Alireza Samimi

Alireza Samimi

Personal information
Full name	Alireza Samimi
Date of birth	(1987-06-29) 29 June 1987
Place of birth	Bushehr, Iran
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Mes Sungun
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2006	Daryanavardan
2006–	Elmo Adab
	Sadra
0000–2015	Melli Haffari
AFCC 2012	→ Giti Pasand (loan)	5	(1)
AFCC 2014	→ Dabiri (loan)		(0)
2015–	Mes Sungun		(1)
International career‡
2007–2008	Iran U23
2008–	Iran
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 February 2022

Alireza Samimi (Persian: علیرضا صمیمی; born 29 June 1987) is an Iranian professional futsal player. He is a Goalkeeper, and currently a member of Mes Sungun and the Iran national futsal team.

He was among the top ten goalkeepers in the world in 2018, 2017 and 2016, according to the list published by the Futsal Planet website.

Honours

Country

• FIFA Futsal World Cup
  • Third place (1): 2016
• AFC Futsal Championship
  • Champion (2): 2016 - 2018
  • Runners-up (1): 2014
• Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
  • Champion (3): 2009 - 2013 - 2017
• Grand Prix
  • Runner-Up (1): 2015

Club

• AFC Futsal Club Championship
  • Champion (2): 2012 (Giti Pasand), 2018 (Mes Sungun)
  • Runners-up (1): 2019 (Mes Sungun)
  • Third place (1): 2014 (Dabiri)
• Iranian Futsal Super League
  • Champion (3): 2017–18 (Mes Sungun), 2018–19 (Mes Sungun), 2019–20 (Mes Sungun)
  • Runners-up (1): 2015–16 (Mes Sungun)

Individual

• Best goalkeeper:
  • Iranian Futsal Super League (2): 2013–14 (Melli Haffari) - 2017–18 (Mes Sungun)
• UMBRO Futsal Awards
  • 10 Best Goalkeepers of the World (3): 2018 (7th), 2017 (7th), 2016 (7th)

External links

• Alireza Samimi – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Alireza Samimi on Instagram
• Alireza Samimi on Facebook