3 young Iranian players will join a Portuguese club on a loan deal.

Mohammad Hossein Kanani (19 years), Afshin Esmaeilzadeh (21 years) and Milad Kamandani (19 years) who are members of Perspolis club have represented Team Melli ages group in several competitions, will be training and playing for Sport Clube Beira-Mar, a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro. The team currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Aveiro.

The 3 highly talented players were hand picked after extensive review of many candidates. Kamandani , in particular is compared to Ali Karimi at that age, While Kanani has already played for Perspolis full team and represented Team Melli different age group teams in 19 matches

Majeed Pieshyar, the Iranian owner of the club was instrumental behind the deal.

Eusébio and António Sousa were two of the Beira-Mar’s most famous players; both played for the biggest clubs in the country, the former with Benfica and the latter with both Porto and Sporting, and had long spells with the Portuguese national team; Sousa also later managed the team.