Ali Shafiei (, born September 21, 1991 in Amol) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for the Iranian national team and Labaniat Haraz. He was named Breakout Star Of The 2014/15 Iranian Volleyball Super league. He made his debut for Iran against France in the 2018 Nations League. He has become a fixed member of Iran's national squad since. Early life Born in the small northern town Amol, Mazandaran, Shafiei was the first child of phisiotherapst Majid Shafiei and history teacher Shirin Alipour Kashi. Even though Amol was home to the prestigious volleyball club Kalleh, Ali did not show much of interest to the sport while he was growing up. Career Youth Level and Senior Debut With Kalleh (2010 - 2013) After a nationwide scouting of high school students, Shafiei was chosen as a volleyball talent and was invited to national volleyball camps held by Iran volleyball federation. The camps had a major influence on Shafiei and the idea of becoming a professional volleyball player grew on him. Shafiei went on to sign up for Kalleh Academy and train with them on a regular basis. He went on to be part of the 2012 Kalleh Javan (which is Kalleh's youth team and competes in both Iran's youth division as well as Iran's second tier division) and eventually made his senior debut in the 2012-13 season for the defending champions Kalleh in the Iranian Volleyball Super League (IVSL). During this season he was a regular substitute and was usually swapped with Ali Jadidi in order to strengthen the block on the net. Kalleh finished the season 2nd, losing in a 3-2 thriller to Matin Varamin VC, stopping Kalleh's consecutive championships at number 2. Novin Keshavarz (2014 - 2015) For the 2014/15 season Shafiei joined Novin Keshavarz Tehran to play under coach Massoud Armat . Despite his spell in Kalleh, he was a regular at Novin Keshavarz and showed great premise. In this season for the first time a new format was introduced in which 14 clubs competed in 2 groups of 7, then the top 4 teams of each groups would face in a series of first to two. Novin Keshavarz finished the regular season 3rd of group B below Shahrdari Urmia VC and Matin Varamin VC securing a place at the playoffs where they had to face Mizan Khorasan VC. Shafiei starred alongside Mohammad Mohammad