 goals as of 19 May 2007)
- Best Asian Futsal Player of the Year, 2007[2]
Team
- Champions, AFC Futsal Championship, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
- Third place, AFC Futsal Championship, 2006
References
- ^ "New AFC futsal award will popularise game: Shamsaee". the-AFC.com. Retrieved 2006-11-15.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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