Biranvand was nominated for Asia's Man of the Year / Ahmad Abbasi, Tayibi and Jafari among the candidates

The website of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced the names of the nominees for the 2026 Best Awards, where Iranian football is represented in four divisions.

jskdl: The name of the goalkeeper of the Iranian national team can be seen among the candidates for the best player of 2026 in Asian football.

The website of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced the names of the nominees for the 2026 Best Awards, where Iranian football is represented in four divisions.

In the category of the best player of the year, Alireza Biranvand, the goalkeeper of the Tractor team, who also stood in the goal of our country's national team in the 2026 World Cup, has two Saudi rivals, Firas Al-Barikan and Salem Al-Dosari.

The best futsal player of the year award, which went to Iranian players in the past years, has two Iranian players among the three candidates. Saeed Ahmad Abbasi, the best player of the Asian Nations Cup 2026, is competing with Hossein Tayibi in this section and they are competing with Mohammad Osman Musa from Thailand.

Marzieh Jafari, who won the title of the best female coach of the year in 2025, has been nominated again in this section. Ma Xiaozhu, the head coach of China's under-17 team, and Park Yun-jeong, the head coach of South Korea's under-20 team, are Jafari's rivals to repeat the title of the best female coach of the year.

The Iranian Football Federation has also been nominated in the Grassroots (basic football) section and competes with the Australian and Japanese federations in this section. Of course, our country's federation has not been nominated in the best federation of 2026.

The candidates for the most important titles of 2026 Asian football are listed below:

Alireza Biranvand (Tractor, Iran National Team)

Firas Al-Barikan (Al-Ahly, Saudi national team)

Salem Al-Dosri (Al-Hilal, Saudi national team)

Holly McNamara (Melbourne City and Everton, Australian national team)

Kim Kyung-yong (Naeguyang, North Korea national team)

Kim Hye-ri (Wuhan Jiangda and Suwon FC, South Korea national team)

Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord and Lille, Japan national team)

Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord and Porto, South Korea national team)

Lee Hong-in (Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid, South Korea national team)

Alana Kennedy (London City Lions, Australian national team)

Caitlin Ford (Arsenal, Australian national team)

Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City, Japan National Team)

Hossein Tayibi (Ghar Zameen, Iran National Team)

Saeed Ahmad Abbasi (Getty Images, Iran National Team)

Mohammad Osman Moussa (Jimby Cartagena, Thailand national team)

Joseph Montemorrow (Australian women's team)

Sadayoshi Shirai (Japan under-17 team)

Marzieh Jafari (Khatoon Bam team and Iran national team)

Ma Xiaozhou (China Under-17 Team)

Park Yoon-jeong (South Korea under-20 team)

AFC President's Special Award for Grassroots Football (Gold)