Last chance to grab Safari

[Saman_]

Tonight, Behrang Safari was excellent for FC Basel in CL qualification game against Swedish side IFK Göteborg in which Basel won 4-2.

After the game, the TV host said that he is very much likeky to be called up for Swedens friendly against France in a couple of months.

He has earlier said that he would like to play for Iran, but if Daei doesn´t do anything soon, he will be lost for ever.

He is an excellent player, left footed, left back.
Please Daei dont miss this oppurtunity!

[KasraKhan]

Ya, that means he will most likely be lost.

[tashakor]

here we go again......

[KasraKhan]

Exactly what we need too, a left footed LB that actually knows how to kick the ball.

But I know IFF wont do anything to get him, they are too busy tripping over their own shoe laces and we expect them to run a marathon? :D

[tashakor]

We will never get him.....he has already played for the Swedish national team.

[Martin-Reza]

Exactly, he has 3 caps for Sweden's A team, so no chance anymore.

[xoraster]

Exactly, he has 3 caps for Sweden's A team, so no chance anymore.


He can still change. None of these games have been competitive.

Safaris first game was against Costa Rica. A player named Chanko played in that game for Sweden. Chanko later decided to play for Syria and played for Syria against Iran in Damascus.

Thats like the 100th time this has been mentioned.

[Martin-Reza]

As far as I know he also played against USA and that was official, so he can't change anymore. Did Chanko also play in that game?

I checked FIFA.com and all 3 matches he played are listed as official A matches. Chanko's case indeed seems a bit dubious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louay_Chanko

[EKBATAN]

It would be great if it happened


but with our stupid management....it wont ever happen

[Milad-69]

Hope It Happens :(

[xoraster]

As far as I know he also played against USA and that was official, so he can't change anymore. Did Chanko also play in that game?

I checked FIFA.com and all 3 matches he played are listed as official A matches. Chanko's case indeed seems a bit dubious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louay_Chanko

They have to be competitive matches.
This was explained in the Swedish media since Chanko decided to quit the Swedish team and play for Syria 5 months later.

I am not sure if Chanko played against USA, maybe the second half but the Costa Rica and USA game where within the same camp, only a couple of days apart. They would be classified as friendly non competitive games.

[Keshwardoost]

wonder what the chanses are that Daei even knows about him and his skills.
someone should ask daei about him if theres any interview soon from pfdc staff members with daei, so that he gets interested and checks him out and gives him a call atleast.

that said, im still very dissapointed that the kid chose sweden, but i think this is a legimit thread and not as the other threads cuz dont think safari ever got the offer from iff for the team.

[persian boy]

another one of these threads?

Quick, someone start one about Alexander Nouri

[Babak agha]

Why isn't this in int. forum, like the dejaghah thread..?

[fishyboy1209]

Why isn't this in int. forum, like the dejaghah thread..?
Becuz it is a thread about trying to get Safari to play for TM.

[taha]

i don't think safari would pick TM>sweden

[The-Iron-Ghost]

dont forget the turkey game as well, they were all official matches he has 3 caps given to him

[Zamboor]

what EXCELLENT GAME?

FC BASEL SUCKED! the referee was bribed or something otherwise ifk would have won.....

:(

[Saman_]

what EXCELLENT GAME?

FC BASEL SUCKED! the referee was bribed or something otherwise ifk would have won.....

:(


I didn´t say excellent game, I said Safari was excellent, good crosses, good runs, sometimes I couldn´t tell ifr he was the LB or LM.

He is the typical modern LB who can play defensive as well as offensive.
TM is making a huge mistake here and as someone mentioned earlier,

WE CAN STILL BRING HIM!

Louay Chanko played a game for Sweden and suddenly he was playing for Syria against us!


We can bring this to the attention of IFF or Daei, I know we can!
I just don´t know how

[Martin-Reza]

They have to be competitive matches.
This was explained in the Swedish media since Chanko decided to quit the Swedish team and play for Syria 5 months later.
I am not sure if Chanko played against USA, maybe the second half but the Costa Rica and USA game where within the same camp, only a couple of days apart. They would be classified as friendly non competitive games.

