Alireza Jahanbakhsh (C)

Club season 2025/26 Belgian Pro League

Iran's captain and a left-footed winger, Alireza Jahanbakhsh grew up in Gilan Province and rose to prominence at AZ Alkmaar, where in 2017-18 he became the first Asian player to finish top scorer in a major European league with 21 goals. That earned a club-record move to Brighton in the Premier League, though injuries hampered him in England; he later returned to AZ and Feyenoord before joining Belgium's Dender. The experienced skipper leads Iran into the tournament.

• First Asian player to be top scorer in a major European league (Eredivisie, 2017-18)
• Signed for Brighton in 2018 for a then club-record fee