Seyed Peyman Hosseini (born 16 February 1984) is an Iranian

beach soccer Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or sand soccer, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand between two teams of five players each. Association football has long been played informally on ...

player who plays for Shahriar Sari in the Iran Premier Beach Soccer League. He plays in the

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position. Hosseini has represented Iran at three

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is an international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was preceded by the Beach Soccer World Championshi ...

s (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 The 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Overall, this was the 19t ...

, in which Iran finished in third place, and also named the best goalkeeper in the world for the year 2017.

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. After the age of 22 he switched to playing Beach soccer.

International career

Hosseini joined the

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in 2011 and became the number one goalkeeper in 2012. He was named the best goalkeeper of the

2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship The 2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a continental beach soccer tournament which took place from 22 to 26 January 2013, at a temporary stadium and adjacent pitch on the Katara Beach in Doha, Qatar. The stadium will have a capacity of 3,000 s ...

. Hosseini was named the best goalkeeper of the

and helped Iran to a best-ever third-place finish.

Honours

Beach soccer

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''Third place:

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup The Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup is an international beach soccer tournament which is held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates every November as the finale of the competitive international beach soccer season. The invitation-only tournament ha ...

winner:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Asian Championship An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics and wate ...

winner :

Third place:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Asian Beach Games The Asian Beach Games, also known as ABG, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia. The Games are described as the second or third largest Asian m ...

winner:

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Third place:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Individual

*Best goalkeeper of the year: 2017 *Best goalkeeper:

*Goal of the Tournament:

*Best goalkeeper:

2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship The 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Doha, Qatar on 23–28 March 2015. This was the second consecutive time that the AFC Beach Soccer Championship was held in Doha. All matches were played at th ...

References

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* 1984 births Living people Iranian men's footballers Iranian beach soccer players Beach soccer goalkeepers Men's association football goalkeepers 21st-century Iranian sportsmen Sportspeople from Nowshahr {{Iran-sport-bio-stub