The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international championship for futsal, the indoor version of association football organized by FIFA.
Alessandro Rosa Vieira, more commonly known as Falcão, is a Brazilian futsal player. He is known for his flashy and potent dribbling skills and a powerful and accurate left foot. He is also the world's all-time leading goalscorer in men's international matches. He was named Best Player of the World four times and won the FIFA Futsal World Cup Golden Shoe in 2004 and the Golden Ball in 2004 and 2008.
The Iran national futsal team represents Iran in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Iranian Football Federation. The "Kings of Asian Futsal" are by far the strongest Asian team and one of the best teams in the world according to the Futsal World Ranking.
Vahid Shamsaei is an Iranian futsal player and a coach. He was a striker and he scored 392 goals in international matches. He is also the all time top goalscorer of the AFC Futsal Club Championship with 17 goals.
Mohammad Reza Heidarian is an Iranian retired futsal player and current coach. He was head coach of Iran national futsal team in a short time.
The Iranian Futsal Super League, is a professional futsal league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian futsal league system founded in 2004.
The Australia national futsal team represents Australia in men's international futsal. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a member of both the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is the Futsalroos.
Enrique Boned Guillot, commonly known as Kike, is a former Spanish futsal player who played as a Defender.
Javier Rodríguez Nebreda, commonly known as Javi Rodríguez, is a Spanish futsal player who plays for Baku United as a winger.
Carlos Ortiz Jiménez, commonly known as Ortiz, is a Spanish futsal player who plays for Inter FS as a Defender.
Vladislav Nailyevich Shayakhmetov is a Russian football and futsal player. He is a member of the Russian national futsal team.
The Greece national futsal team is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in Greece and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. The greatest achievement of the Greek national futsal team is the qualification to the second preliminary round of the European Championships of 2014. The coach of the team is Stefanos Soilemes since 2008. The players are chosen from the Greek Futsal Super League, the Futsal Championship of Greece. The last years there is a player, Konstantinos Panou who plays in Spain. As the team is in position number 70 of the Futsal World Ranking has to pass through both the first and the second preliminary round in order to play to a competition like World Cup or Euro.
Ricardo Filipe da Silva Braga, best known as Ricardinho, is a Portuguese professional futsal player who plays for Spanish club Inter FS and the Portugal national team as a winger.
Mohammad Keshavarz Nasrabadi (Persian: محمد کشاورز نصرآبادی, born 5 July 1982 in Rey, Tehran, Iran is an Iranian futsal player. He is a Defender, and currently a member of Giti Pasand Isfahan.
Mohammad Taheri is an Iranian futsal player. He is a striker, and currently a player of Moghavemat Qarchak and Iran national futsal team.
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Navlighi is an Iranian futsal player. He is a striker, and currently a member of Shenzhen Nanling in the Chinese Futsal League and the Iran national futsal team. Hassanzadeh is regarded as one of the greatest Asian futsal players in history and has been named AFC Futsal Player of the Year four times and was a nominee for World Futsal Player of the Year in 2015.
Hossein Tayyebi Bidgoli is an Iranian futsal player. He is a member of Kairat Almaty and the Iran national futsal team, for which he played 130 matches and scored 150 goals. His first match with the national team was in 2009 at the age of 20. He was ranked Top Goalscorer at the 2014 (15) and 2018 AFC Futsal Championship (14), and 5th Best Player in the World at the UMBRO Futsal Awards in 2017 and 2018. His current club, Kairat Almaty, came 2nd in the 2019 Futsal Champions League.
Futsal began in the 1930s in South America as a version of association football, taking elements of its parent game into an indoor format so players could still play during inclement weather. Over the years, both sports have developed, creating a situation where the two sports share common traits while also hosting various differences.
The Thailand national under-20 futsal team for under 20 level represents Thailand in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Football Association of Thailand.
