PTV - Iranian soccer player Ehsan Hajysafi tops list as Goal.com posts ten Asian players who could become a whole lot more famous in 2009.

The website rated the Iranian teenager first in the elite group, writing that he is sufficiently talented to make it onto Iran's national soccer squad.

According to the feature, Iranian soccer fans have been raving about Hajysafi for months as his technique and passing ability have already marked him for bigger things.

The 18-year-old midfielder currently plays for Sepahan Football Club in the Iranian Premier League (IPL).

The ten players to watch, according to Goal.com are:

1. Eshan Hajysafi (Sepahan & Iran)

2. Lee Chung-yong (FC Seoul & South Korea)

3. Ahmad Khalil (Al Ahli & UAE)

4. Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo & Japan)

5. Le Cong Vinh (Hanoi & Vietnam)

6. Shannon Cole (Sydney FC & Australia)

7. Sunil Chettri (East Bengal and India)

8. Khalfan Ibrahim (Al Sadd and Qatar)

9. Vitaliy Denisov (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Uzbekistan)

10. Soe Myat Min (Finance and Revenue FC & Myanmar)

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