Merooj

Merooj, Inc.
Private
Industry Apparel, accessories
Founded 1987
Founder Dr. Majid Saedifar
Headquarters Tehran, Iran
Covina, California, United States
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Dr. Majid Saedifar
(President and CEO)
Products Athletic footwear and apparel, sport equipments and other athletic and recreational products
Number of employees
 Directly or indirectly nearly 300 (2014)[1]
Website merooj.com

Merooj, Inc. (Persian: مروژ‎) is an Iranian producer and brand of athletic shoes, clothing, and accessories. The company was established by Dr. Majid Saedifar who was an official physical therapist of the Iran national football team. He grew the company from an Iran-based soccer balls distributor to global marketer of athletic footwear, apparel and equipment. The company has headquarters in both Tehran, Iran, and Covina, California. It has several factories in Iran and other countries including China, Vietnam, and Thailand.

Merooj is known internationally as the official apparel supplier for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.[2]

About the founder

Majid Saedifar was born in 1955 in Andimeshk, a small city in the southwest of Iran. After finishing his school, he went to Tehran to start his university studies. He joined some football clubs. When he finished his university, he had to do his military service, and he went to Shahrbani (Pas Tehran) football club. After a perfect performance, he was invited to the Iran youth national football team. In this tome, he was one of the most famous young football players in the country.

After a few years, Saedifar went to the US to follow his studying and career. There, he played for local football clubs. Because of his experience in football, he selected physical therapy as his discipline in university. After earning his master's degree, he began his career as a physical therapist in the US. A few years later, he extended his business and established several physical therapy clinics in California. While working as a physical therapist, he was also earning a PhD.

Saedifar wanted to pay tribute to his country, and waited for a good opportunity to fulfill his wish. In 2000, the Iranian national football team was invited to a tournament in the US for the first time after the revolution in 1978. This was a turning point in Saedifar's professional life. Iran's coaches knew him very well from past years, so they asked him to help the team as the physical therapist. Saedifar was the Iranian official physical therapist for several years. In doing so, he used his experience and knowledge to introduce physical therapy among the Iranian athletes and physical therapists.

The word means "ant" in Luri, and "my red" in French. The company now has several factories all over the world, and competes in the international market.

About the company

Merooj has different departments and sections. The most important one is the product section. Currently, it has five big product factories in Iran and elsewhere. The biggest one is located in Saedifar's hometown of Andimeshk. This factory forms the main part of Merooj. The other domestic factory is based in the north of Iran, in Namak Abroud, Mazandaran.[3]

Products

Merooj sells clothing, footwear, and accessories for men, women, and youth. Men's equipment includes footwear, shirts, shorts, pants, outerwear, base layer and eyewear. Women's equipment includes footwear, shirts, shorts, skirts, pants, outerwear, base layers, and eyewear.

One of the main focuses of Merooj has been football kit and its associated equipment. The company makes referee kits that are used in Persian Gulf Pro League.

Merooj is known internationally for being the official apparel supplier for the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. It also sponsors the Iran men's national volleyball team and Iran national football team throughout various international competitions.

Wrestling is the other important sport that Merooj focuses onIran]], Turkey, Hungary, Georgia, Azerbaijan and other countries are the clientele of Merooj wrestling products.

Sponsorship

Merooj sponsor and model Adel Gholami
A Merooj store[4]

Over the years, Merooj has sponsored a huge variety of sports clubs and teams from all over the world, including:

Football

Club

Volleyball

Event

National team

Club

Beach volleyball

Basketball

Wrestling

  • Azerbaijan Azerbaijan National Wrestling Team
  • Germany Germany National Wrestling Team
  • Hungary Hungary National Wrestling Team
  • Iran Iran National Wrestling Team
  • Iraq Iraq National Wrestling Team
  • Morocco Morocco National Wrestling Team
  • Netherlands Dutch National Female Wrestling Team
  • Romania Romania National Wrestling Team

Canoeing

  • Iran Iran National Canoeing Team

References

  1. ↑ About Merooj Archived 2015-02-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "2013 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL SUPPLIERS" (PDF). FIVB. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.namakabroud.com
  4. ↑ Merooj Stores
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