The Most Famous
VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from Iran
This page contains a list of the greatest Iranian Volleyball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 199 Volleyball Players, 1 of which were born in Iran. This makes Iran the birth place of the 24th most number of Volleyball Players behind Uzbekistan, and Hungary.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Iranian Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous Iranian Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Saeid Marouf (b. 1985)
With an HPI of 33.27, Saeid Marouf is the most famous Iranian Volleyball Player. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Mir Saeid Marouf Lakerani (Persian: میرسعید معروف لاكرانی; born 20 October 1985) is an Iranian volleyball setter. He was the captain of the Iranian national team. He was named best setter at the 2014 World League and 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic qualifying tournaments, as well as most valuable player at the 2013 Asian Championship. He participated in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was voted Iranian Sportsmen of the year for (2015–16) of the Iranian calendar by an Iranian
2. Javad Karimi (b. 1998)
With an HPI of 0.00, Javad Karimi is the 2nd most famous Iranian Volleyball Player. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Javad Karimi (Persian: جواد کریمی, born March 1, 1998, in Sari) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays as a setter for the Iranian national team and Polish club Warta Zawiercie. He played for Iranian national team in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League.
3. Aliasghar Mojarad (b. 1997)
With an HPI of 0.00, Aliasghar Mojarad is the 3rd most famous Iranian Volleyball Player. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Aliasghar Mojarad (Persian: علیاصغر مجرد, born October 30, 1997, in Bojnord) is an Iranian Olympian volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for the Iranian national team, Iranian clubs and European clubs. He made his debut for Iranian national team in first fixtures of 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League against Italy. He was named best middle blocker at several international and national tournaments including 2014 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, 2015 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, 2015 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship, 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, Iranian Volleyball Super League 2017, 2018 and 2019 as well as second middle blocker at 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Iranian volleyball players born between 1985 and 1998. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Iranian volleyball players include Saeid Marouf, Javad Karimi, and Aliasghar Mojarad. As of April 2024, 2 new Iranian volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Javad Karimi, and Aliasghar Mojarad.
Living Iranian Volleyball Players
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Saeid Marouf
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.27
Javad Karimi
1998 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Aliasghar Mojarad
1997 - Present
HPI: 0.00
