Aidan Zingel (born 19 November 1990 in

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) is an Australian

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player. He competed for Australia at the

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. Aidan first started playing volleyball in 2005, when he was offered an AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) scholarship at the age of 15. At the end of 2005, he moved to

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to train full-time with the Australian Youth and Junior Programs. At the age of 18, he was selected for the Senior National Team. Aidan's first professional contract was in 2009 with Linkoping Volleyball Club, winning the Swedish Championship in that season. The next club he played for was Marmi Lanza Verona in A1, playing there for four years. He participated in the 2010 World Championships, as well as the

. He was named as “Australian Player of the Year” He played in the

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, from Italy. He was the Captain of the Volleyball Australia Men's Team from 6 September 2013 to 14 May 2015. He is 207 cm tall.

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