Behnam Mahmoudi ( fa, بهنام محمودی, born April 25, 1980 in

Meyaneh Mianeh ( fa, ميانه; az, Miyana, میانا; also Romanized as Meyāneh, Miane, Miyāna, Meyaneh, and Mīyaneh) is a city and capital of Mianeh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. It is the fourth most populous city in East Azerbaijan p ...

) is an Iranian former

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player, who capped for more than 8 years in the

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of the year 1998-2006. His brother

Shahram Mahmoudi Shahram Mahmoudi ( fa, شهرام محمودی, born 20 July 1988 in Mianeh) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays for the Iran men's national volleyball team. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Mahmoudi debut national game in 201 ...

is also a successful

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player. Mahmoudi was famous for being the first

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ian volleyball player to ever play professionally outside of his country in a world top league when he signed for Perugia Volley in the first division of

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, Serie A1. He is currently vice-chairman of the City Council Civil

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Honours

National team

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**Bronze medal (1):

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**Silver medal (1):

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Club

* AVC Club Championships **Gold medal (1):

, Paykan **Silver medal (2):

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, Paykan **Bronze medal (1):

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, Paykan *

Iranian Volleyball Super League The Iranian Volleyball Super League (IVSL) is a professional volleyball league in Iran at the top of the Iranian volleyball league system. It was founded in 1975 as the Pasargad Cup, but after the Iranian Revolution it was renamed to the first Div ...

**Champions (4): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, Paykan

Individual

*MVP: 1999 Asian Championship *Best Server: 2004 Olympic Qualification Tournament *Best Scorer: 2000 Asian Club Championship *Best Server: 2001 Asian Club Championship *MVP: 2002 Asian Club Championship

External links

FIVB Men's World Championship Japan 2006 Profile
1980 births Living people Iranian men's volleyball players People from Mianeh Asian Games silver medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Iranian sportsperson-politicians Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Iran {{Iran-volleyball-bio-stub