Michal Masný (born 14 August 1979) is a Slovak professional

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coach and former player, a former member of the Slovakia national team. He currently serves as head coach for BKS Visła Bydgoszcz.

Career

Clubs

He was a runner-up in Austrian Volley League in 2003 with his team

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. In 2004 he won the Czech Volleyball League title. With

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he won a bronze medal in

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by defeating

Zenit Kazan VC Zenit-Kazan (russian: Зенит-Казань), until 2008 known as Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan (russian: Динамо-Таттрансгаз), is a professional men's volleyball team based in Kazan, Russia. It plays in the Russian Volleyball Sup ...

and the

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bronze medal in the same year. He became a member of

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club Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie in 2018.''Masny zostaje w Aluron Virtu Warcie Zawiercie''
– polsatsport.pl – 05.06.2019

National team

He is a member of

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since 2003, participated in

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. In

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and

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he won two

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gold medals and achieved 3rd place in

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. He was named the best setter in 2007 Men's European Volleyball League and 2011. In 2008 and 2009 he was named the best

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Honours

Clubs

* National championships ** 2002/2003 Silver medal with cup

Austrian Championship, with

** 2003/2004 Gold medal with cup

Czech Championship, with Chance Odolena Voda ** 2004/2005 Gold medal with cup

Czech Championship, with Chance Odolena Voda

Individual awards

* 2004: Czech Championship – Best Setter * 2004: Czech Championship – Best Setter * 2005: Czech Championship – Best Setter * 2007:

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– Best Setter * 2008: Best volleyball player in

* 2009: Best volleyball player in

* 2011:

– Best Setter * 2014:

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. ...

– Best Setter

References

External links

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Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Masny, Michal 1979 births Living people Naturalized citizens of Poland Sportspeople from Žilina Slovak men's volleyball players Slovak volleyball coaches Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate volleyball players in the Czech Republic ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle players BKS Visła Bydgoszcz players Jastrzębski Węgiel players Trefl Gdańsk players Cuprum Lubin players Warta Zawiercie (volleyball) players