Vahid Shamsaei in Enghelab Stadium in Karaj, 14 December 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vahid Shamsaei | ||
Date of birth | 21 September 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Playing position | Pivot | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Tasisat Daryaei | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2002 | Peyman | ||
2002–2003 | Esteghlal | ||
2003–2004 | Lazio | 11 | (19) |
2004–2005 | Eram Kish Qom | (38) | |
2005–2008 | Tam Iran Khodro | ||
2008–2011 | Foolad Mahan | ||
2011–2012 | Giti Pasand | ||
2012–2013 | Shenzhen Nanling | ||
2013–2014 | Dabiri Tabriz | ||
2014– | Tasisat Daryaei | ||
National team‡ | |||
1999–2012 | Iran | 189 | (390) |
Teams managed | |||
2013–2014 | Dabiri Tabriz (Player-coach) | ||
2014– | Tasisat Daryaei (Player-coach) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:05, 20 May 2015 (UTC) |
Vahid Shamsaei (Persian: وحید شمسايی , born 21 September 1975 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian futsal player and a coach who is currently manager of the Tasisat Daryaei FSC futsal team in the Iranian Futsal Super League. He was a striker and is futsal's top international goalscorer of all time. He is also the all time top goalscorer of the AFC Futsal Club Championship with 17 goals.
Shamsaei has been named AFC Futsal Player of the Year on three occasions (2007, 2008 and 2015). He has also won eight AFC Futsal Championships with Iran. Shamsaei is regarded as the Ali Daei of futsal by the Asian Football Confederation.
He is the leading goalscorer for the national team, the seven time Top Goalscorer of the Asian Futsal Championship.
On 19 May 2007 after scoring one 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 82 goals ahead of Manoel Tobias of Brazil national futsal team, the previous holder of the title with 302 goals.