Robert Täht (born 15 August 1993) is an Estonian

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player, member of the Estonian national team. At the professional club level, he plays for

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Club career

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

PlusLiga The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition featuring volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Polska Liga Siatkówki SA (PLS SA). It is currently a 16 teams league from Oc ...

team Cuprum Lubin. Täht played the 2018–19 season for Arkas İzmir of the

Turkish Men's Volleyball League The Turkish Men's Volleyball League, officially called the Efe League (Turkish: Efeler Ligi), is the highest professional men's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation. Founded in 1970, the league is considere ...

and the 2019–20 season for the

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powerhouse

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. For the next two seasons he returned to Polish

to play 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 ...

and

Skra Bełchatów Skra Bełchatów, competing for sponsorship reasons as PGE Skra Bełchatów and officially called KPS Skra Bełchatów SA, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Bełchatów in central Poland, founded in 1957. They compete in the Polis ...

. In June 2022 Täht signed with Vôlei São José dos Campos of the Brazilian Volleyball Super League becoming the first Estonian to play in the Brazilian league. The season was cut short due to a knee injury and Täht returned to Europe for treatment in February 2023. In October he signed with Volleyball Bundesliga top team

National team

As a member of the senior

Estonia men's national volleyball team The Estonia men's national volleyball team ( et, Eesti meeste võrkpallikoondis) is controlled by the Estonian Volleyball Federation (''Eesti Võrkpalli Liit'') and represents Estonia in international volleyball competitions. The team ha ...

, Täht competed at the

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and

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CEV European Championships. With the 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

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Sporting achievements

Clubs

Baltic League The Baltic League (officially known as the Triobet Baltic League) was a Baltic men's football club tournament held four times between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinav ...

2013/2014 – with Bigbank Tartu ** Gold medal with cup

2014/2015 – with Bigbank Tartu * National championships ** 2013/2014 Gold medal with cup

Estonian Championship, with Bigbank Tartu ** 2014/2015 Silver medal with cup

Estonian Championship, with Bigbank Tartu ** 2018/2019 Silver medal with cup

Turkish Championship Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

, with Arkas İzmir ** 2019/2020 Simple gold cup

Italian SuperCup, with

** 2023/2024 Simple gold cup

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, with

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:

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– Most valuable player * 2016:

– 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 Cuprum Lubin players Resovia (volleyball) players Skra Bełchatów players Outside hitters Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil