Nikolay Penchev
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Born | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 22 May 1992||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||
Spike | 341 cm (134 in) | ||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||
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Nikolay Penchev (born 22 May 1992) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, member of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, participant of the Olympic Games (London 2012). At the professional club level, he plays for the Polish team, Stal Nysa, two–time Polish Champion (2015, 2018).
Personal life[]
Nikolay Penchev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. His father is a former volleyball player. He has three brothers – older Chavdar (born 1987) and younger twin brothers, Chono and Rozalin (born 11 December 1994), who are also volleyball players. Chono is a setter, Rozalin plays as opposite or outside hitter.[1]
Career[]
Clubs[]
Nikolay spent the 2012/2013 season in the Polish club Effector Kielce. In 2013, he moved to Asseco Resovia and signed two–year contract. In his first season in the new club he won the Polish SuperCup and a silver medal of the Polish Championship after losing to PGE Skra Bełchatów in the final matches. In April 2015, alongside Asseco Resovia he won the Polish Championship. In April 2015, he signed a new one–year contract with Resovia.
In May 2016, Penchev signed a one–year contract with another top Polish club PGE Skra Bełchatów.[2]
Sporting achievements[]
Clubs[]
- National championships
- 2013/2014
Polish SuperCup, with Asseco Resovia
- 2014/2015
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
- 2017/2018
Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2017/2018
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2013/2014
Youth national team[]
Individual awards[]
- 2010: CEV U20 European Championship – Best Receiver
References[]
- ^ Bracia Penczew: Nie jesteśmy nierozłączni – volleycafe.pl – 23-08-2014
- ^ Reprezentant Bułgarii nowym przyjmującym PGE Skry – skra.pl – 30-05-2016
External links[]
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Plovdiv
- Bulgarian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of Bulgaria
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Effector Kielce players
- Resovia (volleyball) players
- Skra Bełchatów players
- AZS Warszawa players
- Warta Zawiercie players
- Cuprum Lubin players
- Stal Nysa players