Amir Ghafour

Amir Ghafour
File:Amir Ghafour3.jpg
Personal information
Nickname	Emperor
Nationality	Iranian
Born	(1991-06-06) 6 June 1991 Kashan, Iran
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Spike	371 cm (146 in)
Block	350 cm (138 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite spiker
Current club	Shahdab Yazd
Number	10
Career
Years Teams 2009–2014 2014–2015 2015–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021–2022 2022–2023 2023–2023 2023–2023 2023 Barij Essence Kashan Matin Varamin Paykan Tehran Saipa Tehran Vero Volley Monza Cucine Lube Civitanova Bursa B.B. SK Foolad Sepahan Isfahan Shahdab Yazd Ghaz Al-Junoob SC Shahdab Yazd CS Rapid București
National team
2011–2022 Iran
Honours Representing Iran Men's volleyball FIVB World Grand Champions Cup Bronze medal – third place 2017 Japan AVC Asian Championship Gold medal – first place 2011 Tehran Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai Gold medal – first place 2019 Tehran

Amir Ghafour (Persian: امیر غفور; born 6 June 1991) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Iranian club Shahdab Yazd. He is a former member of the Iranian national team.

Career

National team

He was invited to national team in 2011 and made his debut in the adult Iranian national team and participated in the Asian Championship, when Iran won inaugural gold medals. Ghafour debut national game as a fix player in 2012 Summer Olympics qualification with invitations Julio Velasco. Ghafour helped the Iran national team win the second gold medal Asian Championship in 2013 and was named Best Spiker in the tournament. Ghafour competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. He helped Iran to win a bronze medal in 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup and Iran Best scorer with 90 point. In 2023, it's announced that Amir Ghafour ended his national team career.

Clubs

Amir Ghafour's career began in 2009, with the Barij Essence Kashan. He after 9 consecutive years played in different Iranian teams like Paykan Tehran, and in 2019 year move to Italian SuperLega. He after having played his first season in Italy with the Vero Volley Monza, joined to the Cucine Lube Civitanova.

Sporting achievements

• FIVB Club World Championship
  • File:Gold medal world centered-2.svg Brazil 2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• CEV Challenge Cup
  • File:Simple silver cup.svg 2018/2019 – with Vero Volley Monza
• National championships
  • 2015/2016 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Iranian Championship, with Paykan Tehran
  • 2016/2017 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Iranian Championship, with Paykan Tehran
  • 2019/2020 File:Simple gold cup.svg Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• National team
  • 2008 File:Gold medal asia.svg AVC U18 Asian Championship
  • 2009 File:Silver medal world centered-2.svg FIVB U19 World Championship
  • 2010 File:Silver medal asia.svg AVC U20 Asian Championship
  • 2011 File:Gold medal asia.svg AVC Asian Championship
  • 2013 File:Gold medal asia.svg AVC Asian Championship
  • 2014 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Asian Games
  • 2017 File:Simple bronze cup.svg FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
  • 2018 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Asian Games
  • 2019 File:Gold medal asia.svg AVC Asian Championship

Individual awards

• 2011: FIVB U21 World Championship – Best server
• 2013: AVC Asian Championship – Best spiker
• 2019: AVC Asian Championship – Best opposite
• 2023: Asian Club Championship – Best opposite

External links

• Player profile at CEV.eu
• Player profile at LegaVolley.it
• Player profile at WorldofVolley.com
• Player profile at Volleybox.net
• Official Account at Instagram

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