Michael Irani

Michael Irani
Date of birth	October 6, 1982
place of birth	Jonkoping , Sweden
size	185 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2001	HV 71 Jönköping
2001-2002	Gislaveds SK
2002-2003	AIK Solna
2003-2007	ASG Angers
2007-2010	Nybro Vikings IF
2010-2011	ASG Angers

Michael Irani (born October 6, 1982 in Jönköping ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player .

Career

Michael Irani began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of HV 71 Jönköping , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Elitserien in the 2000/01 season . The defender remained pointless and punished in three games. The defender then spent one season each in the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan at Gislaveds SK and AIK Solna .

From 2003 to 2007 Irani played in his first engagement abroad for ASG Angers in the French Ligue Magnus and won the Coupe de France , the French cup competition , with his team in 2007 . He then stood for three years for Nybro Vikings IF on the ice, with which he was relegated to third-class Division 1 after two years in HockeyAllsvenskan. In the 2010/11 season, the former Swedish youth international played again for Angers in Ligue Magnus. He then ended his career at the age of 28.

International

For Sweden , Irani took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2000 , where he finished third with his team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2007 Coupe de France win with ASG Angers

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Elitserien main round	1	3	0	0	0	0
Elitserien Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allsvenskan main round	4th	163	6th	14th	20th	132
Allsvenskan-Kvalserien AS	2	12	1	2	3	6th
Allsvenskan-Kvalserien ES	2	20th	0	0	0	8th

Web links

• Michael Irani at hockeydb.com (English)
• Michael Irani at eliteprospects.com (English)