Qatari Club Al Shahaniya Eyes Iran’s Mehrdad Pooladi


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Qatari top-flight football club Al Shahaniya is eying to sign ex-Iran winger Mehrdad Pooladi.

Pooladi has most recently played at Bangkok United of Thailand.

He joined the Thai football club from Al Shahaniya in 2017 after three years playing for the Qatari club and now is going to return to his former club.

Pooladi will join his compatriot Ramin Rezaeian in the Qatari club.

The Iranian media reports suggest that Al Shahaniya has set its sight on signing the 32-year-old midfielder.

Pooladi was a member of Iran national football team in the 2014 World Cup. He was named as the second best-ranked player in the first week of the tournament behind Thomas Müller by FIFA, after receiving 9.7 points in the opening match against Nigeria.

 Pooladi also showed a good performance in the next match against Argentina.