{"id":47453,"date":"2022-11-13T06:58:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T14:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=47453"},"modified":"2022-11-13T07:00:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T15:00:47","slug":"beiranvand-and-taremi-among-10-asian-stars-to-watch-at-qatar-2022-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2022\/11\/13\/beiranvand-and-taremi-among-10-asian-stars-to-watch-at-qatar-2022-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Beiranvand and Taremi among 10 Asian stars to watch at Qatar 2022 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tasnim – TEHRAN, Mehdi Taremi, and Alireza Beiranvand from Iran are among 10 Asian stars who could light up the 2022 FIFA World Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hidetoshi Nakata, Ali Daei, Park Ji-Sung — in the history of the FIFA World Cup, there has been no shortage of Asian players that have shone on football’s biggest stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with the World Cup once again here, returning to Asian soil for the first time since Japan and South Korea co-hosted the competition in 2002, there are plenty who will be hoping it is their turn in the spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mehdi Taremi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the last World Cup, Mehdi Taremi was still playing in Asia and will perhaps be remembered for a crucial injury-time miss that denied Iran a shock win over Portugal — and a historic place in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four years on, he is now a striker at the peak of his powers, starring for Portuguese giant Porto with five UEFA Champions League goals to his name already this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key member of the Porto team that won the Portuguese league and cup double last season, Taremi has racked up an impressive 62 goals in three and a half seasons since earning a move to Portugal — initially with Rio Ave — and is fully capable of hurting any of the teams Iran come up against in Group B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alireza Beiranvand <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While it was Taremi who missed the chance to hand Iran a historic win over Portugal in that game at the last World Cup, the fact that they were even in such a position was due to goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand — who instantly put himself in the limelight when he denied a certain Cristiano Ronaldo from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beiranvand, a four-time Iranian league champion with Persepolis, eventually earned a move to Europe with Belgium’s Royal Antwerp and also had a loan spell in Portugal with Boavista, although he has been hampered by injuries in recent times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now back with Persepolis, the 30-year-old faces stiff competition for Team Melli’s No. 1 jersey following the emergence of other viable options like Amir Abedzadeh, although he should still be Carlos Queiroz’s first-choice in goal for a second consecutive World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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