Alireza Samimi

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.

Alireza Samimi

Personal information
Full name	Alireza Samimi
Date of birth	(1987-06-29) 29 June 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Bushehr, Iran
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	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

He was among the top ten goalkeepers in the world in 2018,^[1] 2017^[2] and 2016,^[3] 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^[4] (Melli Haffari) - 2017–18^[5] (Mes Sungun)
• UMBRO Futsal Awards
  • 10 Best Goalkeepers of the World (3): 2018 (7th), 2017 (7th), 2016 (7th)