Peyman Hosseini

Peyman Hosseini
	Hosseini in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Seyed Peyman Hosseini
Date of birth	16 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Largan, Noshahr, Iran
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Shahrdari Tabriz (beach soccer)
Number	1
Youth career
1996–2005	Shamoushak Noshahr
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2008	Shamoushak Noshahr
2008–2010	Apadana
2010–2011	Saipa (beach soccer)
2011–2013	Shahrdari Tabriz (beach soccer)
2015–2016	Pars Jonoubi Jam (beach soccer)
2016–	Shahriar Sari (beach soccer)
International career‡
2011–	Iran (beach soccer)
Medal record
Representing Iran
Men's beach soccer
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Intercontinental Cup
Asian Championship
Asian Beach Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 May 2017

Seyed Peyman Hosseini (born 16 February 1984) is an Iranian beach soccer player who plays for Shahriar Sari in the Iran Premier Beach Soccer League. He plays in the goalkeeper position. Hosseini has represented Iran at three FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups (2013, 2015, and 2017).

Hosseini is known as one of his generation's best beach soccer goalkeepers and was named the best goalkeeper in the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, in which Iran finished in third place, and also named the best goalkeeper in the world for the year 2017.^[5]

Club career

Shamoushak

Hosseini started his career playing association football with the youth teams of Shamoushak Noshahr. He made his debut with the first team in 2005 in a match against Bargh Shiraz.^[6] After the age of 22 he switched to playing Beach soccer.

International career

Hosseini joined the Iran national beach soccer team in 2011 and became the number one goalkeeper in 2012.^[7] He was named the best goalkeeper of the 2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship. Hosseini was named the best goalkeeper of the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and helped Iran to a best-ever third-place finish.