{"id":31452,"date":"2018-04-17T15:52:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T22:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=31452"},"modified":"2018-04-17T16:40:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T23:40:23","slug":"fourfourtwo-asia-50-asias-best-footballers-2018-30th-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2018\/04\/17\/fourfourtwo-asia-50-asias-best-footballers-2018-30th-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"FourFourTwo: Asia 50: Asia&#8217;s Best Footballers 2018 [30th-11th]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FourFourTwo &#8211; SINGAPORE, <strong>The count continues with a host of World Cup combatants as we continue the countdown to the top 10.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>23. KAVEH REZAEI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-kaveh-rezaei-350x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"195\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-kaveh-rezaei-350x195.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-kaveh-rezaei-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-kaveh-rezaei-700x390.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/23-kaveh-rezaei.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With 12 goals in the Belgian First Division and sitting third in the scoring charts, it&#8217;s fair to say that Razaei has been an instant hit in his new country this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian has been in fine fettle for Charleroi despite it only being his first foray into Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The former Esteghlal man is a lethal poacher in front of goal and is strong in the air as well &#8211; attributes which any top striker would be blessed to have.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s already talk that Charleroi are looking to extend Razaei&#8217;s contract, which runs out at the end of 2019, and they would be wise to do so should he keep banging in the goals. \u2013 Matthew Mohan<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. KARIM ANSARIFARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/22-karim-ansarifard-350x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"195\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/22-karim-ansarifard-350x195.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/22-karim-ansarifard-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/22-karim-ansarifard-700x390.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/22-karim-ansarifard.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following his switch from Panionios to fellow Greek Super League club Olympiacos in January 2017, striker Ansarifard took a little while to establish himself before helping his new side secure a seventh straight domestic title.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly left off the squad for this season\u2019s Champions League qualifying campaign by manager Besnik Hasi, Ansarifard\u2019s progress was halted temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>But Hasi\u2019s dismissal just over three months into his tenure signalled a return to favour for the Iranian, who was inserted back into the starting line-up and has so far responded with 14 goals and four assists through 21 league games, with many pundits suggesting he is in career-best form.<\/p>\n<p>He also appears destined to join the likes of fellow attackers Mehdi Taremi and Sardar Azmoun on a talented Iranian team for the upcoming World Cup in Russia. \u2013 James Dampney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FourFourTwo &#8211; SINGAPORE, The count continues with a host of World Cup combatants as we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":31455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,92,89,91,93,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-c21-international-football-news","category-c16-iranian-legionairs","category-c20-other-news","category-c22-players-spotlight","category-c13-team-melli-news"],"views":1916,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31452"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31469,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31452\/revisions\/31469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}