Samad Nikkhah Bahrami

Samad Nikkhah Bahrami

Position	Small forward
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight	218 lb (99 kg)
League	Iranian League
Team	Mahram Tehran
Number	14
Born	May 11, 1983 (1983-05-11) (age 28) Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Pro career	2001–present
Career history	Iran Nara (2001–02) Sanam (2002–05) → Saba Battery (2005) Petrochimi (2005–06) Mahram (2006–08) → Saba Battery (2007, 08) Cholet (2008) Pau-Orthez (2008–09) Mahram (2009–)

Medal record
Men's basketball
Competitor for  Iran
Asian Games
Bronze	2006 Doha	Team
Bronze	2010 Guangzhou	Team
Asian Championship
Gold	2007 Tokushima	Team
Gold	2009 Tianjin	Team

Mohammad Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (Persian: محمد صمد نیکخواه بهرامی , born May 11, 1983 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Mahram in Iranian Basketball Super League as well as with the Iranian national basketball team, as a forward.

Pro career

He previously played for Saba Battery as a subsidiary player, along with his recently deceased brother Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, helping the team win the Asian Championship.

Cholet

On August 22, 2008 Nikkhah signed a one-year deal with French LNB side Cholet Basket for an undisclosed fee. By doing so he became the first Iranian to ever play professional basketball in France.^[1] He left Cholet on September 30 by mutual consent due to administrative problems.

ÉB Pau-Orthez

On October 21, 2008 Nikkhah Bahrami signed a one-year contract with another French side Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez.^[1]

Honours

National team

• Asian Championship
  • Gold medal: 2007, 2009

• Asian Games
  • Bronze medal: 2006, 2010

• Asian Indoor Games
  • Gold medal: 2009

Club

• Asian Championship
  • Gold medal: 2007, 2008 (Saba Battery), 2009, 2010 (Mahram)

• West Asian Championship
  • Gold medal: 2003 (Sanam), 2009, 2010 (Mahram)

• Iranian Super League
  • Champions: 2003, 2005 (Sanam), 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (Mahram)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Recrutement clos pour Cholet Basket". Cholet-Basket.com. http://www.cholet-basket.com/News/Detail.aspx?News=&NumCategorie=2&NumActualite=1253. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 

External links

• Profile at 2008 Beijing Olympics

Persondata
Name	Nikkhah Bahrami, Samad
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Date of birth	May 11, 1983
Place of birth	Tehran
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