Iran’s Ehsan Haji Safi Joins Olympiakos


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian left-back Ehsan Haji Safi has joined Greek giant Olympiakos football team.

The 27-year-old joined Olympiakos in a deal widely reported to have cost the Greek team 600,000 euro.

He is Olympiakos’s first transfer in the January window.

Haji Safi signed a two year contract with Greek Super League side Panionios in June 2017 and teamed up with his fellow Masoud Shojaei.

Now, he has reunited with his countryman Karim Ansarifard in Olympiakos.

Haji Safi has represented Iran at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.