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

Vahid Shamsaei at Esteghlal FC academy
Personal information
Full name	Vahid Shamsaei
Date of birth	(1975-09-21) 21 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 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
Medal record Representing  Iran Men's Futsal 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 2014 Kerman 2016 Bam Asian Indoor Games 2005 Bangkok Futsal Confederations Cup 2009 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

• 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)

Individual

• Best player:
  • AFC Futsal Player of the Year: 2007 ^[4] - 2008 - 2015^[5]
  • MVP AFC Futsal Championship: - 2000 - 2003 - 2007 - 2008
  • MVP AFC Futsal Club Championship: 2010^[6] - 2015^[7]
  • 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)^[8]
  • AFC Futsal Club Championship, 2010 (17)^[6] - 2015 (10)^[7]
  • WAFF Futsal Championship: 2012 (8 goals)^[9]
  • 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 ^[10] (Dabiri)
  • Iranian Futsal Super League: 2014–15 ^[11] (Tasisat Daryaei)

International goals

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

Managerial career

Statistics

As of 17 January 2022

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	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

External links

• Vahid Shamsaei – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Vahid Shamsaei at Futsal Planet