Jaber Rouzbahani

Jaber Rouzbahani
Medal record
Men's basketball
Representing Iran
Asian Championship

Jaber Rouzbahani
Foolad Mahan
Position	Center
Personal information
Born	May 10, 1986 (age 38); Isfahan, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Listed height	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
Listed weight	252 lb (114 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2002–2015
Career history
2002–2010	Zob Ahan
?	→ Saba Battery
2010–2011	Mahram
2011–	Foolad Mahan

Jaber Rouzbahani Darrehsari (Persian: جابر روزبهانی دره‌ساری, born May 10, 1986, in Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian professional basketball player, who currently plays for Foolad Mahan Isfahan in the Iranian Super League. He is a center known for his large size, with a height of 7 feet 4 inches, a weight of 252 pounds, and with an 8-foot armspan. Outside Iran, he is most famous for attempting to enter the National Basketball Association in the 2004 NBA draft. He was not drafted and currently has not been signed by any NBA teams.^{[citation needed]}

Pro career

He has been playing basketball since he was 14, and has played for Zob Ahan Isfahan in Iran. He lived in Richmond, California.^{[citation needed]}

Iranian national basketball team

He played with the junior Iranian national team at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Thessaloniki, Greece where he averaged 12 points, 8 rebounds and 7 blocks per game. [1]

He has also played on the senior Iranian national basketball team for three years, and played with them in the 2003 Asian Championship games in Harbin, China, where the team reached the Quarter Finals [2].

Honours

National team

Asian Championship
- Gold medal: 2007
Asian Under-20 Championship
- Gold medal: 2004
Asian Under-18 Championship
- Gold medal: 2004
- Silver medal: 2002
Islamic Solidarity Games
- Bronze medal: 2005

References