Jaber Rouzbahani | |
Position: | Center |
Height Ft: | 7 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lbs: | 252 |
Team: | Foolad Mahan |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Birth Date: | 10 May 1986 |
Birth Place: | Isfahan, Iran |
Career Start: | 2002 |
Career End: | 2015 |
Years1: | 2002–2010 |
Team1: | Zob Ahan |
Years2: | ? |
Team2: | → Saba Battery |
Years3: | 2010–2011 |
Team3: | Mahram |
Years4: | 2011– |
Team4: | Foolad Mahan |
Jaber Rouzbahani Darrehsari (born May 10, 1986, in Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian professional basketball player who currently plays for Foolad Mahan Isfahan in the Iranian Super League. He is a center known for his large size, with a height of 7 feet 4 inches, a weight of 252 pounds, and with an 8-foot armspan. Outside Iran, he is most famous for attempting to enter the National Basketball Association in the 2004 NBA draft. He was not drafted and currently has not been signed by any NBA teams.
He has been playing basketball since he was 14. He played for Zob Ahan Isfahan in Iran. He lived in Richmond, California.
He played with the junior Iranian national team at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Thessaloniki, Greece where he averaged 12 points, 8 rebounds and 7 blocks per game. http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/180326/&mod=print
He has also played on the senior Iranian national basketball team for three years, and played with them in the 2003 Asian Championship games in Harbin, China, where the team reached the Quarter Finals https://web.archive.org/web/20051226153140/http://www.asia-basket.com/events/ac/ac03.asp.