Andrzej Zdzisław Wrona (born 27 December 1988) is a Polish professional

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player who plays as a middle blocker for

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. He is a former member of the Poland national team and the 2014 World Champion.

Career

Club

He debuted in

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in the 2007/2008 season, when he played for Wkręt-Met Domex AZS Częstochowa. With this club, he won a silver medal at the Polish Championship and Polish Cup in 2007/2008. In the next three seasons, he played for Delecta Bydgoszcz, where he was the primary player. His high level of play was the reason that he moved to one of the top Polish clubs, PGE Skra Bełchatów in 2013. He won a title of Polish Champion 2014 with PGE Skra Bełchatów. On October 8, 2014 his team won Polish SuperCup. On May 6, 2015 he won with PGE Skra Bełchatów bronze medal of Polish Championship. In May 2015 he extended the contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów until the end of the season 2016/2017. On February 7, 2016 he played with PGE Skra and won the 2016 Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final. In April 2016 he was a member of the same team which won a bronze medal in the

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championship.

National team

He was first appointed to the Polish national team by

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in 2012. He debuted in a

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friendly match. He played in the Polish national team at World League 2013. On September 21, 2014 won a title of World Champion 2014. On October 27, 2014 received a state award granted by the Polish President

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''for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland''.

Honours

Club

* Domestic ** 2007–08 Simple gold cup

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, with AZS Częstochowa ** 2013–14 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 2014–15 Simple gold cup

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, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 2015–16 Simple gold cup

, with PGE Skra Bełchatów

Individual awards

* 2019: Polish Championship �
Best blocker

State awards

* 2014:

References

External links

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Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrona, Andrzej 1988 births Living people Volleyball players from Warsaw Polish men's volleyball players Polish Champions of men's volleyball Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) AZS Częstochowa players BKS Visła Bydgoszcz players Skra Bełchatów players Projekt Warsaw players Middle blockers