Amir Ghafour

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.

Amir Ghafour
Personal information
Nickname	Emperor
Nationality	Iranian
Born	(1991-06-06) 6 June 1991 (age 33) 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 2017 Japan AVC Asian Championship 2011 Tehran 2013 Dubai 2019 Tehran

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.^[1]

In 2023, it's announced that Amir Ghafour ended his national team career.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

Sporting achievements

• FIVB Club World Championship
  • Brazil 2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• CEV Challenge Cup
  • 2018/2019 – with Vero Volley Monza
• National championships
  • 2015/2016 Iranian Championship, with Paykan Tehran
  • 2016/2017 Iranian Championship, with Paykan Tehran
  • 2019/2020 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• National team
  • 2008 AVC U18 Asian Championship
  • 2009 FIVB U19 World Championship
  • 2010 AVC U20 Asian Championship
  • 2011 AVC Asian Championship
  • 2013 AVC Asian Championship
  • 2014 Asian Games
  • 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
  • 2018 Asian Games
  • 2019 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