Vahid Shamsaee

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Vahid Shamsaee
Personal information
Full name	Vahid Shamsaee
Date of birth	21 September 1975 (1975-09-21) (age 32)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Tam Iran Khodro
Number	9
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–	Esteghlal Lazio Colleferro Eram Kish Qom Tam Iran Khodro
National team2
1999–	Iran	111 (335)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 13:05, 23 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Vahid Shamsaee (Persian: وحید شمسايی , born September 21, 1975 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian futsal player who is futsal's top international goalscorer of all time. He is a striker, and currently a member of Tam Iran Khodro and the Iran national futsal team.

Contents 1 International career 2 Honours 2.1 Individual 2.2 Team 3 References

[edit] International career

He is the leading goalscorer for the national team, the eight time consecutive Top Goalscorer of the Asian Futsal Championship.^[1]

On May 19, 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 14 goals ahead of Manoel Tobias of Brazil national futsal team, the previous holder of the title with 302 goals.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Individual

• Top Goalscorer, AFC Futsal Championship, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
• Most Valuable Player, AFC Futsal Championship, 2005, 2007, 2008
• Best Asian Futsal Player of the Year, nominated, 2006
• World's Top Futsal Goalscorer of All Time (with 316 goals as of 19 May 2007)
• Best Asian Futsal Player of the Year, 2007^[2]

[edit] Team

• Champions, AFC Futsal Championship, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
• Third place, AFC Futsal Championship, 2006

[edit] References