TEHRAN – Alireza Samimi from Iran has been nominated for the Best Goalkeeper in the World.

Second day of nominees list for the 19th edition of the UMBRO Futsal Awards 2018, the most traditional and recognized futsal prizes, released by Futsalplanet.com.

Samimi helped Mes Sungun win AFC Futsal Club Championship in August.

He had already played a significant role in winning AFC Futsal Championship title with Team Melli.

Iranian female player Fatemeh Etedadi and goalkeeper Farzaneh Tavasoli have been previously nominated for the Awards.

The Best Goalkeeper in the World nominations are as follow:

(in strict alphabetical order!)

-Miodrag Aksentijevic (SRB)

MFK Tyumen (RUS) - SERBIA N.T.

-Fernando Lopes Pereira "Careca" (BRA)

Atlantico Erechim (BRA) - BRAZIL N.T.

-Thiago Mendes Rocha "Guitta" (BRA)

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (BRA) - Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - BRAZIL N.T.

-Leonardo De Melo Vieira Leite "Higuita" (BRA/KAZ)

Kairat Almaty (KAZ) - KAZAKHSTAN N.T.

-Jesús Herrero Parrón (ESP)

Movistar Inter FS (ESP) - SPAIN N.T.

-Michal Kaluza (POL)

Rekord Bielsko-Biala (POL) - POLAND N.T.

-Stefano Mammarella (ITA)

Acqua&Sapone Unigross (ITA) - ITALY N.T.

-Alireza Samimi (IRN)

Mes Sungun Varzaghan FSC (IRN) - IRAN N.T.

-Ho Van Y (VIE)

Thai Son Nam (VIE) - VIETNAM N.T.

-Georgi Tamazievich Zamtaradze (RUS)

MFK KPRF Moscow (RUS) - RUSSIA N.T.