Brazilian Duo Win IPL Golden Boot
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Brazilian strikers Kiros Stanlley and Luciano Pereira scored final-day goals to share the Iran Professional League (IPL) Golden Boot.
Pereira’s double for Foolad means he joins Sepahan forward Stanlley who scored 16 goals.
Persepolis striker Ali Alipour failed to win the prize for the second successive year after scoring 14 goals.
Persepolis goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand also won the Golden Glove as the league's best keeper.
The Iran international kept his 16th clean sheet of the season in the match against Pars Jonoubi to help the Reds to a 1-0 victory.
Persepolis won the title for the third season in row, followed by Sepahan and Esteghlal.
Foolad finished in eighth place.
