Björn Andrae (born 14 May 1981) is a German

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player, a member of

Germany men's national volleyball team The Germany men's national volleyball team represents Germany in international volleyball competitions. It is governed by the German Volleyball Association. Germany won the gold medal at the 1970 World Championship as East Germany and the bronze ...

and German club Netzhoppers KW, a participant of the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

(

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

Career

Three times in a row he was chosen the

German Volleyball Player of the Year The German Volleyball Player of the Year has been chosen annually since 1979 by the readers of the German ''Volleyball Magazin''. German Volleyball Player of the Year Sources: Volleyball Magazin and German Volleyball Federation (DVV) See also * G ...

(2004, 2005, 2006). With

VfB Friedrichshafen VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball GmbH is a German professional men's volleyball club founded in 1969 and based in Friedrichshafen, southern Baden-Württemberg. Main stakeholder is VfB Friefdrichshafen e.V. The club plays in the German Bundesliga an ...

Andrae won two titles of German Champion (2001, 2002). After few years in German and Italian clubs he went to Polish team

Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn AZS Olsztyn, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Indykpol AZS Olsztyn, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Olsztyn in northeastern Poland, founded in 1950 as a university team (AZS), located near the University of Warmia and ...

. He achieved bronze medal of

2007–08 Polish Volleyball League The 2007–08 Polish Volleyball League was the 72nd season of the Polish Volleyball Championship, the 8th season as a professional league organized by the Professional Volleyball League SA ( pl, Profesjonalna Liga Piłki Siatkowej SA) under the ...

. Then he went to Greek

Panathinaikos Athens 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 b ...

and achieved with its silver medal in

2008–09 CEV Cup The 2008–09 CEV Cup was the 37th edition of the European CEV Cup volleyball club tournament. Lokomotiv-Belogorie Belgorod beat Panathinaikos Athens in the finale. Colombian Liberman Agamez was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the tournament ...

and also silver of Greek Championship. Then he came back to Italian league to represent Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia for one season. In 2010 he started to play in Russian Superleague, from 201 to 2013 Kuzbass Kemerovo, then a few months in

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 ...

and another season 2014/15 in the first one. In 2015 he came back to

and achieved silver medal of German Championship.''VfB Friedrichshafen: Björn Andrae kehrt zurück''
- suedkurier.de - 19-02-2017 Since 2016 he has been playing as Netzhoppers KW player.