Saber Kazemi
| Saber Kazemi صابر کاظمی | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 December 1998 Qanqormeh, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 November 2025 (aged 26) Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 3.60 m (142 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 3.47 m (137 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite spiker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saber Kazemi (Arabic: صابر کاظمی; 24 December 1998 – 5 November 2025) was an Iranian turkmen volleyball player, who played as an opposite spiker for the Iranian national team and Qatari club Al Rayyan.[2][3][4]
Kazemi was invited to the Iran senior national team by Igor Kolaković in 2018 and made his debut match against Italy[5] in the 2018 Nations League.[6]
In October 2025 Kazemi was initially reported to have died following an accident;[7] however, this was later updated to state he had been declared brain-dead and was on life support.[8] Kazemi later died in hospital in Tehran, on 5 November 2025, at the age of 26.[9]
Honours
National team
Club
- Asian Championship
- Gold medal (1): 2021 (Foolad Sirjan Iranian)
- Iranian Super League
- Champions (1): 2021 (Foolad Sirjan Iranian)
Individual
- Most Valuable Player: 2021 Asian Championship
- Most Valuable Player: 2021 Asian Club Championship
References
- ^ "دعوت 14 بازیکن به اردوی دهم تیم ملی نوجوانان پسر". Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "کاظمی: این بهترین بازی من نبود". Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "با لژیونرهای اروپایی والیبال ایران در سال جاری بیشتر آشنا شوید". Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "پس از فرهاد قائمی، صابر کاظمی نیز به تیم والیبال زراعت بانک ترکیه پیوست". 29 June 2018.
- ^ "MVNL2018 - Match 37 - P-2 (Result)".
- ^ "با نسل جدید والیبال ایران بیشتر آشنا شوید". Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Kazemi's condition remains unclear amid transfer plans". Tehran Times. 22 October 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Iranian Volleyball Player Saber Kazemi Declared Brain Dead; Remains On Life Support - Iran Front Page". Iran Front Page News. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ صابر کاظمی درگذشت (in Persian)