AFC Player of the Year can be Beiranvand
AFC Player of the Year can be Beiranvand

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Ex-Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic believes that Alireza Beiranvand deserved to win the 2019 AFC Player of the Year award. Qatar’s rising star Akram Hassan Afif won the accolade at the 2019 AFC Annual Awards held in Hong Kong on Monday. However, Ivankovic says that Beiranvand has been the best Asian player […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Ex-Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic believes that Alireza Beiranvand deserved to win the 2019 AFC Player of the Year award.

Qatar’s rising star Akram Hassan Afif won the accolade at the 2019 AFC Annual Awards held in Hong Kong on Monday.

However, Ivankovic says that Beiranvand has been the best Asian player in the current year, AFC Player of the Year can be the other.

“First, I would like to congratulate him for being among the top three players. He showed that he has had good performance in football and achieved success,” the Croat said.

“I think Beiranvand had to win the award because he played well in Persepolis and Iran national football team,” Ivankovic added.

Ivankovic has been nominated to replace Marc Wilmots as Iran’s national football team head coach.

Earlier, Pateadores Club coach Shayan Jahangiri believed that Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand has the potential to play in the big European clubs.

“I was at the stadium when Alireza Beiranvand saved Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty in Russia. It was the best moment in my career. I think he has the potential to play in big European teams,” Jahangiri said.

“Our country has so many talented players and is comparable to Brazil but there are some problems in finding the talents, however, we see positive movements in the recent years,” he added.

  • source : tehrantimes, irannews