Amir Ghafour

Amir Ghafour (Persian: امیر غفور‎, born 6 June 1991 in Kashan) is a volleyball player from Iran, who plays as an opposite spiker for the Iran national team and Italian team Cucine Lube Civitanova.[2]

Amir Ghafour
Personal information
Full nameAmir Ghafour
Born (1991-06-06) June 6, 1991
Kashan, Iran
Height2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Spike3.54 m (139 in)
Block3.33 m (131 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite Spiker
Current club Cucine Lube Civitanova
Number10
Career
YearsTeams
2009–2014
2014–2015
2015–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–		 Barij Essence Kashan
Matin Varamin
Paykan Tehran[1]
Saipa Tehran
Gi Group Monza
Cucine Lube Civitanova
National team

2011–		Iran U21
Iran
Honours
Representing  Iran
Men's volleyball
World Grand Champions Cup
2017 JapanTeam
Asian Championship
2011 TehranTeam
2013 DubaiTeam
2019 TehranTeam
Asian Games
2014 IncheonTeam
2018 Jakarta–PalembangTeam

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.[3]

Clubs

Amir Ghafour's career began in 2009, with the Barij Essence. He after 9 consecutive years played in different Iranian teams like Paykan, and in 2019 year move to italian SuperLega. He after having played his first season in Italy with the True Volley Monza, joined to Volley Lube.[4][5]

Honours

National team

Club

Individual
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References
  1. 2015-16 Iranian super league teams' rosters (in Persian) Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Iranian opposite Amir Ghafour has joined the Italian and European champion Cucine Lube Civitanova - Tasnim News Agency
  3. Eurosport / Amir Ghafour
  4. Lube Attracted to Ghafour - La Gazzetta dello Sport
  5. Official / Ghafour Joined to Volley Lube
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