Saeid Marouf ● Magic Set Skills ● Incredible Game ● The BEST Volleyball Setter in the World ᴴᴰ

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| Mir Saeid Marouf Lakerani (Persian: میر سعید معروف لاكرانی‎, born 23 September 1985, in Urmia) is an Iranian volleyball setter. He is the captain of the Iranian national team. He was named best setter at the 2014 World League and 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic qualifying tournaments, as well as most valuable player at the 2013 Asian Championship. He participated in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. He was voted Iranian Sportsmen of the year for (2015–16) of the Iranian calendar by an Iranian TV
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Career
National team
Marouf's first na­tional game was for Iran boys na­tional vol­ley­ball team in 2001 and 4 years later, he joined the Iran men's na­tional vol­ley­ball team. In 2007, Marouf be­came a con­stant mem­ber of men's na­tional team but due to con­flicts and dis­agree­ments, Marouf de­cided not to con­tinue play­ing for men's na­tional team in 2011 but he ul­ti­mately re­turned to team in 2012 and since for­mer cap­tain Alireza Nadi was not in­vited to the team by then-head coach Julio Ve­lasco, Marouf be­came the team cap­tain ever since. Marouf In the 2013 Asian Men's Vol­ley­ball Cham­pi­onship was se­lected as the Most valu­able player. He was in­tro­duced as the Best set­ter in at 2014 FIVB World League above Bruno Rezende and Dra­gan Trav­ica.
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Zenit Kazan
After years of speculation regarding his presence at a European club, on 27 December 2014 Marouf signed a one-year contract with Russian Super League champions Zenit Kazan with an option for a one-year extension. The contract was worth over 1 million dollars which made Marouf one of the world's highest-paid volleyball players in 2014 .

On 25 January 2015, Marouf made his debut in the Russian Super League for Zenit Kazan in a 3–0 straight-sets win over Dynamo Krasnodar.

BAIC Motor
Marouf after 2019 VNL transferred to Chinese Volleyball Super League for played in Beijing BAIC Motor.

Personal life
Marouf was born in Urmia, West Azerbaijan, Iran in a family with a history of involvement in volleyball including his uncles Jahangir Seyyed Abbasi, Nobakht Seyyed Abbasi, Khoshbakht Seyyed Abbasi, and his former teammate Vahid Seyyed Abbasi.

He at school time activated in other sports like, Cross country running, Basketball and Handball.

Social activity
Marouf with Popular athletes such as Ali Daei, Hamid Sourian and Behdad Salimi the helpers in the fight and eradicate poverty and hunger in World Food Programme.
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Best Setter: 2008 3rd World Olympic Qualification Tournament
Most Popular Player: 2009 Asian Championship
Best Setter: 2010 Asian Cup[12]
Best Setter: 2012 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament[12]
Best Setter: 2013 Asian Championship
Most Valuable Player: 2013 Asian Championship[12]
Best Setter: 2014 World League[12]
Iranian Sportsmen of the Year: 2014 (Media - ISNA)
Iranian Sportsmen of the Year: 2015 (IRIB)[2]
Best Men Volleyball Player in Iran of the Year: 2014–15 (VLI)
Best Setter: 2016 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament[13]
Best Asian Athlete of the Year: 2016 (Le Monde)
Best Men Volleyball Player in Iran of the Year: 2016–17 (VLI)
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[TheMrVallex]

There are 2 qualities setting (no pun intended) him apart: his ability to observe and predict the opponent team, thereby always knowing the weak part of the block/defense and setting his attackers accordingly. That is why we see so ridiculously many 1-on-1 situations or straightup no blockers at all, when his team attacks. The quota overall is just stupid.
And secondly, many setters are good at "rescuing" tight passes. But Marouf's diversity in those tight pass/overpass situations is absurd. He can set anyone from the edge of the net, let it drop when he reads that the oponent is sleeping and do it from multiple body orientations as well, making his tight-net-setting even harder to predict.

Those two qualities must make it an absolut pain in the ass to predict this guys moves. It is really the hitters being the weakness, if anything.

[babakrad]

Marouf is Iranian Messi in Volleyball. Quite technical and skilled. Unpredictable.

[kat.s]

The fact that Marouf can make setting look so easy and stand out so much in games is incredible

[kjlee]

I am S.Korean Volleyball mania but a fan as to Marouf. I think he is the best setter nowadays beyond France, Brazil, Italia, Poland and Russia etc.

[mbinze]

He's so good to the point where his moves are funny. Respect, man.

[airwinserranoditianquin]

The best setter I've seen. Number 1 fan here from the Philippines.

[razeilealfredo]

Without a doubt his one of the greatest setter known in this era.

[masoudmasoumimoghaddam]

7:35
Dumping with no jump and in the middle of the all rival team players.
Dude he's the king and rules the field himself!

[WickedVolleyball]

Amazing player! He makes his teammates look 100% better! 👍🏐🙌🏐

[ClayHales]

This is easily the most amazing highlight video I've seen. Dude is inhuman. They are in system when he is setting from zone 5? You have got to be kidding me! So many of the clips had me shaking my head in disbelief and amazement. The one when he takes his eyes off the pass to see his hitters had me backing up the video. I usually tell the setters I coach to watch his highlight videos. This is the one I'm going to point them to from now on.

[hylash]

0:52 That was actually genius, the last thing they expected is him doing nothing 😂

[AsianSensationist]

The man is truly a magician with the volleyball. Swear he has eyes in the back of his head the way he reads defenses.

[sushihoshi]

"With a ball on his right hand and Confidence on the other, he stood tall as the king of the court".

[yjs]

The Magician! The greatest of all time ✨

[qhairulroderick]

The real king of court in world volleyball

[volleyballvisuals]

He is such a creative setter. He is always fun to watch. He also is so good at isolating his hitters.

[sarahmt]

He is a player with 100% skills
A extraterrestrial passer
A excellant defender
And great spiker
He is so genius

[mahdishekari]

به خدا عمراً تا پنجاه سال دیگه هم مثل سعید معروف در والیبال پیدا نمیشه. 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

[jopetbutao]

I really love the smoothness of this dude 😂

[jaysonmadill]

This is not fair; Marouf has eyes at the back of his head 🤣🤣🤣. Respect to Iranian volleyball.