Mateusz Włodzimierz Mika (born 21 January 1991) is a Polish professional

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player, a former member of the Poland national team. A participant in the

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Rio 2016 ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

, 2014 World Champion, and the 2012 Polish Champion with

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. At the professional club level, he plays for the Turkish team, Türşad.

Career

Clubs

In 2012 Mika joined

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. In the season 2013/2014 he was playing for the French club – Montpellier UC. On 12 June 2014 he came back to Gdańsk and signed a contract with

. On 19 April 2015

, including Mika, won the

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. He was named the ''Most Valuable Player'' of the tournament. During the same season he won a silver medal of the Polish Championship. In April 2015 he signed a new two–year contract with the club.

National team

He debuted in the

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on 29 May 2010 in a friendly match with

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. In 2011 he was a member of the Polish team coached by

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at the 2011 CEV European Championship, where Poland managed to win a bronze medal. In 2014 he was appointed to the Polish team by a head coach of that time –

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at the 2014 FIVB World League. Initially, he was supposed to be a reserve player during the matches in

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, but after a few victories (among others, the won match against Brazil on 30 May 2014) he has become a main favorite to play at the 2014 FIVB World Championship. On 16 August 2014 he was appointed to the squad at the 2014 FIVB World Championship held in

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. On 21 September 2014 the Polish team won the title of World Champion 2014. On 27 October 2014 he received a state award granted by the Polish President,

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– Gold Cross of Merit ''for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland''.

Honours

Clubs

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2011/2012 – with

* National championships ** 2011/2012 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

** 2014/2015 Simple gold cup

, with Trefl Gdańsk ** 2015/2016 Simple gold cup

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, with Trefl Gdańsk ** 2017/2018 Simple gold cup

, with Trefl Gdańsk

Youth national team

* 2007

CEV U19 European Championship

Individual awards

* 2015:

– Most Valuable Player * 2015:

– Most Valuable Player * 2018:

– Best Receiver

State awards

* 2014:

Gold Cross of Merit

References

External links

*
Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mika, Mateusz 1991 births Living people People from Bielsko County Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship Polish men's volleyball players Polish Champions of men's volleyball Olympic volleyball players of Poland Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) Polish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate volleyball players in France Polish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Resovia (volleyball) players Trefl Gdańsk players AZS Olsztyn players Outside hitters