Behrang Safari

Behrang Safari

Safari warming up for Basel in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Behrang Safari
Date of birth	(1985-02-09) 9 February 1985 (age 32)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left-back / Left winger
Club information
Current team	Malmö FF
Number	4
Youth career
1992–2001	Lunds SK
2001–2004	Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2008	Malmö FF	59	(2)
2008–2011	Basel	94	(1)
2011–2013	Anderlecht	44	(0)
2013–2016	Basel	63	(0)
2016–	Malmö FF	13	(1)
National team
2008–2013	Sweden	31	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 April 2017.

Behrang Safari (Persian: بهرنگ صفری‎‎ pronounced [behræŋɡ sæfæriː]; born 9 February 1985) is a Swedish footballer of Iranian descent who plays as a defender for Malmö FF in Allsvenskan and previously for the Swedish national team.

Behrang Safari emigrated to Sweden as a two-year-old from Tehran with his family. They settled in the small town of Höganäs, and later moved to Lund when he was five.

Safari came through the ranks at Malmö FF and played his first game in the Allsvenskan in July 2004 when he came on as a substitute. He made his UEFA debut in the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup on 19 June 2004 against Cork City F.C.. He won the Allsvenskan in his first season and became a first-team regular the following season.

On 15 June 2008, Malmö announced that Safari had been sold to FC Basel in Switzerland. This was confirmed one day later by FCB Online. He made his Basel debut on 23 July 2008 in a 1–0 win over Grasshopper Club Zürich at St. Jakob-Park. He played his first European game in a Basel shirt on 30 July 2008 in a 1–1 Champions League qualifying match draw against IFK Göteborg at Ullevi. He scored his first goal for Basel in the 4–0 home win against BSC Young Boys on 7 February 2010. Safari won the double with Basel in 2010 and the Swiss national championship again in 2011. He played 94 league games for Basel during his three-year contract.