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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alireza Safar Beiranvand[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1992 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sarab-e Yas, Khorramabad, Iran | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Tractor | |||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Vahdat | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2016 | Naft Tehran | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2016 | Naft Tehran | 68 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Persepolis | 89 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Royal Antwerp | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Boavista (loan) | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Persepolis | 55 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Tractor | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Iran U20 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Iran U23 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2015– | Iran | 77 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Alireza Safar Beiranvand (Persian: علیرضا بیرانوند; born 21 September 1992) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Persian Gulf Pro League club Tractor and the Iran national team.[2][3]
Beiranvand represented Iran internationally at the AFC Asian Cup in 2015, 2019 and 2023, and at the FIFA World Cup in 2018[4] and 2022.[5][6]
In 2017, Beiranvand became the first Iranian ever to be nominated for an individual award at The Best FIFA Football Awards.[7] He has been the best goalkeeper in the Persian Gulf Pro League for four consecutive seasons from 2014 to 2019 and has also been the Iranian Footballer of the Year in 2019.[8] With 23 clean sheets in 37 matches during the 2017–18 season, he ranked as the second goalkeeper in the world for the cleanest sheets.[9]
In addition, Beiranvand achieved two Guinness World Records during his career, including the farthest distance throw of a football at 61.0026 metres (200.140 ft) against South Korea on 11 October 2016,[10] and the longest football drop kick at 78.014 metres (255.95 ft) on 17 April 2019.[11]
- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: IR Iran (IRN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 15. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Iran goalkeeper among 5 Asian FIFA World Cup Heroes". Islamic Republic News Agency. 7 November 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sport, Telegraph (15 June 2018). "Iran World Cup 2018 squad list and team guide". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.
- ^ Jones, Michael (15 November 2022). "Iran World Cup 2022 squad guide: Full fixtures, group, ones to watch, odds and more". The Independent. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "FIFA Football Awards 2017 – Voting Results | THE BEST FIFA GOALKEEPER 2017" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Best of Persian Gulf Pro League Win Awards". Financial Tribune. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup 2018: Top 5 goalkeepers ranked by clean sheets kept". SportSkeeda. 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Farthest distance throw of a football (soccer ball) in a competitive match". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Longest football (soccer) drop kick". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 6 April 2024.