{"id":40718,"date":"2020-10-19T18:09:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T01:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=40718"},"modified":"2020-10-19T18:09:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T01:09:54","slug":"khaled-shafiei-joins-bangladeshs-bashundhara-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2020\/10\/19\/khaled-shafiei-joins-bangladeshs-bashundhara-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"Khaled Shafiei joins Bangladesh&#8217;s Bashundhara Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tasnim &#8211; NILPHARMANI, <strong>Iranian defender Khaled Shafiei joined Bangladeshi champion Bashundhara Kings on a one-year deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shafiei&#8217;s move from Iran Professional League outfit Sepahan is a welcome boost for the Nilphamari side as it bids to bolster the backline as it prepares to defend Bangladesh Premier League title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during the signing ceremony, club president Imrul Hassan said the defender is a worthy addition to the Bashundhara squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were looking for a good defender to strengthen our defense. I received many biodatas, but chose him (Khaled) because I feel he is more worthy than others.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/119330_148-700x401.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/119330_148-700x401.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/119330_148-350x200.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/119330_148-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/119330_148-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/119330_148.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shafiei, who spent the majority of his career in Iran, is determined to return the trust shown to him by bringing silverware to the Dhaka-based club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBashundhara is the best and most popular team in Bangladesh. It trusts in me; now it is my responsibility to give them good in return. I will try to give trophies to Kings&#8217; fans,&#8221; said the 33-year-old former FC Seoul player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bangladeshi top flight is scheduled to start on December 19, with the Federation Cup, won by The Kings last year, serving as the curtain raiser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tasnim &#8211; NILPHARMANI, Iranian defender Khaled Shafiei joined Bangladeshi champion Bashundhara Kings on a one-year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":40722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,89,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-c16-iranian-legionairs","category-c22-players-spotlight"],"views":1344,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40721,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40718\/revisions\/40721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}