AFC: Vote for your best ever AFC Asian Cup goalkeeper [Nasser Hejazi]
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Loading...AFC – KUALA LUMPUR, We are three months away from January’s AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, and the-AFC.com continues its series of articles to determine your all-time best AFC Asian Cup side.
In the past few weeks you have been voting for the best forwards, midfielders and defenders. Now it’s time to turn our attention to goalkeepers.
Nasser Hejazi – IR Iran
Champion – 1972 and 1976 AFC Asian Cup
One of Asia’s greatest goalkeepers of the 20th century, Nasser Hejazi (back row, second from left) was Iran’s number one as they won back-to-back AFC Asian Cup titles in 1972 and 1976.
Hejazi represented IR Iran in the 1972 Olympic Games and was part of the first IR Iran team to qualify to the FIFA World Cup six year later.
At club level, Hejazi represented Esteghlal for 16 years, leading the team (then known as Taj) to become the first Iranian side to win the Asian Club Championship in 1970.
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