Ahsanollah Shirkavand
{{short description|Iranian volleyball player}}
{{Infobox volleyball player
| name = Ahsanollah Shirkavand
| other_names = Ahsan Shirkavand
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|03|18|mf=y}}{{cite web|url=https://volleybox.net/ahsanollah-shirkavand-p2502/movies|title=Ahsanollah Shirkavand » movies :: Volleybox.net|website=volleybox.net|accessdate=2019-06-15}}
| birth_place = Varamin, Tehran Province, Iran
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{height|m=1.80|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| spike = 3.00 m
| block = 2.96 m
| position = libero
| currentclub = {{Flagicon|IRI}} Shahrdari Varamin
| currentnumber =
| years =
| clubs = {{flagicon|IRI}} Persepolis
{{flagicon|IRI}} Bazyaft-e Tehran
{{flagicon|IRI}} Bargh Tehran
{{flagicon|IRI}} Paykan Tehran
{{flagicon|IRI}} Sanam Tehran
{{flagicon|IRI}} Saipa Alborz
{{flagicon|IRI}} Petrochimi Mahshahr
{{flagicon|IRI}} Shahrdari Urmia
{{flagicon|IRI}} Shahrdari Varamin
| nationalyears =
| nationalteam = Iran U19
Iran U21
Iran
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{IRI}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's volleyball}}
{{Medal|Comp|Asian Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2002 Bousan|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championship}}
{{MedalBronze|2003 China|Team}}
{{Medal|Comp|Asian Cup|Team}}
{{Medal|G|2008 Thailand|Team}}
|image=Ahsanollah Shirkavand.jpg|image_size=300}}
Ahsanollah Shirkavand ({{langx|fa|احسنالله شیرکوند}}; born 18 March 1981 in Varamin, Tehran Province) is an Iranian volleyball libero.{{cite web|url=https://volleybox.net/ahsanollah-shirkavand-p2502/movies|title=Ahsanollah Shirkavand » movies :: Volleybox.net|website=volleybox.net|accessdate=2019-06-15}} After playing at the Asian Youth Games, he was invited to the Iran Men's National Volleyball Team and played for it from 1998 to 2000 who finished fourth at the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. Shirkavand continued playing for the National Team under the coaching of Julio Velasco until 2013, when he was forced to leave national games due to injury.{{cite web|url=http://www.mehrnews.com/detail/News/2297020|title=بهترین توپگیر جهان ريیس هیئت والیبال شهرستان ورامین شد - خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency|website=mehrnews.com|accessdate=2019-06-15}}
Clubs
Bazyaft-e Tehran, Bargh Tehran, Paykan Tehran (seven years in total), Saipa Alborz (two years), Sanam Tehran (two years), Persepolis (one year), Petrochimi Mahshahr (one year), Shahrdari Urmia (one year), Shahrdari Varamin (three years).
Shirkavand started his national professional career with Iran's men's Iran men's national under-19 volleyball teamUnder-19, Under-21, and finally with the National team.
He has finished first with Paykan Club three times and with Sanam Tehran once, while finishing second with Shahrdari Varamin twice. Among other titles gained by him are a second place with Sanam Tehran and a third place with Shahrdari Urmia.
Honours
Starting with Persepolis Club in Tehran in 1995, Shirkavand has played for a number of Iranian clubs.
=National team=
- Asian Games
- x16px: Busan, South Korea, 2002{{Cite web|url=http://busanasiangames.org/Eng/AG/ba_scd_game_re_1.asp?GM_STATUS=2&GM_ID=VBM01&GM_FG=VBR00&Gm_No=VBR01&Gm_Grp=&Gm_Part=&Language=KOR&GM_DATE=20021013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021218103615/http://busanasiangames.org/Eng/AG/ba_scd_game_re_1.asp?GM_STATUS=2&GM_ID=VBM01&GM_FG=VBR00&Gm_No=VBR01&Gm_Grp=&Gm_Part=&Language=KOR&GM_DATE=20021013|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-12-18|title=Game Result|date=2002-12-18|access-date=2019-09-22}}
- Asian Championship
- x16px:Tianjin, China, 2003
- Asian Cup
- x16px: Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 2008
=Club=
- with Paykan Tehran:
- {{Gold medal}} medal: three times at Asian Championship
- {{Silver medal}} medal: one time at Asian Championship
- with Matin Varamin:
- {{Gold medal}} medal: one time at Asian Championship
- with Saipa Tehran:
- {{Silver medal}} medal: one time at Asian Championship
- with Paykan Tehran:
- {{Bronze medal}} medal: one time at World Championship (2010)
- with Paykan Tehran:
- 4th place: one time at World Championship (2009)
- with Matin Varamin:
- 4th place: one time at World Championship (2013)
=Individual=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{instagram|ahsan_shirkavand8|Ahsanollah Shirkavand}}
- [http://boxscorenews.com/ahsanollah-shirkavand-has-not-said-goodbye-to-playing-world-of-volleyball-p153063-68.htm boxscorenews.com]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shirkavand, Ahsanollah}}
Category:Iranian men's volleyball players
Category:Sportspeople from Tehran province
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
Category:Asian Games medalists in volleyball
Category:Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games