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Full name | Behnam Mahmoudi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Meyaneh, Iran | April 25, 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Behnam Mahmoudi (Persian: بهنام محمودی, born April 25, 1980, in Meyaneh) is an Iranian former volleyball player, who capped for more than 8 years in the Iran National Volleyball Team of the year 1998–2006. His brother Shahram Mahmoudi is also a successful international player.
Mahmoudi was famous for being the first Iranian volleyball player to ever play professionally outside of his country in a world top league when he signed for Perugia Volley in the first division of Italian Volleyball League, Serie A1. He was vice-chairman of the fourth City Council of Karaj .