AFC votes Ali Daei as Best Asian Cup Striker

Ali Daei has been voted the best ever AFC Asian Cup goalscorer in a poll conducted by official AFC website (www.The-AFC.com)

Daei (767,438 votes) was voted ahead of :

Yasser Al Qahtani – Saudi Arabia – 452,115

Younis Mahmoud – Iraq – 54,634

Ali Mabkhout – United Arab Emirates – 6,475

Alexander Geynrikh – Uzbekistan- 4,424 votes

Lee Dong-gook – Korea Republic – 4,240 votes

Naohiro Takahara – Japan – 4,192 votes

Tim Cahill – Australia – 4,079 votes

Jassem Al Houwaidi – Kuwait – 3815 votes

Ali Daei – IR Iran

Top Scorer – 1996 AFC Asian Cup

No player in the history of football has scored more international goals than Ali Daei’s 109 for Islamic Republic of Iran.

Eight of those strikes came at the 1996 AFC Asian Cup, earning him the top scorer award.

Daei added three more in Lebanon 2000 and three more in China four years later to become the competition’s all-time top goalscorer.

Ali Daei Summary Record in Asian Cup