Tsvetan Sokolov

Tsvetan Sokolov
Personal information
Nationality	Bulgarian
Born	(1989-12-31) 31 December 1989 (age 31) Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Height	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight	113 kg (249 lb)
Spike	357 cm (141 in)
Block	338 cm (133 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Current club	Dynamo Moscow
Number	19
Career
Years Teams 2003–2009 2009–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2016 2016–2019 2019–2020 2020– Marek Union–Ivkoni Itas Diatec Trentino Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Diatec Trentino Halkbank Ankara Cucine Lube Civitanova Zenit Kazan Dynamo Moscow
National team
2007–  Bulgaria
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Bulgaria CEV European Championship 2009 Turkey

Tsvetan Sokolov (Bulgarian: Цветан Соколов) (born 31 December 1989) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, member of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team and Russian club Dynamo Moscow, participant of the Olympic Games (London 2012), bronze medallist of the 2009 European Championship. Sokolov is a multiple winner of the Champions League and Club World Championship, three–time Italian Champion (2011, 2017, 2019), Turkish Champion (2016), Russian Champion (2021).^[1]

Personal life[]

Sokolov was born in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria. In 2014, he married Deliyana Hristova. On 27 October 2014, his wife gave birth to their children – twins Nikola and Viktor.^[2]

Sporting achievements[]

Clubs[]

• CEV Champions League
  • 2009/2010 – with Itas Diatec Trentino
  • 2010/2011 – with Itas Diatec Trentino
  • 2018/2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova

• FIVB Club World Championship
  • Doha 2009 – with Itas Diatec Trentino
  • Doha 2010 – with Itas Diatec Trentino
  • Doha 2011 – with Itas Diatec Trentino

• CEV Cup
  • 2020/2021 – with Dynamo Moscow^[3]

• National championships
  • 2009/2010 Italian Cup, with Itas Diatec Trentino
  • 2010/2011 Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino
  • 2011/2012 Italian SuperCup, with Itas Diatec Trentino
  • 2011/2012 Italian Cup, with Itas Diatec Trentino
  • 2013/2014 Italian SuperCup, with Diatec Trentino
  • 2014/2015 Turkish SuperCup, with Halkbank Ankara
  • 2014/2015 Turkish Cup, with Halkbank Ankara
  • 2015/2016 Turkish SuperCup, with Halkbank Ankara
  • 2015/2016 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
  • 2016/2017 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
  • 2016/2017 Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
  • 2018/2019 Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
  • 2019/2020 Russian Cup, with Zenit Kazan
  • 2020/2021 Russian Cup, with Dynamo Moscow
  • 2020/2021 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow^[4]
  • 2020/2021 Russian SuperCup, with Dynamo Moscow

Individual awards[]

• 2013: FIVB World League – Best Opposite Spiker
• 2013: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Opposite Spiker
• 2017: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Opposite Spiker
• 2018: CEV Champions League – Best Opposite Spiker
• 2018: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Opposite Spiker

References[]

External links[]

• Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Player profile at LegaVolley.it
• Player profile at Volleybox.net

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Awards
Preceded by Zbigniew Bartman	Best Opposite Spiker of FIVB World League 2013	Succeeded by Wallace de Souza
Preceded by Evandro Guerra	Best Opposite Spiker of FIVB Club World Championship 2017 2018	Succeeded by Evandro Guerra
Preceded by Aleksandar Atanasijević	Best Opposite Spiker of CEV Champions League 2017/2018	Succeeded by Not awarded