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Foinikas Syros V.C.
Foinikas Syros (Greek: Φοίνικας Σύρου) is a professional Greek volleyball club based in the island of Syros. Foinikas plays in the first division of Greek Volleyball Championship (A1 Ethniki Volleyball) and has won 2 national titles, the Greek League Cup at 2012 and 2021. Their home ground is the Dimitris Vikelas Arena in Ermoupolis, Syros and their colours are blue and red. History The club was founded in 1980 and its first home was the Foinikas, village in the southwest of Syros. Since 2000, Foinikas plays continually in national divisions. In season 1999-2000 Foinikas was promoted in fourth division of Volleyleague (Gamma Ethniki). The next season, won the rise in third division (Beta Ethniki). After four years, in season 2004-05 was promoted in second division (A2 Ethniki). In season 2008-09 played for first time in first division. Foinikas remained in first division for two years. In season 2009-10 was relegated but returned the next year. As soon as it returne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Seničić
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Kapetanidis
Kostas or Costas ( el, Κώστας) is a Greek given name and surname. As a given name it is the hypocorism for Konstantinos (Constantine). Given name * Costas Andreou, Greek musician * Kostas Antetokounmpo (born 1997), a Greek basketball player * Costas Azariadis (born 1943), Greek economist * Kostas Biris (1899–1980), Greek architect * Costas Georgiou (1951–1976), Greek Cypriot mercenary * Kostas Lazarides (born 1949), aka Kostas (songwriter), Greek-American country music songwriter * Costas Mandylor (born 1965), Greek Australian actor * Kostas Papanikolaou (born 1990), Greek basketball player * Costas Rigas (born 1944), Greek basketball player * Costas Simitis (born 1936), former Prime Minister of Greece * Kostas Hatzichristos (1921–2001), Greek actor * Kostas Karamanlis (born 1956), former Prime Minister of Greece * Kostas Koufogiorgos (born 1972), Greek-German cartoonist Surname * Bob Costas (born 1952), American sportscaster and talk show host * John P. Costas (engineer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyan Yordanov
Boyan Yordanov ( bg, Боян Йорданов, born 12 March 1983) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, member of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team. Boyan started his career in Levski Volley, Levski (Siconco) Sofia. He made his first cap for Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, Bulgaria in a match against France on the 2006 World Championship in Osaka. He entered as a sub in the third game with France leading 2:0. At the end, Bulgaria won 3:2. Bulgaria got to the bronze medals on the same WC. He has got a silver medal from the 2003 U-21 World Championship in Iran as well. Sporting achievements Club National Championships * 2002/2003 Boulgarian Championship with Levski Volley, Levski Sofia * 2003/2004 Boulgarian Championship with Levski Volley, Levski Sofia * 2004/2005 Boulgarian Championship with Levski Volley, Levski Sofia * 2005/2006 Boulgarian Championship with Levski Volley, Levski Sofia * 2012/2013 2012–13 Volleyleague (Greece), Greek Championship with Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Pelekoudas
Panagiotis Pelekoudas ( el, Παναγιώτης Πελεκούδας) (born 8 November 1989) is a Greek male volleyball player. He was part of the Greece men's national volleyball team. at ''CEV'' Sporting achievements National team * 2014 , with [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joško Milenkoski
Joško Milenkoski ( mk, Јошка Миленковски; born 9 January 1962) is a volleyball coach from North Macedonia, who coached Turkish national team at the 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship. Clubs * Borec Veles (1993–1994) * Rabotnički (1994–2007) * North Macedonia (1997–2008) * OK Budvanska Rivijera (2007–2008) * Rabotnički (2008–2010) * CS Sfaxien (2010–2011) * Maliye Milli Piyango SK (2011–2017) * Turkey (2017) * Ziraat Bankası Ankara (2017–2019) * CS Sfaxien Club Sportif Sfaxien ( ar, النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي) is a Tunisian professional association football club founded in 1928. History The club was founded in 1928 as ''Club Tunisien'', playing in green and red stripes. The team ... (2019–2020) * Foinikas Syros (2021–2022) * PAOK ''(2022–)'' References Living people 1962 births Turkish volleyball coaches Place of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Milis
