Vahid Shamsaei

Vahid Shamsaei

File:Vahid Shamsaei - cropped.jpg Vahid Shamsaei in Enghelab Stadium in Karaj, 14 December 2015
Personal information
Full name	Vahid Shamsaei
Date of birth	(1975-09-21) 21 September 1975
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height
Position(s)	Pivot
Team information
Current team	Tasisat Daryaei
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	Peyman
2002–2003	Esteghlal
2003–2004	Lazio	0	(0)
2004–2005	Eram Kish Qom		(38)
2005–2008	Tam Iran Khodro
2008–2011	Foolad Mahan
2011–2012	Giti Pasand
2012–2013	Shenzhen Nanling Iron Wolf
2013–2014	Dabiri Tabriz
2014–	Tasisat Daryaei
International career‡
1999–2012	Iran	189	(390)
Managerial career
2013–2014	Dabiri Tabriz (Player-coach)
2014–	Tasisat Daryaei (Player-coach)
Medal record Representing Iran Men's Futsal as player AFC Futsal Championship 2000 Bangkok 2001 Tehran 2002 Jakarta 2003 Tehran 2004 Macau 2005 Ho Chi Minh City 2007 Osaka & Amagasaki 2008 Bangkok 2006 Tashkent 2012 Dubai Asian Indoor Games 2005 Bangkok Futsal Confederations Cup 2009 Tripoli
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ 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 Iran national futsal team. He was a striker and is futsal's top international goalscorer of all time.

Shamsaei has been named AFC Futsal Player of the Year on five occasions (2000, 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2015). He has also won eight AFC Futsal Championships with Iran.

International career

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 1 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.

Honours

Player

Country

• AFC Futsal Championship
  • Champion (8): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
  • Third place (2): 2006, 2012
• Asian Indoor Games
  • Champion (1): 2005
• Confederations Futsal Cup
  • Champion (1): 2009
• WAFF Futsal Championship
  • Champion (1): 2012

Club

• AFC Futsal Club Championship
  • Champion (2): 2010 (Foolad Mahan) - 2015 (Tasisat Daryaei)
• Iranian Futsal Super League
  • Champions (5): 2007–08 (Tam Iran Khodro) - 2008–09 (Foolad Mahan) - 2009–10 (Foolad Mahan) - 2013–14 (Dabiri Tabriz) - 2014–15 (Tasisat Daryaei)
  • Runner-Up (3): 2004–05 (Eram Kish Qom) - 2005–06 (Tam Iran Khodro) - 2011-12 (Giti Pasand)

Manager

• Iranian Futsal Super League
  • Champions (2): 2013–14 (Dabiri Tabriz) - 2014–15 (Tasisat Daryaei)

Individual

• Best player:
  • AFC Futsal Player of the Year: 2007 - 2008 - 2015
  • MVP AFC Futsal Championship: 1999 - 2000 - 2005 - 2007 - 2008
  • MVP AFC Futsal Club Championship: 2010 - 2015
  • MVP Futsal Confederations Cup : 2009
  • International special award (2007–08) shared with Ali Daei (Iran Football Federation Award)
  • Best futsal player of Iran (2007–08)
• Top Goalscorer
  • World's Top Futsal Goalscorer of All Time (with 390)
  • AFC Futsal Championship: 2001 (31) - 2002 (26) - 2003 (24) - 2004 (32) - 2005 (23) - 2006 (16) - 2008 (13) - 2012 (7)
  • Asian Indoor Games: 2005 (31)
  • AFC Futsal Club Championship, 2010 (17) - 2015 (10)
  • WAFF Futsal Championship: 2012 (8 Goals)
  • Iranian Futsal Super League: 2000–01 (Peyman) (34 Goals) - 2004–05 (Eram Kish Qom) (38 Goals) - 2005–06 (Tam Iran Khodro) (55 Goals) - 2008–09 (Foolad Mahan) (32 Goals) - 2009–10 (Foolad Mahan) (34 Goals)
• Best Manager
  • Iranian Futsal Super League: 2013–14 (Dabiri Tabriz)
  • Iranian Futsal Super League: 2014–15 (Tasisat Daryaei)

Managerial career

Statistics

As of 21 August 2015

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Win %
Tasisat Daryaei	2014		57	35	14	8	185	110	+75	61.40

External links

• Vahid Shamsaei – FIFA competition record
• Vahid Shamsaei – Futsal Planet

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kenichiro Kogure	Asian Futsaler of the Year 2007 2008	Succeeded by Mohammad Taheri
Preceded by Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	Asian Futsaler of the Year 2015	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Therdsak Chaiman	AFC Futsal Championship Top Scorers 2001 (31 Goals) 2002 (26 Goals) 2003 (24 Goals) 2004 (33 Goals) 2005 (23 Goals) 2006 (16 Goals)	Succeeded by Kenichiro Kogure
Preceded by Kenichiro Kogure	AFC Futsal Championship Top Scorers 2008 (13 Goals)	Succeeded by Mohammad Taheri
Preceded by Mohammad Taheri	AFC Futsal Championship Top Scorers 2012 (7 Goals)	Succeeded by Hossein Tayyebi
Preceded by Anucha Munjarern	AFC Futsal Championship MVP 2003	Succeeded by Mohammad Reza Heidarian
Preceded by Kenichiro Kogure	AFC Futsal Championship MVP 2007 2008	Succeeded by Mohammad Taheri
Preceded by -	AFC Futsal Club Championship Top Scorers 2010 (17 Goals)	Succeeded by Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Preceded by Kaoru Morioka	AFC Futsal Club Championship Top Scorers 2015 (10 Goals)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by -	AFC Futsal Club Championship MVP 2010	Succeeded by Mohammad Keshavarz
Preceded by Kaoru Morioka	AFC Futsal Club Championship MVP 2015	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Mahmoud Lotfi	Iranian Futsal Super League top scorer 04-05 (38 Goals) 05-06 (55 Goals)	Succeeded by Mohammad Taheri
Preceded by Mohammad Taheri	Iranian Futsal Super League top scorer 08-09 (32 Goals) with Morteza Azimaei 09-10 (34 Goals)	Succeeded by Masoud Daneshvar