Iran’s Hajsafi among 10 Most Capped Players in Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup kicks off on Jan 5 in the UAE and will feature 24 instead of the usual 16 teams, in six groups of four.

And as generally the case in football, teams tend to line up with a healthy mixture of experience and youth to try and achieve the right balance of strong mentality and freshness on the pitch.

As such, many of the teams have players with numerous caps to their names. 

Hajsafi plays for Iranian club Tractor Sazi and was first called up by the national team in 2008. 

Now just 28 years old, he still has a good number of years ahead of him to move up in this list by the time the next Asian Cup swings by.