{"id":38758,"date":"2026-09-30T11:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/hajisafi-becomes-iran-football-most-capped-player\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:31:03","slug":"hajisafi-becomes-iran-football-most-capped-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/hajisafi-becomes-iran-football-most-capped-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajisafi becomes Iran football most-capped player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6197627.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p class=\"summary\">TEHRAN &#8211; Iranian national team defender Ehsan Hajisafi has become the country\u2019s most-capped footballer in history after making his 150th international appearance in a friendly match against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Team Melli suffered a 2\u20130 defeat to Russia at Kazan Arena on Tuesday night, but the match marked a historic milestone for Hajsafi.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran defender came on as a substitute in the 27th minute, earning his 150th cap for Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Hajisafi surpassed former captain Javad Nekounam, who previously held the national record with 149 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Hajisafi\u2019s milestone officially makes him Iran\u2019s all-time appearance record holder, adding another landmark to his long international career.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/530579\/Hajisafi-becomes-Iran-football-most-capped-player\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN &#8211; Iranian national team defender Ehsan Hajisafi has become the country\u2019s most-capped footballer in history after making his 150th international appearance in a friendly match against Russia. Team Melli suffered a 2\u20130 defeat to Russia at Kazan Arena on Tuesday night, but the match marked a historic milestone for Hajsafi. The veteran defender came &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10364,10349,56,1169],"class_list":["post-38758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ehsan-hajisafi","tag-iran-football","tag-sports","tag-team-melli"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}