Andrey Zhekov ( bg, Андрей Жеков; born March 12, 1980) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and current head coach of
Levski Volley
VC Levski Sofia ( bg, ВК Левски София) is a professional Bulgarian volleyball team based in Sofia. It has both men's and women's teams, both playing in its respective Bulgarian Volleyball Leagues. Founded in 1943, the team plays its ...
. He entered the national team in 1998 at the age of 18. 190 cm tall and weighing 82 kg Zhekov is the former setter of the Bulgarian national team. Club Champion of Bulgaria with the teams of
Levski Volley
VC Levski Sofia ( bg, ВК Левски София) is a professional Bulgarian volleyball team based in Sofia. It has both men's and women's teams, both playing in its respective Bulgarian Volleyball Leagues. Founded in 1943, the team plays its ...
and
Slavia Sofia
PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...
. Zhekov is married and has two children.
In an interview Zhekov says that he'll not be playing in the 2012–13 season.
Clubs
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Levski Volley
VC Levski Sofia ( bg, ВК Левски София) is a professional Bulgarian volleyball team based in Sofia. It has both men's and women's teams, both playing in its respective Bulgarian Volleyball Leagues. Founded in 1943, the team plays its ...
(1999-2006)
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Ural Ufa
Ural Ufa (russian: «Урал» Уфа, ba, «Урал» Өфө) – is a Russian professional men's volleyball club, based in Ufa, playing in Russian Volleyball Super League since 1996.
Achievements
* CEV Challenge Cup
The CEV Challenge ...
(2006-2007)
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E.A. Patras (2007-2010)
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Olympiacos S.C.
Olympiacos Men's Volleyball ( el, Ολυμπιακός, ), commonly referred to as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as Olympiacos CFP, is the men's volleyball department of the major Greek multi-sport club, Olympiacos CFP, ...
(2010)
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Galatasaray SK
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...
(2010-2011)
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Copra Volley
Volley Piacenza was an Italian professional men's volleyball club based in Piacenza, northern Italy. They played in the Italian Volleyball League. The club ceased to exist in 2018 due to financial problems.
Although the club reached the Italian ...
(2011-2012)
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Tomis Constanta (2013–2014)
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Levski Volley
VC Levski Sofia ( bg, ВК Левски София) is a professional Bulgarian volleyball team based in Sofia. It has both men's and women's teams, both playing in its respective Bulgarian Volleyball Leagues. Founded in 1943, the team plays its ...
(2015-2016)
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CS Arcada Galați
CS Arcada Galați is a volleyball club based in Galați, Romania, that competes in the Divizia A1, the top tier of Romanian volleyball.
Honours Domestic
* Divizia A1
: Winners (4): 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
: Runners-up (1): 2018
: T ...
(2017)
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Beşiktaş JK
Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...
(2017)
Individual awards
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2006 World League "Best Setter"
References
External links
Andrey Zhekovat the
International Volleyball Federation
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International may also refer to:
Music Albums
* ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011
* ''International'' (New Order album), 2002
* ''International'' (The T ...
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1980 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's volleyball players
Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players for Bulgaria
Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players
Galatasaray S.K. (men's volleyball) players
Ural Ufa volleyball players
Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate volleyball players in Romania
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate volleyball players in Russia
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate volleyball players in Greece
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
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