Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh

Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Navlighi (; 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. 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 Joma.

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. 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, 2016, 2018 AFC Futsal Player of the Year: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship Most Valuable Player (1): 2017 Iranian Futsal Super League Best Player (1): 2016–17