Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Navlighi (Persian: علیاصغر حسنزاده ناولیقی; born 2 November 1987) is an Iranian professional futsal player. He is a Left Winger, and currently a member of Giti Pasand in the Iranian Futsal Super League and the Iran national futsal team.[1] Hassanzadeh is regarded as one of the greatest Asian futsal players in history and has been named AFC Futsal Player of the Year four times (2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018) and was a nominee for World Futsal Player of the Year in 2015.[2] He is also the all time top goalscorer of the AFC Futsal Club Championship with 33 goals.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Navlighi | ||
| Date of birth | 2 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Qom, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Giti Pasand | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hilal Ahmar (football) | |||
| 2003–2004 | Eram Kish | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2009 | Eram Kish | 102 | (97) |
| 2009–2012 | Foolad Mahan | 84 | (48) |
| 2011 | → Al Rayyan (loan) | 5 | (10) |
| 2012–2013 | Saba | 24 | (28) |
| 2013–2015 | Norilsk Nickel | 73 | (58) |
| 2015–2016 | Tasisat Daryaei | (29) | |
| 2016–2018 | Giti Pasand | (32) | |
| 2018 | Mes Sungun | 6 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Shenzhen Nanling | 37 | (48) |
| 2019– | Giti Pasand | (44) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004–2007 | Iran U23 | ||
| 2005– | Iran | 297 | (334) |
Medal record | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 August 2019 | |||
Career edit
Eram Kish edit
Born in Qom, Hassanzadeh started out playing for his local club Eram Kish Qom and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2004. In his first season with the club, Eram finished runners–up in the league.
Foolad Mahan edit
In the summer of 2009 Hassanzadeh left Eram and signed with champions Foolad Mahan. In his first season with the club Foolad won the league and the 2010 AFC Futsal Club Championship.
Al Rayyan (loan) edit
In 2011 Hassanzadeh was loaned out to Qatari side Al Rayyan for the duration of the 2011 AFC Futsal Club Championship, he was the top scorer of the tournament with ten goals and helped Al Rayyan to a fourth-place finish.
Saba edit
In 2012 Hassanzadeh returned Qom and signed with Saba Qom where he won the league in the 2012–13 season and was also named the top scorer of the league for the first time, with 28 goals in 24 games.
Norilsk Nickel edit
In 2013 Hassanzadeh accepted an offer from Russian club MFK Norilsk Nickel becoming one of three Iranian's playing for that club. Hassanzadeh scored 8 goals in 10 games for the club and left only after one season.[2]
Tasisat Daryaei edit
He returned to Iran in 2015 and signed with champions Tasisat Daryaei, in his first season he was the leading scorer of the league with 29 goals and also helped the club win the double.
International career edit
Hassanzadeh made his debut with the Iran national futsal team in 2005 and won the AFC Futsal Championship for the first time in 2008. Hassanzadeh won the tournament with Iran again in 2010 and 2016 and finished runners up in 2014, he was named the best player in the 2014 and 2016 tournaments. Hassanzadeh has appeared in three World Cups with Iran (2008, 2012, and 2016), the most notable of which was 2016 where Hassanzadeh scored in Iran's historic Round of 16 win against Brazil.
Honours edit
Country edit
- FIFA Futsal World Cup
- Third place (1): 2016
- AFC Futsal Championship
- Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
- Confederations Cup
- Champion (1): 2009
- Grand Prix
- WAFF Futsal Championship
Club edit
- AFC Futsal Club Championship
- Champion (3): 2010 (Foolad Mahan), 2015 (Tasisat Daryaei), 2018 (Mes Sungun)
- Runners-up (1): 2017 (Giti Pasand)
- Iranian Futsal Super League
- Champion (3): 2009–10 (Foolad Mahan), 2015–16 (Tasisat Daryaei), 2016–17 (Giti Pasand)
- Runners-up (3): 2004–05 (Eram Kish), 2008–09 (Eram Kish), 2012–13 (Saba)
Individual edit
- Asian Indoor Games top scorer: 2007 (12 goals)
- AFC Futsal Club Championship top scorer: 2011 (10 goals)[4]
- Iranian Futsal Super League top scorer (2): 2012–13 (Saba) (28 goals), 2015–16 (Tasisat Daryaei) (29 goals)
- AFC Futsal Championship Most Valuable Player (3): 2014,[5] 2016,[6] 2018[7]
- AFC Futsal Player of the Year: 2014, 2016,[8] 2017,[9] 2018
- AFC Futsal Club Championship Most Valuable Player (1): 2017
- Iranian Futsal Super League Best Player (1): 2016–17
References edit
- ^ "FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Ali HASSANZADEH". 27 September 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Iran Daily News". Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Sponsor Single | JOMA ®". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Keshavarz claims MVP award". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Tayebi and Hassanzadeh claim individual awards". Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Iran's Hassanzadeh is named Most Valuable Player". the-AFC. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "IR Iran's Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh named Most Valuable Player". the-AFC. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "AFC Futsal Player of the Year 2016: Aliasghar Hasanzadeh". the-AFC. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "AFC Futsal Player of the Year 2017: Aliasghar Hasanzadeh". the-AFC. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
External links edit
Media related to Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh at Wikimedia Commons- Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh – FIFA competition record (archived)
