Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Navlighi ( fa, علی‌اصغر حسن‌زاده ناولیقی; born 2 November 1987) is an Iranian professional

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player. He is a Left Winger, and currently a member of Giti Pasand in the

Iranian Futsal Super League The Iranian Futsal Super League ( fa, سوپرلیگ فوتسال ایران, ''SuperLig-e Futsāl-e Irān''), is a professional futsal league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian futsal league system founded in 2003. ...

and the

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. 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. He is also the all time top goalscorer of the AFC Futsal Club Championship with 33 goals. Hassanzadeh is sponsored by Spanish brand

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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

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. 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

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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

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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.

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

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

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Honours

Country

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** Third place (1):

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* AFC Futsal Championship ** Champion (4):

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** Runners-up (1):

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** Third place (1):

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* Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ** Champion (4):

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** Champion (1):

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** Runners-up (2):

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* WAFF Futsal Championship ** Champion (2):

Club

* AFC Futsal Club Championship ** Champion (3):

(

( Tasisat Daryaei),

( Mes Sungun) ** Runners-up (1):

( Giti Pasand) *

** Champion (3): 2009–10 (

), 2015–16 ( Tasisat Daryaei), 2016–17 ( Giti Pasand) ** Runners-up (3): 2004–05 ( Eram Kish), 2008–09 ( Eram Kish), 2012–13 (

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)

Individual

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top scorer:

(12 goals) * AFC Futsal Club Championship top scorer:

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(10 goals) *

top scorer (2): 2012–13 (

) (28 goals), 2015–16 ( Tasisat Daryaei) (29 goals) * AFC Futsal Championship Most Valuable Player (3): 2014, 2016, 2018 * AFC Futsal Player of the Year: 2014, 2016, 2017,AFC FUTSAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2017: ALIASGHAR HASANZADEH
/ref> 2018 * AFC Futsal Club Championship Most Valuable Player (1): 2017 *

Best Player (1): 2016–17

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassanzadeh, Ali Asghar 1987 births Living people People from Qom Iranian men's futsal players Futsal forwards Almas Shahr Qom FSC players Foolad Mahan FSC players Tasisat Daryaei FSC players Giti Pasand FSC players Mes Sungun FSC players Iranian expatriate futsal players Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Iranian expatriate sportspeople in China