Fabian Drzyzga (born 3 January 1990) is a Polish professional

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player who plays as a setter for

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 ...

. He was a participant in the

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) and is a two–time

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Personal life

Drzyzga was born in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

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, because of his father

Wojciech Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two components in archaic Polish: * ''wój'' (Slavic: ''voj''), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like ''wojown ...

, a volleyball player and member of the French volleyball team, JSA Bordeaux. His father is currently a sports commentator giving a running commentary of Polish national team and PlusLiga matches. Fabian's brother – Tomasz (born 1985) is a former volleyball player. On 3 September 2016 he married Monika Król. In March 2018 he announced via Instagram that they are expecting their first child.

Career

Club

He joined

AZS Częstochowa KS AZS Częstochowa SSA was a Polish professional men's volleyball club based in Częstochowa, founded in 1945 as a university team (AZS). The club competed in the Polish PlusLiga from to 1979 to 2017. Six–time Polish Champion, two–time Pol ...

in 2008. In 2012, Częstochowa won the

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after the final matches against

AZS Politechnika Warszawska Projekt Warszawa ( en, Projekt Warsaw) is a professional men's volleyball team based in Warsaw in central Poland. The club currently plays in PlusLiga. Honours International * CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier offi ...

. In 2012 he left the club from

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...

and joined

. After one season he changed club and signed a contract with the Polish Champion of 2012 and 2013 –

. In the 2013/2014 season, Resovia won the Polish SuperCup and a silver medal of the Polish Championship 2013/2014 after losing the final (0–3 in matches, to three wins) against PGE Skra Bełchatów. On 29 March 2015

, including Drzyzga, achieved silver medal of the

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. Drzyzga was named ''The Best Setter'' of the Final Four

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. In April 2015 he signed next two-year contract until 2017. In April 2015 he achieved his first title of Polish Champion with club from

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Vo ...

. In June 2017, he moved to

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

National team

Drzyzga debuted in the Polish national team in 2010, but also represented Poland as a cadet in the past. He won a silver medal of the U19 European Championship in 2007. He was appointed for the first time to the senior national team by Daniel Castellani in 2009. Drzyzga is a bronze medalist of the 2011 European Championship. On 16 August 2014, he was appointed to the national team at

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held in

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. On 21 September 2014 he won a title of the

. On 27 October 2014 he received a state award granted by the Polish President of that time

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–

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''for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland''. On 30 September 2018 Poland achieved its third title of the

. Poland beat Brazil in the final 3-0 and defended the title from 2014.

Honours

Club

2014–15 – with

2011–12 – with

2017–18 – with

* Domestic ** 2013–14 Simple gold cup

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, with Asseco Resovia ** 2014–15 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia ** 2017–18 Simple gold cup

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, with Olympiacos ** 2017–18 Gold medal with cup

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, with Olympiacos ** 2019–20 Gold medal with cup

Russian Championship, with

Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (russian: ВК «Локомотив» Новосибирск) is a Russian professional volleyball club, based in Novosibirsk, playing in Russian Volleyball Super League. Achievements * CEV Champions League *: (x1) 2013 * ...

Youth national team

* 2007

CEV U19 European Championship

Individual awards

* 2015:

– Best setter * 2015:

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– Best setter * 2018:

– Best setter * 2021: FIVB Nations League – Best setter

State awards

* 2014:

* 2018:

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

External links

*
Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Drzyzga, Fabian 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Bordeaux Polish men's volleyball players Polish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate volleyball players in Greece Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate volleyball players in Russia Olympic volleyball players for Poland Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) AZS Częstochowa players Projekt Warsaw players Resovia (volleyball) players Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players Setters (volleyball)