Saeid Marouf - Magic Set Skills

Mir Saeid Marouf Lakerani (Persian: میر سعید معروف لاكرانی‎, born 23 September 1985, in Urmia) is an Iranian volleyball setter. He is 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 Summer Olympics. He was voted Iranian Sportsmen of the year for (2015–16) of the Iranian calendar by an Iranian TV ----------------------------------------­-------------------------- Career National team Marouf's first na­tional game was for Iran boys na­tional vol­ley­ball team in 2001 and 4 years later, he joined the Iran men's na­tional vol­ley­ball team. In 2007, Marouf be­came a con­stant mem­ber of men's na­tional team but due to con­flicts and dis­agree­ments, Marouf de­cided not to con­tinue play­ing for men's na­tional team in 2011 but he ul­ti­mately re­turned to team in 2012 and since for­mer cap­tain Alireza Nadi was not in­vited to the team by then-head coach Julio Ve­lasco, Marouf be­came the team cap­tain ever since. Marouf In the 2013 Asian Men's Vol­ley­ball Cham­pi­onship was se­lected as the Most valu­able player. He was in­tro­duced as the Best set­ter in at 2014 FIVB World League above Bruno Rezende and Dra­gan Trav­ica. ----------------------------------------­-------------------------- Zenit Kazan After years of speculation regarding his presence at a European club, on 27 December 2014 Marouf signed a one-year contract with Russian Super League champions Zenit Kazan with an option for a one-year extension. The contract was worth over 1 million dollars which made Marouf one of the world's highest-paid volleyball players in 2014 . On 25 January 2015, Marouf made his debut in the Russian Super League for Zenit Kazan in a 3–0 straight-sets win over Dynamo Krasnodar. BAIC Motor Marouf after 2019 VNL transferred to Chinese Volleyball Super League for played in Beijing BAIC Motor. Personal life Marouf was born in Urmia, West Azerbaijan, Iran in a family with a history of involvement in volleyball including his uncles Jahangir Seyyed Abbasi, Nobakht Seyyed Abbasi, Khoshbakht Seyyed Abbasi, and his former teammate Vahid Seyyed Abbasi. He at school time activated in other sports like, Cross country running, Basketball and Handball. Social activity Marouf with Popular athletes such as Ali Daei, Hamid Sourian and Behdad Salimi the helpers in the fight and eradicate poverty and hunger in World Food Programme. ----------------------------------------­-------------------------- Best Setter: 2008 3rd World Olympic Qualification Tournament Most Popular Player: 2009 Asian Championship Best Setter: 2010 Asian Cup[12] Best Setter: 2012 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament[12] Best Setter: 2013 Asian Championship Most Valuable Player: 2013 Asian Championship[12] Best Setter: 2014 World League[12] Iranian Sportsmen of the Year: 2014 (Media - ISNA) Iranian

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