Robert Täht (born 15 August 1993) is an Estonian professional

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player who plays as an outside hitter for Cuprum Stilon Gorzów and the Estonia national team.

Club career

Robert Täht began his professional career in 2010 at the age of 17, signing a contract with his hometown club, Valio Võru. In 2012, he moved to the top Estonian team, Bigbank Tartu. After three seasons in Tartu, Täht signed his first foreign contract and joined the Polish

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team,

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. Täht spent the 2018–19 season playing for Arkas İzmir in the Turkish Volleyball League and the 2019–20 season for the

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powerhouse, Sir Safety Perugia. For the next two seasons he returned to PlusLiga to play for Asseco Resovia and

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. In June 2022, Täht signed with Vôlei São José dos Campos, one of the Brazilian Super League teams, becoming the first ever Estonian to have played in the Brazilian top flight. The season was cut short due to a knee injury and Täht returned to Europe for treatment in February 2023. In October 2023, he signed with

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for the oncoming Volleyball Bundesliga season.

National team

As a member of the senior

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, Täht competed in

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

and

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

CEV European Championships. With his national team, Täht won the 2016 European League title and was named MVP of the tournament. He helped Estonia win their second European League title in

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Honours

Club

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2013–14 – with Bigbank Tartu ** Gold medal with cup

2014–15 – with Bigbank Tartu * Domestic ** 2013–14 Gold medal with cup

Estonian Championship, with Bigbank Tartu ** 2014–15 Silver medal with cup

Estonian Championship, with Bigbank Tartu ** 2018–19 Silver medal with cup

Turkish Championship, with Arkas İzmir ** 2019–20 Simple gold cup

Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia ** 2023–24 Simple gold cup

German SuperCup, with

** 2023–24 Simple gold cup

German Cup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys ** 2023–24 Gold medal with cup

German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys

Individual awards

* 2011: ''Young Estonian Volleyball Player of the Year'' * 2014: Baltic League – Best server * 2015: Baltic League – Most valuable player * 2015: Baltic League – Best server * 2016: European League – Most valuable player * 2016: European League – Best outside spiker * 2016: ''Estonian Volleyball Player of the Year'' * 2017: ''Estonian Volleyball Player of the Year'' * 2018: ''Estonian Volleyball Player of the Year'' * 2019: ''Estonian Volleyball Player of the Year''

References

External links

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Player profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''

at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Taht, Robert 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Võru Estonian men's volleyball players Estonian expatriate volleyball players Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate volleyball players in Germany Cuprum Lubin players Resovia (volleyball) players Skra Bełchatów players Outside hitters 21st-century Estonian sportsmen