Vahid Shamsaei

Vahid Shamsaei (Persian: وحید شمسايی; 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.[1][2]

Vahid Shamsaei
Personal information
Full name Vahid Shamsaei
Date of birth (1975-09-21) 21 September 1975
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Pivot
Team information
Current team
 Iran (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Peyman
2002–2003 Esteghlal
2003–2004 Lazio 11 (19)
2004–2005 Eram Kish (38)
2005–2008 Tam Iran Khodro
2008–2011 Foolad Mahan
2011–2012 Giti Pasand (17)
2012–2013 Shenzhen Nanling
2013–2014 Dabiri (15)
2014–2018 Tasisat Daryaei (55)
2021 Giti Pasand 4 (1)
International career‡
1999–2017 Iran 189 (392)
Managerial career
2014–2018 Tasisat Daryaei (Player-coach)
2020–2021 Giti Pasand (Player-coach)
2022– Iran
Honours
Representing  Iran
Men's Futsal
AFC Futsal Championship
Gold medal – first place2000 Bangkok
Gold medal – first place2001 Tehran
Gold medal – first place2002 Jakarta
Gold medal – first place2003 Tehran
Gold medal – first place2004 Macau
Gold medal – first place2005 Ho Chi Minh City
Gold medal – first place2007 Osaka & Amagasaki
Gold medal – first place2008 Bangkok
Bronze medal – third place2006 Tashkent
Bronze medal – third place2012 Dubai
Asian Indoor Games
Gold medal – first place2005 Bangkok
Futsal Confederations Cup
Gold medal – first place2009 Tripoli
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 May 2015

International career
Vahid Shamsaei and Gianni Infantino in Tehran

He is the leading goalscorer for the national team, the seven time Top Goalscorer of the Asian Futsal Championship.[3]

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
Club

Manager

Iran

Individual

Managerial career

Statistics
As of 17 January 2022
Team From To Record
GWDLGFGA+/-Win %
Tasisat Daryaei 2014 2018 57 35 14 8 185 110 +75 061.40
Giti Pasand 2020 2021 22 14 5 3 80 48 +32 063.64
Iran 2022 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

References
  1. "فوتبالی‌ترین | شمسایی، علی دایی فوتسال است/ رکوردهای او دست‌نیافتنی است".
  2. "فوتبالی‌ترین | Afc شمسایی را علی دایی فوتسال معرفی کرد".
  3. "New AFC futsal award will popularise game: Shamsaei". the-AFC.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2006.
  4. "Vahid Shamsaei Wins AFC Futsal Player of the Year 2007". IranSportsPress.com. Retrieved 5 December 2007.
  5. AFC Futsal Player of the Year 2015: Vahid Shamsaee
  6. Top honours for evergreen Shamsaee
  7. Hat-trick for Tasisat as Shamsaee scoops MVP, Top Scorer awards
  8. "1st Asian Indoor Games - Bangkok 2005". Archived from the original on 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  9. "Iran wins the Men's Futsal title". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  10. وحید شمسایی بهترین مربی فصل ۹۲ فوتسال ایران شد
  11. وحید شمسایی بهترین مربی سال ۹۳ شد
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