Guillaume Samica (born 28 September 1981) is a French former professional

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player, a member of the France national team from 2003 to 2012. A participant at the

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Athens 2004, and a silver medallist at the 2009 European Championship and the 2006 World League.

Personal life

Samica was born in Choisy-au-Bac. He has

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and

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origins.''Guillaume Samica: Moi prapradziadkowie są z Polski''
- siatka.org - 19-08-2008

Career

In December 2014 he moved to Polish club

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and signed a contract with this team to the end of the 2014/2015 season. Then he went to another Polish club,

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 ...

and he was playing there until 2018.

Honours

Clubs

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2008/2009 – with

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* National championships ** 2006/2007 Silver medal with cup

French Championship, with

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** 2009/2010 Simple gold cup

Greek Cup, with

Panathinaikos 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 ba ...

** 2009/2010 Silver medal with cup

Greek Championship, with

** 2012/2013 Silver medal with cup

Argentine Championship, with Buenos Aires Unidos

External links

*
Player profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net''

References

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