Ivan Zaytsev (volleyball)
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| Full name | Ivan Zaytsev | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
Italian Russian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
October 2, 1988 Spoleto, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 355 cm (140 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 348 cm (137 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current team |
 Sir Safety Conad Perugia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 6 June 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Ivan Zaytsev (born 2 October 1988 in Spoleto) is an Italian volleyball player of Russian origin, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Conad Perugia, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, silver medalist of the European Championship (2011, 2013), bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014), Italian Champion (2014) and silver medalist of the Olympic Games Rio 2016.[1]
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Career
Clubs
He started his career as a setter in 2004, but later moved to the outside hitter role. His first club was RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia, where he played for two seasons. After this, he moved to M. Roma Volley. In the season 2007/2008, he played for Andreoli Latina. Then he came back to M. Roma Volley and played there until 2012. In 2012, Zaytsev signed with Lube Banca Macerata. With this team, he won the Italian SuperCup in 2012 and the Italian Championship 2013/2014.[2][3] On May 9, 2014 his departure from Lube was announced.[4] He is now a player of Russian club VC Dynamo Moscow.
National team
He debuted with the Italy men's national volleyball team in 2008. In the European Championship 2013 Zaytsev was named as the Best Server.[5] Zaytsev was the main scorer and team leader during World League 2014 and Italy achieved bronze medal. He was appointed to the World Championship 2014 held in Poland. He was the leader of his team in the first round, but in the match against the United States injured his ankle, so despite the promotion of his team to second round, he did not play. Zaytsev and Juantorena point machin Italy natiHe has countless fans who want to become the part of his lifeonal team in Olympics Rio 2016.
Style of play
Zaytsev a powerful player and with special rotation spike. Zaytsev is being strongly dedicated and devoted in his career and never involved in any controversy or rumors. He strongly believes his game and performance speaks about him. He is popular among his fans.[6]
Personal life
Sport is in his DNA, Zaytsev the son of Olympic gold medal volleyball player Vyacheslav Zaytsev, he was born in Spoleto, where his father was playing at the time. His mother, Irina Pozdnyakova, is a former competitive swimmer.[7] His sister, Anna (born 1975), married an Italian in 1993 and therefore also holds Italian citizenship. On May 18, 2013, he married Ashling Sirocchi. In April 2014 the couple announced that they were expecting their first child.[8] On October 31, 2014 his wife Ashling gave birth to their son named Alexander "Sasha".[9][10]He is also famous hairstyles and beards.
Sporting achievements
Clubs
National championships
- 2011/2012
Italian SuperCup, with Lube Banca Macerata - 2013/2014
Italian Championship, with Lube Banca Macerata
Cev
- 2014/2015 CEV Cup, with Dynamo Moscow
Other
- 2015/2016 Emir of Qatar Cup, with Al Arabi
National team
- 2011
CEV European Championship - 2012
Olympic Games - 2013 FIVB World League
- 2013 CEV European Championship
- 2014 FIVB World League
- 2015 FIVB World Cup
- 2015 CEV European Championship
- 2016 Olympic Games
Individually
- 2010 Serie A2 - Most Valuable Player
- 2012 Italian Championship - Most Valuable Player
- 2013 FIVB World League - Best Outside Spiker
- 2013 CEV European Championship - Best Server
- 2013 Best Italian Volleyball Player by Super Volley
- 2015 FIVB World Cup - Best Opposite Spiker
- 2015 CEV European Championship - Best Opposite Spiker
- 2016 Emir of Qatar Cup - Most Valuable Player
Record
- 127 Km speed serving - Olympic Games 2016 record[11][12]
References
- ↑ Famous Brithdays - Ivan Zaytsev
- ↑ SCUDETTO ALLA LUBE! APPLAUSI ALLA GRANDE SIR! - sirsafetyperugia.it - 04-05-2014
- ↑ APOTEOSI LUBE IN GARA 4 A PERUGIA: SIAMO CAMPIONI D'ITALIA - lubevolley.it - 04-05-2014
- ↑ IVAN ZAYTSEV SALUTA LA LUBE: GIOCHERA' IN RUSSIA - lubevolley.it - 09-05-2014
- ↑ Russian giants add yet another title to their unique showcase - eurovolley2013.dk - 29-09-2013
- ↑ Scape Players Wiki - Ivan Zaytsev
- ↑ Позднякова Ирина - ussr-swimming.ru
- ↑ ITA M: Zaytsev will become father! - worldofvolley.com - 04-04-2014
- ↑ Ivan Zaytsev became a dad! - worldofvolley.com - 31-10-2014
- ↑ Rio 2016 - Ivan Zaytsev
- ↑ Zaytsev ties Olympic serving record with 127 kph missile
- ↑ Record di Ivan Zaytsev - Eurosport
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| Preceded by - |
Best Outside Spiker of FIVB World League 2013 ex aequo  Ricardo Lucarelli |
Succeeded by Taylor Sander Ricardo Lucarelli |
Preceded by Bartosz Kurek |
Best Server of CEV European Championship 2013 |
Succeeded by – |
Preceded by Ahmed Abdelhay |
Best Opposite Hitter of FIVB World Cup 2015 |
Succeeded by TBD |
| Preceded by Luca Vettori |
Best Opposite Spiker of CEV European Championship 2015 |
Succeeded by TBD |
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