Amir Ghafour

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| name = Amir Ghafour

| image = Amir Ghafour3.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption =

| full_name =

| nickname = Emperor

| nationality = {{flagicon|IRI}} Iranian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|6|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kashan, Iran

| hometown =

| height = 2.02 m

| weight = 90 kg

| spike = 371 cm

| block = 350 cm

| college =

| position = Opposite spiker

| currentclub = {{flagicon|IRI}} Shahdab Yazd

| currentnumber = 10

| years = 2009–2014
2014–2015
2015–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023
2023–2023
2023–2023
2023

| teams = {{flagicon|IRI}} Barij Essence Kashan
{{flagicon|IRI}} Matin Varamin
{{flagicon|IRI}} Paykan Tehran
{{flagicon|IRI}} Saipa Tehran
{{flagicon|ITA}} Vero Volley Monza
{{flagicon|ITA}} Cucine Lube Civitanova
{{flagicon|TUR}} Bursa B.B. SK
{{flagicon|IRI}} Foolad Sepahan Isfahan
{{flagicon|IRI}} Shahdab Yazd
{{flagicon|IRQ}} Ghaz Al-Junoob SC
{{flagicon|IRI}} Shahdab Yazd
{{flagicon|ROU}} CS Rapid București

| nationalyears = 2011–2022

| nationalteam = {{vb|IRI}}

| medaltemplates =

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Amir Ghafour ({{langx|fa|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.

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.[https://www.eurosport.com/volleyball/amir-ghafour_prs356386/person.shtml Eurosport / Amir Ghafour]

In 2023, it's announced that Amir Ghafour ended his national team career.{{Cite web |title=دلنوشته‌ای به بهانه خداحافظی از تیم ملی/ غفور: والیبال زندگی‌ من است |url=https://volleyball.ir/%d8%af%d9%84%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b4%d8%aa%d9%87%e2%80%8c%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a8%d9%87%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%87-%d8%ae%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b8%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d8%aa%db%8c%d9%85-%d9%85/ |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=فدراسیون والیبال ایران |language=fa-IR}}

=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.[http://dal15al25.gazzetta.it/2019/06/05/mercato-live-lube-senza-freni-preso-anche-ghafour/?refresh_ce-cp Lube Attracted to Ghafour - La Gazzetta dello Sport][https://www.lubevolley.it/news/2019-06-05-lopposto-iraniano-amir-ghafour-e-della-cucine-lube-civitanova/ Official / Ghafour Joined to Volley Lube]