An Iranian was nominated for the best player of the year in Asia

The national goalkeeper of Traktor was nominated for the best player of the year in Asia.

According to ambassador Arjan; The Asian Football Confederation announced today (Friday) the names of 3 candidates for the best player of the year in Asia, and Alireza Biranvand was included in this list.

The goalkeeper of our country's national team is going to compete with two stars of the Saudi national team, Firas Al-Barikan (Al-Ahly Saudi Arabia and the Saudi national team) and Salem Al-Dosari (Al-Hilal Club and the Saudi Arabian national team) to win this award.

Iran is represented in the Asian Futsal Player of the Year (Hossein Tayibi and Saeed Ahmad Abbasi) and Women's Coach of the Year (Marzieh Jafari).

The full list of nominees for the Best of Asia Awards is as follows:

Alireza Biranvand (Tractor and Iran National Team)

Firas Al-Barikan (Al-Ahly and the Saudi national team)

Salem Al-Dosri (Al-Hilal and the national team of Saudi Arabia)

Holly McNamara (Melbourne City / Everton and Australia)

Kim Kyung-young (Naegohyang Women's Football Club, North Korea)

Kim Hye-ri (Wuhan Jiangda Women's Football Club/South Korea's Suwon FC Women)

Best Legionnaire of the Year in Asia (men)

Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord Rotterdam Netherlands / Lille France and Japan national team)

Hwang In Beom (Feyenoord Rotterdam / Porto South Korea)

Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain/Atletico Madrid)

Asia Legionnaire Player of the Year (Women)

Alana Kennedy (Lions of London and Australia)

Caitlin Ford (Arsenal and Australia women's team)

Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City Women and Japan)

Hossein Tayibi (the jewel of the land and the Iranian national team)

Saeed Ahmad Abbasi (Getty Pasand and Iran National Team)

Mohammad Asamanmusa (Cartagena, Spain and Thailand national team)

Joseph Montemorrow (Australian Women and Australia)

Go Kuroda (Machida Zeluya Football Club and Japan)

Sadayoshi Shirai (Japan women under 17)

Ma Xiaochu (China national under-17 team)

Marzieh Jafari (Women's Badminton and Iran National Team)

Park Yoon-jeong (South Korea under-20 women and South Korea national team)

Maki Kitahara (FC Tokyo and Japan national team)

Rion Ichihara (Alkmaar Netherlands and Japan national team)

Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo, Valencia and the Japanese national team)

Kim Won Sim (Pyongyang and North Korea International Football School)

Yoo Jong Hyang (North Korea SC and North Korea National Team)

Noah Fukushima (Fukushima Academy and Japan)

Asia Federation of the Year (Platinum)

Saudi Arabian Football Federation

Asia Federation of the Year (Ruby)

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

AFC President's Appreciation Award for Grassroots Football (Silver)

AFC President's Appreciation Award for Grassroots Football (Bronze)