Alireza Haghighi

[Kiarash]

Alireza Haghighi has officially made the transfer from Rubin Kazan to C.S. Marítimo Funchal, a mid-table Portugese club in Primeira Liga (the highest league).

Let's follow him here, hopefully he will train hard, regain his form and be starting as first GK soon. Good move for him, and another Iranian legionnaire in a top 5 European league.

http://www.ojogo.pt/Futebol/1a_liga/maritimo/interior.aspx?content_id=4991595

[irani8perspolis]

great news! but bro its 2016

[Kiarash]

great news! but bro its 2016

Thanks! Corrected the title.

[irani8perspolis]

interestingly the coach is nelo vingada!

[Gucci10]

interestingly the coach is nelo vingada!

Lol....

[pdot]

Wasn't the last two Portuguese teams Haghighi played for in their second division? So this would be any upgrade for him.

[Navid_M]

Wasn't the last two Portuguese teams Haghighi played for in their second division? So this would be any upgrade for him.

Covilha and Penafiel were both in top division but were middle-bottom table teams.

[Kiarash]

Wasn't the last two Portuguese teams Haghighi played for in their second division? So this would be any upgrade for him.

His first season in Portugal was at Sporting Covilhã who are in the Segunda Liga, and his second season was at Penafiel who were in the Primeira Liga but got relegated that season. But it's indeed an upgrade!

[BacheLot]

was'nt Nelo PP coach when ARH was playing there..?? or was he ever PP coach.??
he sure did suck ass as omid coach..!!


anybody knows any indepth details about this club ?/ who was their first team keeper of late and how many other keepers they got in their squad and their profile..?

[Kiarash]

was'nt Nelo PP coach when ARH was playing there..?? or was he ever PP coach.??
he sure did suck ass as omid coach..!!
anybody knows any indepth details about this club ?/ who was their first team keeper of late and how many other keepers they got in their squad and their profile..?

Wikipedia says this:

Club Sport Marítimo, MH M, commonly known as Marítimo (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾitimu] locally [mɐˈɾitmu]), is a Portuguese sports club, founded in Funchal, Madeira, in 1910. The club is regarded as an important club in Portugal, and is widely known throughout the Portuguese speaking world, in countries such as Brazil, Angola, and Cape Verde. Marítimo is best known for its football team that currently plays in the top-flight competition, the I League. The club's reserve team, Marítimo B, compete in the II League. Aside from football, Marítimo also have teams in other sports competing in the national leagues, such as volleyball, handball, roller hockey and athletics. Marítimo supporters are nicknamed Maritimistas.

Marítimo's most recent foray into European competition came in 2012, when they achieve the group stage of the Europa League. Nevertheless, Marítimo still maintain a proud home record against European opposition with victories over Rangers, Aarau and Leeds United. The football team has produced and featured many notable names in recent years, including Pepe of Real Madrid, Danny of FC Zenit and Nuno Valente, formerly of Everton, to name just a few. According to the ranking of the prestigious International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) Marítimo is considered the fifth best Portuguese club of this century.[4] This ranking also confirms the status of the Club Sport Marítimo as the best club in Madeira in the 21st century.[5]

[PersianLegion]

Congrats if he can get any playing minutes not just bench warming.

[Z Joon]

Yeah we will have to wait and see if he plays games, because if he doesn't it's basically the same as his situation in Rubin, no improvement

[Malavani]

they brought him because their first GK (who is a decent GK as far as I know) got injured recently in a game vs Benfica. So his main competition will be a 23 years old named José Sa http://www.zerozero.pt/news.php?id=168547

I don't know when the first GK will be back from injury though...

[TheBoss]

not bad. Good luck to him

[mahestan]

I hope he gets some playing time and improve. Ever since 2015 AFC he has not been very dependable. On top of that, I hope he improves with penalties.