The Captain of Team Melli Andranik ‘Ando’ Teymourian has joined Umm Salal in the Qatar league for a fee close to US$ 1.2 million.

Teymourian who was playing for Tractorsazi Tabriz team last season , has played in QSL before with Al Khraitiat club before returning to Iran and playing with Esteghlal.

Pejman Montazeri , who is the other Team Melli player in Umm Salal is certain to leave the team and join Al Ahli club to be the partner of Mojtaba Jabbari.

Teymourian will be back in Tehran after the signing of the contract , then will join his new team in the Holland preparation camp. Umm Salal ended last season in a respectable 6th position.