TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian national football team goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi is set to undergo a scan after feeling pain in his shoulder.   Haghighi suffered a shoulder injury during practice ahead of Qatar match in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup group stage. Penafiel keeper will travel to Iran on Monday and will undergo more scans to determine ...

With the end of 2014 fast approaching, our Middle East football expert John Duerden picks his 10 best Middle East players of the past 12 months. But do you agree with his selections? 10. ALIREZA HAGHIGHI (Penafiel and Iran) It looked as if Rahman Ahmadi would be the No1 goalkeeper for Iran at the World Cup as he did an awful lot to get the team to ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi is hoping to lead Iranian national football team (Team Melli) to its fourth continental title. The Iranian football team has been drawn along with Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE in Group C. Haghighi was a standout for Team Melli at the 2014 World Cup earlier in the year. He became the first Iranian ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian international goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi joined Penafiel on loan from Russian Rubin Kazan on Wednesday.   Haghighi, 27, played in Portuguese second division Sporting Covilh in the last season. Newly promoted Penafiel is now bottom of the table after the team suffered two defeats from its two matches. Haghighi ...