Behrouz Ataei

Behrouz Ataei (Persian: بهروز عطایی, born August 5, 1970, in Amol, Mazandaran Province) is an Iranian volleyball coach and current manager. He is currently head coach of Iran men's national volleyball team. He started playing volleyball in 1985, and two years later, for eight consecutive years, he was a member of the national teams of different categories of youth and adults.

Behrouz Ataei
Behrouz Ataei in 2022
Personal information
Full nameBehrouz Ataei Nouri
NicknameEmperor
Born (1970-08-05) August 5, 1970
Amol, Iran
Height195
Weight85
Spike350
Block330
Coaching information
Current teamIran
Previous teams coached
Teams
Kalleh Mazandaran
Matin Varamin
Kalleh Mazandaran
Iran U-21
Haraz Amol
Iran U-23
Iran
Volleyball information
PositionHead Coach
Career
YearsTeams
1988–1989
1990
1991–1992
1993
1998–1999
2002
2003–2005		Pas Tehran
Janbazan Mazandaran
Fajr Amol
Farmandari Mahabad
Peykan Tehran
Loolehsazi Ahvaz
Persepolis
National team
Iran

Ataei began coaching in 2007 and in 2008 he won the first division league of the country with Kalleh Mazandaran team and brought this team to the Super League. Ataei has been the head coach of the Kalleh team for eleven years. He also led Matin Varamin's volleyball team in 2015 for a year. He became the head coach of the Iranian national youth team in 2017, and this contract was extended in 2019. Ataei inspired Iran to win the 2019 FIVB U21 World Championship for the first time. He returned to the Kalleh team in 2018 and remained the team's head coach until 2020.

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