Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh

Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Personal information
Full name	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Navlighi
Date of birth	2 November 1987 (age 37)
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
2004–2009	Eram Kish
2009–2012	Foolad Mahan
2011	→ Al Rayyan (loan)
2012–2013	Saba
2013–2015	Norilsk Nickel
2015–2016	Tasisat Daryaei
2016–2018	Giti Pasand
2018	Mes Sungun
2018–2019	Shenzhen Nanling
2019–	Giti Pasand
International career‡
2004–2007	Iran U23
2005–	Iran
Medal record
Representing Iran
Men's Futsal as player
FIFA Futsal World Cup
Grand Prix de Futsal
AFC Futsal Championship
Asian Indoor Games
Futsal Confederations Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 August 2019

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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.

Hassanzadeh is sponsored by Spanish brand Joma.^[3]

Career

Eram Kish

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Country

FIFA Futsal World Cup
- Third place (1): 2016
AFC Futsal Championship
- Champion (5): 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2024
- Runners-up (1): 2014
- Third place (1): 2012
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
- Champion (4): 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017
Confederations Cup
- Champion (1): 2009
Grand Prix
- Runners-up (2): 2009, 2015
WAFF Futsal Championship
- Champion (2): 2007, 2012

Club

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

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

^ "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

Media related to Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh at Wikimedia Commons
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh – FIFA competition record (archived)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Vahid Shamsaei	AFC Futsal Club Championship Top Scorers 2011 (10 Goals)	Succeeded by Ahmad Esmaeilpour
Preceded by Ahmad Esmaeilpour	Iranian Futsal Super League top scorer 2012–13 (28 Goals) with Ahmad Esmaeilpour	Succeeded by Ahmad Esmaeilpour
Preceded by Moslem Rostamiha	Iranian Futsal Super League top scorer 2015–16 (29 Goals)	Succeeded by Mahdi Javid
Preceded by Rafael Henmi	AFC Futsal Championship MVP 2014 2016 2018	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Suphawut Thueanklang	Asian Futsaler of the Year 2014	Succeeded by Vahid Shamsaei
Preceded by Vahid Shamsaei	Asian Futsaler of the Year 2016 2017 2018	Succeeded by Tomoki Yoshikawa
Preceded by Farhad Tavakoli	AFC Futsal Club Championship MVP 2017	Succeeded by Mahdi Javid

[1] "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)

[auto-2] "Iran Daily News". Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[3] "Sponsor Single | JOMA ®". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[4] "Keshavarz claims MVP award". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[5] "Tayebi and Hassanzadeh claim individual awards". Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[6] "Iran's Hassanzadeh is named Most Valuable Player". the-AFC. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[7] "IR Iran's Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh named Most Valuable Player". the-AFC. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[8] "AFC Futsal Player of the Year 2016: Aliasghar Hasanzadeh". the-AFC. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[9] "AFC Futsal Player of the Year 2017: Aliasghar Hasanzadeh". the-AFC. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

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