IPL: Ivorian Zie Diabate to join Foolad

Tasnim – AHVAZ, Iranian football club Foolad has reached an agreement with Ivorian defender Zie Diabate.

Diabate, 30, has already played in Romanian club Dinamo Bucuresti, French clubs Dijon, Nimes and Ajaccio and Belgian teams Standard Liege and Gent.

Diabete was a member of Ivory Coast U-17 and U-20 football teams.

Foolad has previously completed the signing of Brazilian striker Luciano Pereira Mendes, Cameroonian forward Raphael Messi Bouli and Japanese midfielder Takafumi Akahoshi in the current season.

The Ahvaz-based football team sits seventh in Iranian league with 25 points, 16 points adrift of leader Persepolis.