Nikos ( el, Νίκος, ''Níkos'') is a Greek given name. It originates from Greek ''Nikolaos'', which means "victory of the people".Liddell & Scott, Abridged Greek Lexicon Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of the original Nikolaos (Greek) or Nicholas (English). People *Nikos Alefantos, Greek football coach *Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV host *Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek footballer * Nikos Arabatzis, Greek footballer *Nikos Argiropoulos, Greek basketball player * Nikos Babaniotis, Greek footballer * Nikos Barboudis, Greek footballer *Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player *Nikos Beloyannis, Greek communist and resistance leader *Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player * Nikos Boutzikos, Greek footballer *Nikos Christodoulou, Greek conductor and composer *Nikos Christodoulides, Greek Cypriot politician *Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer * Nikos Dimitrakos, American ice-hockey player *Nikos Dimou, Greek writer *Nikos Ekonomou, Greek basketball player *Niko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Papadopoulos (volleyball)
Panagiotis Papadopoulos (born May 23, 1985, in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek wrestler who specializes in Greco-Roman wrestling. He was a competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in the super-heavyweight division, losing in his opening bout to Liu Deli from China. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Papadopoulos, Panagiotis Olympic wrestlers for Greece Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Greek male sport wrestlers Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling 1985 births Sportspeople from Thessaloniki 21st-century Greek people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilis Karasavvidis
Vassilios or Vassileios, also transliterated Vasileios, Vasilios, Vassilis or Vasilis ( el, Βασίλειος or Βασίλης), is a Greek given name, the origin of Basil. In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also transliterated as Basileios. It is directly descended from the word "King", el, Βασιλιάς. It descends from the Greek language. People *Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-French writer *Vassilis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer *Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor *Vasilis Avramidis, Greek footballer *Vasilis Barkas, Greek footballer *Vasilis Bolanos, ethnic Greek mayor of Himara, Albania *Vassilis Borbokis, Greek footballer *Vasilis Dimitriadis, Greek footballer *Vasilis Fragkias, Greek basketball coach *Vassilis Gagatsis, president of the Hellenic Football Federation * Vasilis Georgiadis, Greek film director and actor *Vasilis Golias, Greek footballer *Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer *Vassilios Iliadis, Greek judoka *Vasilios Kalogeracos, Australian footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žiga Štern
Žiga Štern (born 2 January 1994) is a Slovenian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Ślepsk Malow Suwałki and the Slovenia national team. Štern competed in the European Championship in 2019 and 2021, where Slovenia finished in second place on both occasions. Honours Club * Domestic ** 2015–16 Slovenian Cup, with Calcit Kamnik ** 2016–17 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley ACH Volley is a Slovenian men's volleyball club based in Ljubljana that competes in the Slovenian League. They play their home matches at Tivoli Hall. The club was founded in 1970 and was based in Bled until 2011, when the team relocated to Ljubl ... ** 2020–21 Greek League Cup, with Foinikas Syros ** 2021–22 Greek SuperCup, with Foinikas Syros References External links * Player profileat ''LegaVolley.it'' Player profileat ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Stern, Ziga 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Maribor Slovenian men's volleyba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sports)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas-Dimitrios Frangos
Andreas-Dimitrios Frangos ( el, Ανδρέας-Δημήτριος Φράγκος) (born ) is a Greek male volleyball player. He is part of the Greece men's national volleyball team. On club level he currently plays for the Greek club Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba .... References External links profileat ''FIVB.org'' at greekvolley.gr 1989 births Living people Greek men's volleyball players Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players Panathinaikos V.C. players Volleyball players from Athens {{Greece-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitar Tzourits
Mitar Djuric ( el, Δημήτρης Τζούριτς, sr-Cyrl, Митар Дурић; born ) or Dimitris Tzourits is a Serbian-Greek male volleyball player. He competed at the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with Trentino Volley. Sporting achievements Clubs CEV Champions League * 2015/2016 - with Trentino Diatec Greek Volleyball League * 2009, 2010, 2011 Greek Volleyball Cup * 2009, 2011 Greek Volleyball Super Cup * 2010, 2021 Italian Volleyball League * 2013, 2015 Italian Volleyball Cup * 2012, 2013 Italian Volleyball Super Cup * 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship * 2011, 2012 Turkish Volleyball League * 2014 Turkish Volleyball Cup * 2014 Turkish Volleyball Super Cup * 2014 MEVZA League * 2021 Individual Greek Volley League MVP The Greek Volley League MVP is the yearly MVP award for the best player of A1 Ethniki Volleyball, Greek Volleyleague, the Greek first tier professional championship. It begin with 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
