Ahsanollah Shirkavand | |
Other Names: | Ahsan Shirkavand |
Birth Date: | March 18, 1981[1] |
Birth Place: | Varamin, Tehran Province, Iran |
Weight: | 75kg (165lb) |
Spike: | 3.00 m |
Block: | 2.96 m |
Position: | libero |
Currentclub: | Shahrdari Varamin |
Clubs: | Persepolis Bazyaft-e Tehran Bargh Tehran Paykan Tehran Sanam Tehran Saipa Alborz Petrochimi Mahshahr Shahrdari Urmia Shahrdari Varamin |
Nationalteam: | Iran U19 Iran U21 Iran |
Ahsanollah Shirkavand (Persian: احسنالله شیرکوند; born 18 March 1981 in Varamin, Tehran Province) is an Iranian volleyball libero.[2] 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.[3]
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.
Starting with Persepolis Club in Tehran in 1995, Shirkavand has played for a number of Iranian clubs.
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 2008