{"id":55314,"date":"2020-11-02T13:04:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T13:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=55314"},"modified":"2020-11-02T13:13:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T13:13:23","slug":"saeid-marouf-steers-his-team-to-successes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/saeid-marouf-steers-his-team-to-successes\/","title":{"rendered":"SETTER SAEID MAROUF STEERS IRAN TO SUCCESSES"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2, 2020 &#8211; Masterminding Iran&#8217;s play for well over a decade and helping bring the country&#8217;s national team amongst the world&#8217;s elite, setter Saeid Marouf has long been a shining star in Iranian, Asian and world volleyball.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from a family deeply involved with volleyball, the now 35-year-old progressed through all stages of Iran&#8217;s age-group national teams, guiding his sides to silver medals at the U19 Asian Championship in 2003 and the U20 Asian Championship in 2004, capping these with a bronze at the 2004 FIVB Volleyball U19 World Championship.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Saeid Marouf is ready to lead Iran to glory!\u00a0| VNL Stars | Volleyball Nations League 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lhH6Gsoz1F8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But by 2005 he was already establishing himself within Iran&#8217;s senior team and was part of the squads that won gold medals at the Asian Cups of 2008 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand and in 2010 in his hometown of Urmia.<\/p>\n<p>Marouf has also won gold medals at the 2013 and 2019 Asian Championships, as well as at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.<\/p>\n<p>In the wider world, Marouf led Iran to bronze at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55315\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/123187872_3636234166438902_6591448979078559986_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/123187872_3636234166438902_6591448979078559986_o.jpg 526w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/123187872_3636234166438902_6591448979078559986_o-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At club level, Marouf has rarely ventured outside Iran&#8217;s borders, though he has moved about a fair bit within the country, winning national titles with Sanam Tehran, Kalleh Mazandaran and Matin Varamin.<\/p>\n<p>His first stint abroad was in 2015 for practically half a season with Russia&#8217;s mighty Zenit Kazan &#8211; but during that time he did get to pick up a title in the Russian Superleague and the most coveted gold medal of the European Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Marouf returned to Iran for another three years, before joining Italy&#8217;s Emma Villas Siena in their only season in the country&#8217;s A1 League.<\/p>\n<p>When Siena were again relegated to the A2 division after the 2018-19 season, Marouf moved on to join China&#8217;s Beijing BAIC Motor in 2019, where he&#8217;s been playing since.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Saeid Marouf feature\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CW9WFA64XGQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2, 2020 &#8211; Masterminding Iran&#8217;s play for well over a decade and helping bring the country&#8217;s national team amongst the world&#8217;s elite, setter Saeid Marouf has long&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":55317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site 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