Nikolay Penchev ( bg, Николай Пенчев; born 22 May 1992) is a Bulgarian professional

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player, a former member of the Bulgaria national team, and a participant at the

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Personal life

Nikolay Penchev was born in

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

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. His father is a former

player. He has three brothers – older Chavdar (born 1987) and younger twin brothers, Chono and Rozalin (born 11 December 1994), who are also volleyball players. Chono is a setter, Rozalin plays as opposite or outside hitter.

Career

Clubs

Penchev spent the 2012/2013 season in Effector Kielce. In 2013, he moved to

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 signed a two–year contract. In his first season in the new club, he won the Polish SuperCup and a silver medal of the Polish Championship after losing to PGE Skra Bełchatów in the final matches. In April 2015, alongside Asseco Resovia, he won the Polish Championship. In April 2015, he signed a new one–year contract with Resovia. In May 2016, Penchev signed a one–year contract with another Polish team, PGE Skra Bełchatów.''Reprezentant Bułgarii nowym przyjmującym PGE Skry''
– skra.pl – 30-05-2016

Honours

Clubs

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tot ...

2014/2015 – with

* National championships ** 2013/2014 Simple gold cup

Polish SuperCup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2021, the Polish Super Cup has been pl ...

, with

** 2014/2015 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

** 2017/2018 Simple gold cup

, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 2017/2018 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 2022 Simple gold cup

Ukraine Cup, with VC Epicentr-Podolyany

Youth national team

* 2010

CEV U20 European Championship

Individual awards

* 2010: CEV U20 European Championship – Best Receiver

References

External links

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Player profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Penchev, Nikolay 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Plovdiv Bulgarian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Bulgaria Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate volleyball players in France Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate volleyball players in Ukraine Effector Kielce players Resovia (volleyball) players Skra Bełchatów players Projekt Warsaw players Warta Zawiercie players Cuprum Lubin players Stal Nysa players Outside hitters