Foolad’s Aghasi Nominated for Best ACL 2022 Team
TEHRAN (Tasnim)– Foolad football team defender Aref Aghasi is among the candidates who could make up the back four of the Best ACL 2022 Team.
With yet another gripping AFC Champions League season now behind us, the-AFC.com continues its quest to find out who the fans pick as the Best XI from this year's continental competition.
Aghasi is among the 12 players who are in contention for a place in the backline.
A center-back who is solid in defense, comfortable in possession and has pace to burn, Aref has become a vital cog in the Foolad Khouzestan backline since rejoining them from Esteghlal last year.
The 26-year-old defender helped his side keep five clean sheets and won possession 42 times in the defensive third in eight appearances – both numbers bettered by no other player in the competition – as he guided the Iranian side to its first-ever AFC Champions League quarter-final where it went down fighting to runner-up Al Hilal in a 1-0 loss.