Teymourian playing for Esteghlal in the AFC Champions League
Personal information
Full name
Andranik Timotian-Samarani[1]
Date of birth
(1983-03-06) 6 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth
Tehran, Iran
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)
Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1998–2000
Ararat Tehran
2000–2002
Esteghlal
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2002–2004
Oghab
2004–2006
Aboumoslem
44
(3)
2006–2008
Bolton Wanderers
20
(2)
2008–2010
Fulham
10
(0)
2009
→ Barnsley (loan)
11
(0)
2010–2011
Tractor
21
(1)
2011–2012
Esteghlal
20
(1)
2012–2013
Al Kharaitiyat
20
(0)
2013–2015
Esteghlal
36
(1)
2015
Tractor
13
(3)
2015–2016
Umm Salal
14
(0)
2016
Saipa
4
(0)
2016–2017
Machine Sazi
11
(0)
2017
Naft Tehran
10
(0)
2017–2018
Gostaresh Foulad
20
(0)
Total
245
(11)
International career
2005
Iran B
6
(0)
2005–2016
Iran
101
(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Andranik Timotian-Samarani,[1] commonly known as Andranik "Ando" Teymourian (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Թէյմուրեան; Persian: آندرانيک تیموریان, romanized: Ândrânik Teymuryân, born 6 March 1983) is an Iranian retired professional footballer who usually played as a defensive midfielder, but could also play as a wide midfielder. He is notably the first Christian to captain the Iran national team.[2][3]
From 2006 to the end of 2010, he played for three clubs in England, namely Bolton Wanderers and Fulham in the Premier League and Barnsley in the Football League Championship.
Teymourian played his first match for Iran in 2005, and has featured in their squads for the 2006 and 2014 World Cups, and also the 2007, 2011 and 2015 Asian Cups.
^ abHugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 405. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
^"Andranik Teymoruain, the first Iranian christian captain of Iran". Isport.ir. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^"Andranik Teymourian plays in the Iranian football team". Azad-Hye Middle East Armenian portal. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2006.
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