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Saleh Foroutan
Saleh Foroutannik ( fa, صالح فروتننیک , born 1994 in Mashhad) is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Petrochimi Bandar Imam in the Iranian Super League as well as for the Iranian national basketball team The Iranian national basketball team is controlled by the IR Iran Basketball Federation. Overall, the team won three out of the last five FIBA Asia Championship tournaments. History The Iranian national team has had limited success on the in ..., as a power forward and center. He is 6'8" in height. 2012 FIBA Asia Cup Foroutan invited to Iran national team attending the fourth FIBA Asia Cup (2012), when he was just 17 years old. Iran finally won the tournament and Foroutan enjoyed playing aside Iranian big stars like Nikkhah Bahrami, Afagh and Sahakian. "Even practicing with senior players has been a great experience." Foroutan said. References 1994 births Living people Centers (basketball) Iranian me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Forward (basketball)
The power forward (PF), also known as the four or strong forward, is a position in basketball. Power forwards play a role similar to centers. When on offense, they typically play with their backs towards the basket. When on defense, they typically position themselves under the basket in a zone defense or against the opposing power forward in man-to-man defense. The power forward position entails a variety of responsibilities, one of which is rebounding. Many power forwards are noted for their mid-range jump-shot, and several players have become very accurate from . Earlier, these skills were more typically exhibited in the European style of play. Some power forwards known as stretch fours, have since extended their shooting range to three-point field goals. In the NBA, power forwards usually range from 6' 7" (2.01 m) to 6' 10" (2.08 m) while in the WNBA, power forwards are usually between 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) and 6′ 3″ (1.91 m). Despite the averages, a variety of players f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran National Basketball Team
The Iranian national basketball team is controlled by the IR Iran Basketball Federation. Overall, the team won three out of the last five FIBA Asia Championship tournaments. History The Iranian national team has had limited success on the international stage, with the most international experience being that of their 1948 Summer Olympics qualification, although they did not manage to make it past the group stage. The team won the Bronze medal at the basketball competition of the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. 2007 FIBA Asia Championship Placed in the dreaded "Group of Death" alongside China, the Philippines, and Jordan, the Iranians won all three group matches to make it to the next round. In the quarterfinals, Iran went 2–1, to make it to semifinals, following victories over Chinese Taipei and Qatar, and then routed Kazakhstan, 75–62, in the semifinals. The Iranians then beat Lebanon 74–69, with Hamed Haddadi scoring 31 points. Not only did it avenge an 82–60 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Forwards
Power most often refers to: * Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work" ** Engine power, the power put out by an engine ** Electric power * Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events ** Abusive power Power may also refer to: Mathematics, science and technology Computing * IBM POWER (software), an IBM operating system enhancement package * IBM POWER architecture, a RISC instruction set architecture * Power ISA, a RISC instruction set architecture derived from PowerPC * IBM Power microprocessors, made by IBM, which implement those RISC architectures * Power.org, a predecessor to the OpenPOWER Foundation * SGI POWER Challenge, a line of SGI supercomputers Mathematics * Exponentiation, "''x'' to the power of ''y''" * Power function * Power of a point * Statistical power Physics * Magnification, the factor by which an optical system enlarges an image * Optical power, the degree to which a lens converges or diverges light Social sciences and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Men's Basketball Players
Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian diaspora, Iranian people living outside Iran * Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia * Iranian foods, list of Iranian foods and dishes * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages * Irani (other) Irani may refer to the following: * Anything related to Iran * Irani (India), an ethno-religious group of Zoroastrian Iranian ancestry in the Indian subcontinent * Irani, Santa Catarina * Irani café People with the surname * Adi Irani (born 194 ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centers (basketball)
Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics * Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity Places United States * Centre, Alabama * Center, Colorado * Center, Georgia * Center, Indiana * Center, Jay County, Indiana * Center, Warrick County, Indiana * Center, Kentucky * Center, Missouri * Center, Nebraska * Center, North Dakota * Centre County, Pennsylvania * Center, Portland, Oregon * Center, Texas * Center, Washington * Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin * Center, Rock County, Wisconsin **Center (community), Wisconsin *Center Township (other) *Centre Township (other) *Centre Avenue (other) *Center Hill (other) Other countries * Centre region, Hainaut, Belgium * Centre Region, Burkina Faso * Centre Region (Cameroon) * Centre-Val de Loire, formerly Centre, France * Centre (department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1994 Births
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Oshin Sahakian
Oshin Sahakian (, hy, Օշին Սահակյան; born March 21, 1986) is a professional Iranian basketball player of Persian and Armenian descent who plays for Petrochimi of the Iranian Super League and also the Iranian national basketball team. Honours National team *Asian Championship **Gold medal: 2007, 2009, 2013 *Asian Games **Silver medal: 2014 **Bronze medal: 2010 * Asian Under-20 Championship **Gold medal: 2004 * Asian Under-18 Championship **Gold medal: 2004 **Silver medal: 2002 *Asian Indoor Games **Gold medal: 2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ... External linksFIBA [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamed Afagh
Hamed Afagh Eslamieh ( fa, حامد آفاق اسلامیه , born February 1, 1983) is a professional Iranian basketball player who plays for Shahrdari Arak of the Iranian Super League and also for the Iranian national basketball team. He is in height. Honours National team *Asian Championship **Gold medal: 2007, 2009, 2013 *Asian Games **Bronze medal: 2006, 2010 *Islamic Solidarity Games **Bronze medal: 2005 *Asian Indoor Games **Gold medal: 2009 Club *Asian Championship **Gold medal: 2007, 2008 (Saba Battery), 2009, 2010 (Mahram) * West Asian Championship **Gold medal: 2007 (Saba Battery), 2010, 2012 (Mahram) * Iranian Super League **Champions: 2004, 2006, 2007 (Saba Battery), 2010, 2012 (Mahram), 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ... (Petrochimi) Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samad Nikkhah Bahrami
Mohammad Samad Nikkhah Bahrami ( fa, محمدصمد نیکخواه بهرامی, born 11 May 1983) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian professional basketball player. Pro career He previously played for Saba Battery BC, Saba Battery as a subsidiary player, teaming with his since-deceased brother Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami to help the team win the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2007, Asian Championship. Cholet On August 22, 2008 Nikkhah signed a one-year deal with France, French Ligue Nationale de Basketball, LNB side Cholet Basket for an undisclosed fee. By doing so he became the first Iranian to ever play professional basketball in France. He left Cholet on September 30 by mutual consent due to administrative problems. ÉB Pau-Orthez On October 21, 2008 Nikkhah Bahrami signed a one-year contract with another France, French side Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez. Career statistics , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 CBA season, 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;", Fujian Sturgeons , 31, , 31, , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Super League (Basketball)
The Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL) is a professional men's basketball league in Iran. It was founded in 1998. The current champions is Shahrdari Gorgan. The league follows the promotion and relegation system in which the worst two teams are relegated to 1st Division. Current clubs * Aftab Zagros Ahvaz * Avijeh Sanat Parsa Mashhad * Ayandehsazan Tehran * Chemidor Qom * Exxon Tehran * Koochin Amol * Mahram Tehran * Niroo Zamini Tehran * Palayesh Naft Abadan * Raad Padafand Mashhad * Sanat Mes Kerman * Sanat Mes Rafsanjan * Shahrdari Bandar Abbas *Shahrdari Gorgan * Shora & Shahrdari Qazvin * Zob Ahan Isfahan * Sanaye Hormozgan League champions Division One Super League Titles by club Titles by city Notable foreign players External linksI.R. Iran Basketball Federation [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
