Amir Ghafour


Amir Ghafour is an Iranian volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Iranian club Shahdab Yazd. He is a former member of the Iran men's national [volleyball team|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 Volleyball at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|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 Volleyball at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|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 VC|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 Volleyball Men's [Club World Championship|FIVB Club World Championship]

Individual awards

2011: FIVB U21 World Championship – Best server 2013: AVC Asian Championship – Best spiker2019: AVC Asian Championship – Best opposite2023: Asian Club Championship – Best opposite