Michał Ruciak

Michał Ruciak
Michał Ruciak
Personal information
Full name	Michał Zygmunt Ruciak
Nickname	Rucek
Nationality	Polish
Born	22 August 1983 (age 38); Świnoujście, Poland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Spike	336 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter / Libero
Current team	Stal Nysa
Number	17
Career
2002–2003; 2003–2004; 2004–2008; 2008–2015; 2015–2016; 2016–2018; 2018–2020; 2020–	Morze Bałtyk Szczecin; Skra Bełchatów; AZS Olsztyn; ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle; Transfer Bydgoszcz; Espadon Szczecin; Czarni Radom; Stal Nysa
National team
2004–2014	Poland (166)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Poland
FIVB World Cup
FIVB World League
CEV European Championship

Michał Zygmunt Ruciak (born 22 August 1983) is a Polish volleyball player, former member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, participant of the Olympic Games (London 2012), 2009 European Champion and gold medallist of the 2012 World League, silver medallist of the 2011 World Cup, bronze medallist of the 2011 European Championship and 2011 World League. At the professional club level, he plays for Stal Nysa.

Personal life[]

Michał Ruciak was born in Świnoujście, Poland. On 22 September 2007 he married Justyna (née Terlecka). They have two sons: Rafał (born on 2 June 2008) and Filip (born on 18 March 2011). In 2014 they split up. In 2016 he married Paulina. In April 2018 they revealed they are expecting their first child.

Ruciak during the match with Trefl Gdańsk on 14 October 2012.

Career[]

Clubs[]

He began to play with Maraton Świnoujście, later moving to Morze Szczecin, Skra Bełchatów and AZS Olsztyn. In 2008 moved to ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. After 7 seasons in ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, he left this club in April 2015.^[1]

National team[]

Michał Ruciak was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009.^[2] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.^[3] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. He won with Polish team three medals in 2011 - silver at World Cup^[4] and two bronzes at World League^[5] and European Championship.^[6] He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[7]^[8]