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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.

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Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh

Personal information
Full name	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Navlighi
Date of birth	(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 34)
Place of birth	Qom, Iran
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left Winger
Club 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)
National team‡
2004–2007	Iran U23
2005–	Iran	297	(334)
Honours Representing  Iran Men's Futsal as player FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016 Colombia Grand Prix de Futsal 2009 Brazil 2015 Brazil AFC Futsal Championship 2008 Bangkok 2010 Tashkent 2016 Tashkent 2018 Chinese Taipei 2014 Ho Chi Minh City 2012 Dubai Asian Indoor Games 2007 Macau 2009 Ho Chi Minh City 2013 Incheon Futsal Confederations Cup 2009 Tripoli
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 August 2019

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.[4]

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 (4): 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018
  • 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)[5]
• 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,[6] 2016,[7] 2018[8]
• AFC Futsal Player of the Year: 2014, 2016,[9] 2017,[10] 2018
• AFC Futsal Club Championship Most Valuable Player (1): 2017
• Iranian Futsal Super League Best Player (1): 2016–17

References

External links

• Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh on Facebook
• 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 12-13 (28 Goals) with Ahmad Esmaeilpour	Succeeded by Ahmad Esmaeilpour
Preceded by Moslem Rostamiha	Iranian Futsal Super League top scorer 15-16 (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

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