Dmytro Pashytskyy ( ua, Дмитро Пашицький; born 29 November 1987) is a Ukrainian professional

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 Sum ...

player who plays as a middle blocker for

ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Kędzierzyn-Koźle in southern Poland, founded in 1994. They compete in the Polish PlusL ...

Personal life

Dmitry Pashitsky was born in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

, but spent a significant part of his life in Riga ( Latvia), where he began playing volleyball.

Career

Club

Pashytskyy started his professional volleyball career in

Pärnu VK Pärnu Võrkpalliklubi is a professional Estonian volleyball team based in Pärnu, Estonia. It plays in the Baltic Volleyball League and the Estonian Volleyball League. The team won the 2015–16 Baltic Volleyball League title. Team roster 202 ...

in 2009. For the next season he joined another Estonian team, Selver Tallinn, with which he won the Estonian Championship, Estonian Cup and the

Baltic League The Baltic League (officially known as the Triobet Baltic League) was a Baltic men's football club tournament held four times between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinavi ...

in 2011. In 2011, Pashytskyy moved to

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

to join one of the most decorated volleyball clubs in French volleyball history,

AS Cannes Association Sportive de Cannes Football (; commonly referred to as AS Cannes or simply Cannes) is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently plays in the Championnat National 3, t ...

. In 2013, he received an award for the ''Best Middle Blocker'' of the 2012–13 season. The 2014–15 season, Pashytskyy spent playing in the Polish PlusLiga team, Cuprum Lubin. Не became the best blocker of the

2014–15 PlusLiga The 2014–15 PlusLiga was the 79th season of the Polish Volleyball Championship, the 15th season as a professional league organized by the Professional Volleyball League SA ( pl, Profesjonalna Liga Piłki Siatkowej SA) under the supervision of ...

season by setting a new league record of 116 blocks that still remains unbroken. Also, he became the best scorer of the team, which is extremely unusual for the middle blocker position. In 2015, Pashytskyy joined

Asseco Resovia Resovia, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Asseco Resovia, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Rzeszów in southeastern Poland, founded in 1937. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. The club has won seven PlusLiga, Polish ...

, the 2015 Polish Champion, with which he won the

2015–16 PlusLiga The 2015–16 PlusLiga was the 80th season of the Polish Volleyball Championship, the 16th season as a professional league organized by the Professional Volleyball League SA ( pl, Profesjonalna Liga Piłki Siatkowej SA) under the supervision of ...

silver medal and participated in the Final 4 of the

2015–16 CEV Champions League The 2015–16 CEV Champions League was the 57th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. Participating teams Format League round 28 teams have been drawn to 7 pools ...

. For the 2016–17 season he was loaned to

Lotos Trefl Gdańsk Lotos may refer to: * Grupa Lotos, oil company * Lotos Kolej, railway company * LOTOS Goldbrillen GmbH, a German luxury eyewear company founded in 1872 * Lotos (satellite), a Russian family of electronic intelligence satellites * Language Of Te ...

. During the time spent playing in the Polish PlusLiga he received individual MVP award nine times. In 2017, Pashytskyy signed a contract with Kuzbass Kemerovo, with which he won the Russian Champion title in 2019 and the SuperCup the same season. He also made it to the semifinals of 2018–19 CEV Cup. During the 2019–20 season he won a bronze medal in the Russian Super League and reached the semifinals of the 2019–20 CEV Champions League. On 15 June 2020, Pashytskyy joined

Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

, with which he became a silver medalist of the Russian Super League in the season of 2020–21. In the same season, he also made it to the finals of both, the Russian Cup and the

2020–21 CEV Cup The 2020–21 CEV Cup was the 49th edition of the second most important European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. Participating teams The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for Eu ...

. In the spring of 2022, Pashytskyy returned to

and helped the team reach the play-off stage of the Polish PlusLiga. For the

2022–23 PlusLiga The 2022–23 PlusLiga is the 87th season of the Polish Volleyball Championship, the 70th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish volleyball league system since its establishment in 1954, and the 23rd season as a professiona ...

season, Pashytskyy signed a contract with

, with which he won the Polish Cup in 2023.

Honours

Club

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tot ...

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– with

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– with

2010–11 – with Selver Tallinn * Domestic ** 2010–11 Simple gold cup

Estonian Cup, with Selver Tallinn ** 2010–11 Gold medal with cup

Estonian Championship, with Selver Tallinn ** 2015–16 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

** 2018–19 Gold medal with cup

Russian Championship, with Kuzbass Kemerovo ** 2019–20 Simple gold cup

Russian SuperCup, with Kuzbass Kemerovo ** 2020–21 Silver medal with cup

Russian Championship, with Zenit Saint Petersburg ** 2022–23 Simple gold cup

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...

, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ** 2023–24 Simple gold cup

Polish SuperCup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2021, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Individual awards

* 2013: French Championship – Best middle blocker * 2015: Polish Championship �
Best blocker
(116)

References

External links

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Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Pashytskyy, Dmytro 1987 births Living people Naturalised citizens of Russia Sportspeople from Kyiv Ukrainian expatriates in Latvia Ukrainian men's volleyball players Russian men's volleyball players Ukrainian sportspeople in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian War Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Expatriate volleyball players in Estonia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate volleyball players in France Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Poland AS Cannes Volley-Ball players Cuprum Lubin players Resovia (volleyball) players Trefl Gdańsk players VC Zenit Saint Petersburg players ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle players Middle blockers