Iranian Trio Shortlisted for AFC Int’l Player of Week
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Three Iranian players were shortlisted for the AFC International Player of the Week.
Mehdi Taremi, Milad Mohammadi and Ali Gholizadeh are vying with Ritsu Doan (Arminia Bielefeld, Japan), Sam Kerr (Chelsea, Australia), Yui Hasegawa (AC Milan, Japan) and Parvizjon Umarboev (Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Tajikistan) to win the award.
Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto, Iran)
74 minutes, 1 goal, 8 duels won, 2 interceptions (1-0 v Nacional)
Five days after his sensational UEFA Champions League goal against Chelsea, last week’s winner Mehdi Taremi was at it again in league action, this time chopping off a clearance from Nacional goalkeeper António Filipe before tucking away the winning goal in a 1-0 triumph. His third in as many matches.
Milad Mohammadi (KAA Gent, Iran)
90 minutes, 2 assists, 89% pass accuracy, 88% duels won (7-2 v Zulte-Wareg)
A blistering display from the Iranian left-back, who set up two goals, won 15 of 17 duels and barely missed a pass as Genk ran riot to put seven goals past Zulte-Waregem in the final went of the regular season in Belgium.
Ali Gholizadeh (RSC Charleroi, Iran)
89 minutes, 1 goal, 44 passes completed, 7 successful dribbles (2-3 v Eupen)
After a strong start, Charleroi’s Belgian Pro League season ultimately petered out to a 13th-place finish, but no one would have been disappointed in the efforts of Ali Gholizadeh, who curled home a lovely goal to cap a memorable individual campaign.
