Behrouz Ataei (, born August 5, 1970, in Amol, Mazandaran Province) is an Iranian volleyball coach and current manager. He is former head coach of Iran men's national volleyball team He started playing volleyball in 1985, and two years later, for eight consecutive years, he was a member of the national teams of different categories of youth and adults.
Ataei began coaching in 2007 and in 2008 he won the first division league of the country with Kalleh Mazandaran team and brought this team to the Super League. Ataei has been the head coach of the Kalleh team for eleven years. He also led Matin Varamin's volleyball team in 2015 for a year. He became the head coach of the Iranian national youth team in 2017, and this contract was extended in 2019. Ataei inspired Iran to win the 2019 FIVB U21 World Championship for the first time. He returned to the Kalleh team in 2018 and remained the team's head coach until 2020.Iranian U21 men's team are world champions / Persia Digest
Sporting achievements
As coach
National YearCompetitionHostTeamRoleRank2009Asian Championship ManilaIran National TeamAssistant coach2nd2010Asian Games GuangzhouIran National TeamAssistant coach2nd2010AVC Cup UrmiaIran National TeamAssistant coach1st2010Kazakhstan Presidential Cup AlmatyIran National TeamAssistant coach1st2010Men's World Championship RomeIran National TeamAssistant coach19th2016Asian Junior's Championship KaohsiungIran U21 National TeamHead Coach2nd2017Islamic Solidarity Games BakuIran National TeamHead Coach1st2017U21 World Championship Brno - České BudějoviceIran U21 National TeamHead Coach5th2018AVC Cup TaipeiIran National TeamHead Coach2nd2018Asian Junior's Championship RiffaIran U21 National TeamHead Coach1st2019U21 World Championship RiffaIran U21 National TeamHead Coach1st2021Asian Championship Chiba - FunabashiIran National TeamHead coach1st
Club (International Tournaments) YearCompetitionHostTeamRoleRank2012Asian Club Championship ShanghaiKalleh MazandaranHead Coach3rd2013Asian Club Championship TehranKalleh MazandaranHead Coach1st2013Men's Club World Championship BetimKalleh MazandaranHead Coach7th
Club (Iranian Super League) SeasonTeamRoleRank2009–10Kalleh MazandaranHead Coach3rd2010–11Kalleh MazandaranHead Coach3rd2011–12Kalleh MazandaranHead Coach1st2012–13Kalleh MazandaranHead Coach1st2013–14Kalleh MazandaranHead Coach2nd2018–19Kalleh MazandaranHead Coach3rd
References
External links
Behrouz Ataei Instagram page Behrouz Ataei Facebook profile Behrouz Ataei profile on WorldofVolley database