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]
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Full name | Amir Ghafour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kashan, Iran | June 6, 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 3.54 m (139 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 3.33 m (131 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite Spiker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Honours
National team
- World Grand Champions Cup
- Bronze medal (1): 2017
- Asian Championship
- Asian Games
- U19 World Championship
- Silver medal (1): 2009
- Asian U19 Championship
- Gold medal (1): 2008
Club
- Club World Championship
- Gold medal (1): 2019 (Lube)
- Italian Cup
- Champions (1): 2020 (Lube)
Individual
- Best Server: 2011 U21 World Championship
- Best Spiker: 2013 Asian Championship
References
- 2015-16 Iranian super league teams' rosters (in Persian) Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Iranian opposite Amir Ghafour has joined the Italian and European champion Cucine Lube Civitanova - Tasnim News Agency
- Eurosport / Amir Ghafour
- Lube Attracted to Ghafour - La Gazzetta dello Sport
- Official / Ghafour Joined to Volley Lube