I searched but couldn't find the matching statutes document anymore, I just found an update which also includes some parts of the rules, I put them as quotes below.

Article 15 is backing your claim, but article 18 is not.


Article 15
Principle
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Any person holding a permanent nationality that is not dependent an residence in a certain country
is eligible to play for the representative teams of the Association of that country .
With the exception of the conditions specified in art. 18 below, any Player who has already
participated in a match (either in full or in part) in an official competition of any category or any
type of football for one Association may not play an international match for a representative team
of another Association .

Article 16
Nationality entitling players to represent more than one Association
'
A player who, under the terms of art . 15, is eligible to represent more than one Association an
account of his nationality, may play in an international match for one of these Associations only if,
in addition to having the relevant nationality, he fulfils at least one of the following conditions :
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(a) He was born an the territory of the relevant Association ;
(b) His biological mother or biological father was born an the territory of the relevant Association ;
(c) His grandmother or grandfather was born an the territory of the relevant Association ;
(d) He has lived continuously an the territory of the relevant Association for at least two years .
Regardless of par. 1 above, Associations sharing a common nationality may make an agreement
under which item (d) of par . 1 of this article is deleted completely or amended to specify a longer
time limit . Such agreements shall be lodged with and approved by the Executive Committee .

Article 17
Acquisition of a new nationality
Any player who refers to art . 15 par . 1 to assume a new nationality and who has not played
international football in accordance with art . 15 par . 2 shall be eligible to play for the new
representative team only if he fulfils one of the following conditions :
(a) He was born an the territory of the relevant Association ;
(b) His biological mother or biological father was born an the territory of the relevant Association ;
(c) His grandmother or grandfather was born an the territory of the relevant Association ;
(d) He has lived continuously for at least five years after reaching the age of 18 an the
territory of the relevant Association .

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Article 18
Change of Association
'
If a Player has more than one nationality, or if a Player acquires a new nationality, or if a Player is
eligible to play for several representative teams due to nationality, he may, up to his 21 1t birthday,
and only once, request to change the Association for which he is eligible to play international
matches to the Association of another country of which he holds nationality, subject to the
following conditions :
(a) He has not played a match (either in full or in part) in an official competition at °A"
international level for his current Association, and at the time of his first full or partial
appearance in an international match in an official competition for his current Association, he
already had the nationality of the representative team for which he wishes to play .
(b) He is not permitted to play for his new Association in any competition in which he has already
played for his previous Association .
If a Player who has been fielded by his Association in an international match in accordance with art .
15 par . 2 permanently loses the nationality of that country without his consent or against his will
due to a decision by a government authority, he may request permission to play for another
Association whose nationality he already has or has acquired .
Any Player who has the right to change Associations in accordance with par . 1 and 2 above shall
submit a written, substantiated request to the FIFA general secretariat . The Players' Status
Committee shall decide an the request . The procedure will be in accordance with the Rules
Governing the Procedures of the Players' Status Committee and the Dispute Resolution Chamber .
Once the player has filed his request, he is not eligible to play for any representative team until his
request has been processed .

[Babak agha]

Becuz it is a thread about trying to get Safari to play for TM.

Same with dejaghah, and in both cases it's impossible. So if this one can stay at this forum and the Dejaghah one has to go to the int. one, then I think something is smelling fishy here..

[Martin-Reza]

We're still discussing if it's impossible. Dejagah already announced he wants to play for Germany only, Safari might be more willing, but I don't think it's possible now after his 21st birthday as I think article 18 from my earlier post points out.

Once it's sure he can't play for Iran anymore, his threads will be in intl. forum too.

[pajamNL]

it never happens because he doesn't want it and IFF is too slow to react on these matters

[chuck bass]

As far as I know he also played against USA and that was official, so he can't change anymore. Did Chanko also play in that game?

I checked FIFA.com and all 3 matches he played are listed as official A matches. Chanko's case indeed seems a bit dubious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louay_Chanko

Louay "Lolo" Chanko

:rofl: :rofl: i didn't know KC had a son

[Dubxl152]

waste of space, time & breath. He doesnt want to play for Iran, he laughed @ the notion in a interview. thanks but no thanks. Let the swede be a swede.