Andranik Teymourian
Personal information
Full name	Andranik Timotian Samarani
Date of birth	March 6, 1983 (1983-03-06) (age 26)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Fulham
Number	14
Youth career
1998–2000 2000–2002	Ararat Tehran Esteghlal
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2004 2004–2006 2006–2008 2008– 2009	Oghab Aboumoslem Bolton Wanderers Fulham → Barnsley (loan)	054 0(3) 020 0(2) 001 0(0) 011 0(0)
National team2
2005 2005–	Iran U-23 Iran	06 0(0) 040 0(4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:05, 5 May 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 22 November 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Andranik Teymourian (Persian: آندرانيک تيموريان, Armenian: Անդրանիկ Թէյմուրյան, born Andranik Timotian Samarani, on 6 March 1983 in Tehran) is an Iranian football player currently playing for Fulham in the Premier League. He usually plays as a defensive midfielder, but can also play as a winger. He is noted for being the only Christian footballer in the Iranian national team, in which he has excellent relations with all of his team-mates.^[1]

[edit] Career

Andranik was born in Tehran, Iran to ethnic Armenian parents. Teymourian started with Oghab F.C. in Iran's Azadegan League, and continued his professional career playing for F.C. Aboomoslem in the Iranian Premier League. In the 2005–06 season, Andranik made 26 appearances for F.C. Aboomoslem and scored one goal. In late August 2006 he signed a two-year deal with FA Premier League club Bolton Wanderers, for an undisclosed fee, after being granted a work permit.^[2] He scored his first two goals for Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup third round in a 4–0 win over Doncaster Rovers on January 6, 2007.^[3] Those goals were scored in his 3rd performance for his team. Andranik then went on to make his full Premier League debut against Fulham on the February 11. Since then he has made a number of impressive substitute appearances and is already a firm favourite at the Reebok.^{[citation needed]} His first 2 Premier League goals came during a man of the match performance against local rivals Wigan Athletic on 7 April.^[4]

Teymourian has claimed Arsenal are among the clubs to have shown an interest in him.^[5]

In May 2008 he was not offered a new contract by Bolton and joined the likes of Iván Campo and Stelios Giannakopoulos in leaving the club. On 12 June Andranik signed a 2-year contract with Fulham.^[6] On 2 February 2009 he went on loan to Barnsley until the end of the season.He stated that he wants to stay with Fulham F.C. for 2009-10 season.

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals	Assists
02/03	Oghab	Iran	2	?	?	?
03/04	Oghab	Iran	2	?	?	?
04/05	Aboomoslem	Iran	1	18	2	?
05/06	Aboomoslem	Iran	1	26	1	3
06/07	Bolton	England	1	17	2	0
07/08	Bolton	England	1	3	0	0
08/09	Fullham	England	1	1	0	0
08/09	Barnsley	England	2	11	0	0
09/10	Fullham	England	1	0	0	0

[edit] International career

He has played for Iran's national football teams at every single youth level, before being drafted into the senior side. The midfielder played for Iran national under-23 football team in last year’s Islamic Solidarity Games where his prompting from midfield helped the young Team Melli to a third-placed

He was a member of the Iranian national team during 2006 World Cup. Pictures of an emotionally and physically drained Teymourian at the end of Iran's last game of the 2006 World Cup have begun to take the shape of Iranian football's most notable photograph from the event. Teymourian dropped to the grass and began sobbing while trainers attended to him. He has started to be recognised as a national hero in Iran because of the passion he showed for his country in the 2006 World Cup. He played in 2007 AFC Asian Cup Qualification and played in all the games in 2007 Asian Cup. He played in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification for Team Melli.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	22 February 2006	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Chinese Taipei	1-0	4-0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2	18 July 2007	Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2-0	2-0	2007 AFC Asian Cup
3	12 August 2009	Asim Ferhatovic, Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3-2	3-2	Friendly
4	18 November 2009	Azadi Stadium, Tehran	Macedonia	1-0	1-1	Friendly

[edit] Trivia

• Andranik's elder brother Serjik Teymourian, (born May 25, 1975) was also a football player and played for 1. FSV Mainz 05 as a defensive midfielder.

[edit] Club

[edit] Honours

• Hazfi Cup
  • Runner up:1
    • 2004/05 with Aboomoslem

[edit] National

• Islamic Solidarity Games :
  • Third Place 2005

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Andranik Teymourian career stats at Soccerbase
• Andranik Teymourian at TeamMelli.com

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