Victor Andreevitch Gresev (russian: Виктор Андреевич Гресев) (born
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, now
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, 31 March 1986) is a Russian
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player who plays as a
number eight.
He played for
Slava Moscow
Slava Moscow is a Russian rugby union club from Moscow. They participate in the Professional Rugby League, the premier rugby competition of Russia. They play in yellow and red.
History
Honours
* USSR/ Russian Championship (2): 1979, 1982
* Runn ...
(2006-2008), and for
VVA Saracens
The VVA-Podmoskovye is a Russian rugby union team playing in the Professional Rugby League. The team plays at Gagarin Air Force Academy stadium in Monino, a garrison town just outside Moscow. VVA-Podmoskovye have strong links to the air force and a ...
(2009-2011), where he won the Russian Championship, in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. He signed for
London Wasps
Wasps Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union team. They last played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby until being suspended on 12 October 2022. On 17 October 2022 the club entered administration, resulting in r ...
, where he stayed for 2011/12. Afterwards, he returned to Russia, joining
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk is a Russian rugby union club founded in 1969 in the city of Krasnoyarsk. They compete in the Professional Rugby League, the premier league in the country. They have an operating budget of 2.5m Euros. Their main rival is ...
, in 2012, where he plays since then. He won twice the Russian Championship, in 2013 and 2015, and twice the Cup of Russia, in 2013 and 2015.
He has 97 caps for
Russia
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, since 2006, with 19 tries scored, 95 points on aggregate. He was called for the
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...
, playing in four games, one as substitute, and without scoring.
Victor Gresev International Statistics
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He was also a regular player for Russia national rugby sevens team
The Russia national rugby sevens team competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Rugby and Rugby Europe suspended Russia from international and European continenta ...
, being twice European Champion, in 2007 and 2009.
References
External links
Victor Gresev International Statistics
1986 births
Living people
Russian rugby union players
Russia international rugby union players
VVA Podmoskovye players
Wasps RFC players
Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
Rugby union number eights
Lokomotiv Penza players
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