Behrouz Ataei

Behrouz Ataei (Persian: بهروز عطایی, 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^[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 2022
Personal information
Full name	Behrouz Ataei Nouri
Nickname	Emperor
Born	(1970-08-05) August 5, 1970 (age 54) Amol, Iran
Height	195
Weight	85
Spike	350
Block	330
Coaching information
Current team	Iran
Previous teams coached Teams Kalleh Mazandaran Matin Varamin Kalleh Mazandaran Iran U-21 Haraz Amol Iran U-23 Iran
Volleyball information
Position	Head Coach
Career
Years Teams 1988–1989 1990 1991–1992 1993 1998–1999 2002 2003–2005 Pas Tehran Janbazan Mazandaran Fajr Amol Farmandari Mahabad Peykan Tehran Loolehsazi Ahvaz Persepolis
National team
Iran

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]

Sporting achievements

As coach

National

Year	Competition	Host	Team	Role	Rank
2009	Asian Championship	Manila	Iran National Team	Assistant coach	2nd
2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou	Iran National Team	Assistant coach	2nd
2010	AVC Cup	Urmia	Iran National Team	Assistant coach	1st
2010	Kazakhstan Presidential Cup	Almaty	Iran National Team	Assistant coach	1st
2010	Men's World Championship	Rome	Iran National Team	Assistant coach	19th
2016	Asian Junior's Championship	Kaohsiung	Iran U21 National Team	Head Coach	2nd
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku	Iran National Team	Head Coach	1st
2017	U21 World Championship	Brno - České Budějovice	Iran U21 National Team	Head Coach	5th
2018	AVC Cup	Taipei	Iran National Team	Head Coach	2nd
2018	Asian Junior's Championship	Riffa	Iran U21 National Team	Head Coach	1st
2019	U21 World Championship	Riffa	Iran U21 National Team	Head Coach	1st
2021	Asian Championship	Chiba - Funabashi	Iran National Team	Head coach	1st

Club (International Tournaments)

Year	Competition	Host	Team	Role	Rank
2012	Asian Club Championship	Shanghai	Kalleh Mazandaran	Head Coach	3rd
2013	Asian Club Championship	Tehran	Kalleh Mazandaran	Head Coach	1st
2013	Men's Club World Championship	Betim	Kalleh Mazandaran	Head Coach	7th

Club (Iranian Super League)

Season	Team	Role	Rank
2009–10	Kalleh Mazandaran	Head Coach	3rd
2010–11	Kalleh Mazandaran	Head Coach	3rd
2011–12	Kalleh Mazandaran	Head Coach	1st
2012–13	Kalleh Mazandaran	Head Coach	1st
2013–14	Kalleh Mazandaran	Head Coach	2nd
2018–19	Kalleh Mazandaran	Head Coach	3rd