Vahid Shamsaei

Vahid Shamsaei (; born 21 September 1975) is an Iranian professional futsal coach and former player. He was a Pivot and he scored 392 goals in international matches. He is currently head coach of Iran national futsal team. 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.

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 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.

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 (6): 2007–08 (Tam Iran Khodro) - 2008–09 (Foolad Mahan) - 2009–10 (Foolad Mahan) - 2013–14 (Dabiri) - 2014–15 (Tasisat Daryaei) - 2015–16 (Tasisat Daryaei) Runner-Up (5): 2004–05 (Eram Kish) - 2005–06 (Tam Iran Khodro) - 2011–12 (Giti Pasand) - 2017–18 (Tasisat Daryaei) - 2020–21 (Giti Pasand)

Manager

Iranian Futsal Super League Champions (3): 2013-2014 (Dabiri) - 2014–15 (Tasisat Daryaei) - 2015–16 (Tasisat Daryaei) Runner-Up (2): 2017–18 (Tasisat Daryaei) - 2020–21 (Giti Pasand)

Iran AFC Futsal Championship: 2022 (Runner-Up) AFC Futsal Championship: 2024 (Champion) AFC Futsal Championship: 2026 (Champion)

Individual

Best player: AFC Futsal Player of the Year: 2007 - 2008 - 2015 MVP AFC Futsal Championship: - 2000 - 2003 - 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 (392 goals) AFC Futsal Championship: 2001 (31) - 2002 (26) - 2003 (24) - 2004 (32) - 2005 (23) - 2006 (16) - 2008 (13) - 2012 (7) AFC Futsal Championship Top Goalscorer of All Time (194 goals) = 2000 (11) - 2001 (31) - 2002 (26) - 2003 (24) - 2004 (32) - 2005 (23) - 2006 (16) - 2007 (11) - 2008 (13) - 2012 (7) Asian Indoor Games: 2005 (31) AFC Futsal Club Championship, 2010 (17) Iranian Futsal Super League: 2000–01 (Peyman) (34 goals) - 2004–05 (Eram Kish) (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) Iranian Futsal Super League: 2014–15 (Tasisat Daryaei)

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 10 January 2000 Isfahan, Iran 1–? 2–3 Friendly 2. 21 May 2006 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2–0 14–0 2006 AFC Futsal Championship 2. 5–0 3. 8–0 4. 10–0 5. 11–0 6. 22 May 2006 3–0 20–1 7. 5–0 8. 9–0 9. 12–0 10. 16–0 11. 17–0 12. 19–0 13. 23 May 2006 1–1 6–3 14. 2–2 15. 5–2 16. 26 May 2006 1–1 1–5 17. 13 May 2007 Amagasaki, Japan 4–2 8–4 2007 AFC Futsal Championship 18. 14 May 2007 5–0 15–1 19. 6–0 20. 10–1 21. 11–1 22. 13–1 23. 15–1 24. 17 May 2007 4–0 8–0 25. 5–0 26. 18 May 2007 Osaka, Japan 7–3 7–3 27. 19 May 2007 3–0 4–1 28. 11 May 2008 Bangkok, Thailand 4–0 12–0 2008 AFC Futsal Championship 29. 12–0 30. 12 May 2008 2–0 8–1 31. 5–0 32. 13 May 2008 3–0 14–0 33. ?–0 34. 8–0 35. 13–0 36. 14–0 37. 15 May 2008 4–0 9–1 38. 16 May 2008 1–0 1–0 39. 18 May 2008 2–0 4–0 40. 3–0 41. 27 April 2008 Urmia, Iran 1–0 9–2 2012 WAFF Futsal Championship 42. 9––2 43. 29 April 2012 3–0 19–1 44. 11–0 45. 15–0 46. 16–1 47. 18–1 48. 1 May 2012 1–0 7–3 49. 26 May 2012 Dubai, UAE 3–0 8–0 2012 AFC Futsal Championship 50. 8–0 51. 27 May 2012 2–0 9–0 52. 9–0 53. 30 May 2012 1–0 4–5 54. 4–4 55. 1 June 2012 4–0 4–0

Managerial career

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