Safaa Hadi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Safaa Hadi Abdullah Al-Furaiji | ||
Date of birth | 14 October 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tractor | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
Ammo Baba School | |||
Amanat Baghdad | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 |
Amanat Baghdad | (1) | |
2016–2017 |
Al-Minaa | 7 | (0) |
2017–2019 |
Al-Zawraa | (1) | |
2019–2020 |
Al-Shorta | 3 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 12 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 14 | (1) |
2022– | Tractor | 48 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Iraq U17 | ||
2016–2017 | Iraq U20 | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Iraq U23 | 6 | (0) |
2018– | Iraq | 38 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Safaa Hadi (
Club career
Youth career
Safaa Hadi started in the youth system of the prestigious
Amanat Baghdad / Al-Minaa
He was promoted to
Al-Zawraa
In January 2017, Safaa signed for Iraqi giants
He won the
In 2018–2019 Safaa played in the
Al-Shorta
The summer of 2019 saw Safaa heavily linked to Russian giants
Krylia Sovetov Samara
The 2020 winter transfer window once again saw Safaa strongly linked to Russia and Zenit. On 21 February 2020, he moved to Russian Premier League side Krylia Sovetov Samara on a 2+1⁄2–year contract, making him the first Iraqi in history to play in the Russian Premier League,[6] and the second Iraqi ever to join a Russian club, after Hadi Haidar who played for Torpedo Moscow's academy in 2017–18.[7]
He made his debut for Krylia Sovetov on 16 March 2020 in a game against
Safaa was an unused substitute in the season restart as his side lost 4–2 to their relegation rivals Akhmat Grozny at home,
On 12 September 2021, his contract with Krylia Sovetov was terminated by mutual consent.[18]
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
On the final day of the 2021 summer transfer window, defending
Tractor
On July 7, 2022, Safa joined Tractor S.C. in the Persian Pro League.[19]
International career
Youth teams
Safaa first represented his country in 2014 when he was called up to the Iraq Under-17s. Over the following four years, he went on to play for the Iraq Under-20s and the Iraq Under-23s.
Senior team
On 8 May 2018, Hadi was called up to the senior national team for the first time and made his international debut against Palestine.[20] He has since made 26 caps for the national team, including playing in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and was part of Iraq's 2019 AFC Asian Cup squad.
Goals for Iraq
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 7 June 2021 | Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain | Cambodia | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Style of play
Safaa is usually deployed as a defensive midfielder.[citation needed]
Personal life
Safaa was born in Baghdad in 1998 and comes from Sadr City.[21] His younger brother, Maitham Hadi, is also a professional footballer.[citation needed]
Hadi was sponsored by Puma during his time in Russia.[citation needed]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tractor | 2022-23
|
Persian Gulf Pro League | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
2023-24
|
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Career Total | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
Honours
Club
- Al-Zawraa
- Iraqi Premier League: 2017–18
- Iraq FA Cup: 2016–17, 2018–19
- Iraqi Super Cup: 2017
- Al-Shorta
- Krylia Sovetov
- Russian Football National League: 2020–21
- 2020-21
- Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
- Iraqi Super Cup runner-up: 2021
References
- ^ "صفاء هادي : نشأت ومودريتش قدوتي في الوسط .. واتمنى اللعب بجوار بروا نوري - IQ PRO" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Match: Al-Najaf Vs Amanat Baghdad". goalzz.com.
- ^ "Safaa Hadi to Al-Minaa SC". altaakhipress.com (in Arabic).
- ^ "Hadi joined for Al-Zawraa SC". alghadpress.com (in Arabic).
- ^ "صفاء هادي يقترب من احد اندية الدوري الروسي واللاعب غادر من عمان الى تركيا ولم يعد الى بغداد مع وفد فريقه بعد مباراة الشباب". @IrqSport (in Arabic). 23 January 2020.
- ^ ""Крылья Советов" объявили о трансфере хавбека сборной Ирака Хади". www.championat.com (in Russian). 21 February 2020.
- ^ "At home with the stars". AFC. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "FC Tambov 3-0 Krylia Sovetov". Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga. 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Russian Premier Liga Suspended Until 10 April". Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga. 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Russian Premier Liga Extends Suspension Until 31 May". Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga. 1 April 2020.
- ^ "RPL Season to Resume on 21 June". Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga. 15 May 2020.
- ^ "FC Torpedo 2-0 Krylia Sovetov". Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga. 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Russian Premier Liga to Resume on 19 June". Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga. 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Krylia Sovetov 2-4 FC Akhmat". Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga. 19 June 2019.
- ^ "FC Zenit 2-1 Krylia Sovetov". Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga. 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Andrey Talalaev has Replaced Miodrag Bozovic as Krylia Sovetov Samara Manager". Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga. 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Lokomotiv 1-1 Krylia Sovetov". Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga. 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Сафаа Хади покидает "Крылья Советов"" (in Russian). PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Safa Hadi joined the tractor". tractor-club.com (in Persian). 7 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ "Iraq vs Palestine 0 - 0 | FIFA Friendlies | 2018 | May | World Football".
- ^ العراقية, معرض الكرة (31 July 2018). "on Twitter" (in Arabic).
External links
- Safaa Hadi at Soccerway
- Safaa Hadi – AFC competition record
- Safaa Hadi at National-Football-Teams.com