Amir Ghafour


Amir Ghafour is a volleyball player from Iran, who plays as an opposite spiker for the Iran national team and Italian team Cucine Lube Civitanova.

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.

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.

Honours

National team