Mehdi Taremi Chosen AFC Int’l Player of Week
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi was chosen as the AFC International Player of the Week.
The Porto forward won the poll with 82 percent of the votes.
Taremi has had Asian fans talking for much of the last two years, but he had the attention of the world on Tuesday, scoring a majestic bicycle kick in the final moments of Porto’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea.
His second goal in four days, Taremi’s wondergoal sadly couldn’t keep Porto in the competition.
Sardar Azmoun came second with 11 percent.
Maritimo players Ali Alipour and Amir Abedzadeh were also on the list.
