Behrouz Ataei

Behrouz Ataei (Persian: بهروز عطایی‎, born August 5, 1970 in Amol, Mazandaran Province) is an Iranian former professional Volleyball player and current manager. He is currently head coach of Haraz Amol VC.[1]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.

Behrouz Ataei
Behrouz Ataei in 7 August 2019
Personal information
Full name	Behrouz Ataei Nouri
Nickname	Emperor
Born	(1970-08-05) August 5, 1970 Amol, Iran
Coaching information
Current team	Haraz Amol VC
Previous teams coached Teams Youth's national team (Head coach) Junior's national team (Head coach) Men's national team (Assistant coach) Kalleh Mazandaran Matin Varamin Kalleh Mazandaran U21 National Team Haraz Amol
Volleyball information
Position	Head Coach
Career
Years Teams 1988-89 1990 1991-92 1993 1998-99 2002 2003-05 Pas Tehran Janbazan Mazandaran Fajr Amol Farmandari Mahabad Peykan Tehran Loolehsazi Ahvaz Persepolis
National team
Iran's National Volleyball team

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.[2][3][4][5] He also led Matin Varamin's volleyball team in 2015 for a year.[6] 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.[7]