Maedeh Borhani
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| Full name | Maedeh Borhani Esfahani | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Madi | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 June 1988 Isfahan, Iran | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 290 cm (114 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite hitter | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | Ilisiakos,Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||
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Maedeh Borhani Esfahani (Persian: مائده برهانی اصفهانی, born 22 June 1988)[1][2][3] is a volleyball player from Iran, who plays as an Opposite hitter and Captain of the Iran Women's National Volleyball Team.[4] Her transfer to the Bulgarian club, Shumen W made her the first ever Iranian female volleyball player who plays outside the country and abroad.[5] She joined Maldive police club in 2017–2018, Turkish league 1 (kecioren club) in 2018–2019 , Turkish league 1 (Samsun Anakent Spor ) in 2019–2020, Turkish league 1 Nevsehir BLD spor in 2020–2021 , Turkish league 1 Numune GENÇLIK clup in 2021–2022 and currently in Greece A1 league Ilisiakos in 2022–2023.[6]
Early life
[edit]She was born in Isfahan, Iran. Borhani started professional Volleyball quite late, in 2005 when she was 17.However two years later, in 2007, she was invited to Iran women's national volleyball team.
References
[edit]- ^ "Maedeh Borhani Esfahai". www.worldofvolley.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Maedeh Borhani Esfahai". www.topstaragency.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Maedeh Borhani". www.volleybox.net. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Volleyball made Maedeh Borhani a better person". Tehran Times. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ Borhani, Maedeh. "Borhani carves own niche in Iranian volleyball". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.
- ^ "Iran's Maedeh Borhani Joins Turkey's Nevsehir BLD spor Volleyball Team". www.tasnimnews.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Isfahan
- Iranian women's volleyball players
- Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- 21st-century Iranian sportswomen
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Iran