Team Melli and Mes Songoon futsal player Abolgasim Ourooji has been slapped with a 4 years ban for doping.

Sayed Mohammed Nazem al-Sharia The head coach of the Iranian futsal team in an interview with ISNA in response to the four-year ban on national team player Arouji said: “The player has inadvertently taken medication for personal problems that had nothing to do with futsal but the medicine was listed on the banned subtances. It was unfortunate and that led to his ban. Doping is a misdemeanor that is not easily overcome and there is a lot of rigorous rules around it. No matter how hard an athlete claims otherwise, to turn such verdict is truly out of reach”

the 30 years old Ourooji has been in and out of the Futsal Team Melli since 2014. He won the AFC Championship title with Iran in 2018.

His accolades include winning the AFC AFC Futsal Club Championship twice  2015 (Tasisat Daryaei) and 2018 (Mes Sungun) and the Runner-Up medals twice as well: 2017 (Giti Pasand Isfahan) and 2019 (Mes Sungun)

Abolgasim Ourooji who was tested positive in November of last year maintains his innocence, however, the strict testing procedures laid down by WADA leave very little doubt about the credibility of the results which passes several processes until confirmed positive.

Iran will take part in the 16th edition of AFC Futsal Championship 2020  next month as defending champions. The biennial international futsal championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men’s national teams of Asia will be played in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan between 26 February and 8 March 2020. Abolgasim Ourooji  would have been part of the squad but for this long term ban.