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Safari came through the ranks at Malmö FF and played his first game in Allsvenskan in July 2004 when he came on as a substitute. He won the Allsvenskan in his first season and the following season he became a first-team regular and helped Malmö win the Efes Pilsen Cup in Turkey. [1]
On June 15, 2008, Malmö FF announced that Safari has been sold to Swiss team FC Basel. [2] He made his Basel debut on 23 July 2008, in a 1-0 win over Grasshopper-Club Zürich at St. Jakob-Park. He played his first European game in a Basel shirt on July 30, 2008 in a 1-1 Champions League Qualifying match draw against IFK Göteborg at Ullevi.
An offensive left winger, Behrang Safari was called up to the Swedish national team for their friendly match tour in January 2008. [3] He played in all of the matches, which were a 1-0 win over Costa Rica, a 2-0 defeat to USA and a 0-0 draw with Turkey. During his debut game against Costa Rica, Safari set up the only goal of the game with a cross to Samuel Holmén who volleyed the ball into the back of the net.
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