Tsvetan Sokolov
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Tsvetan Sokolov ( bg, Цветан Соколов; born 31 December 1989) is a Bulgarian professional
volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
player, a member of the Bulgarian national team and Russian club Dynamo Moscow, a participant at the
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a multi ...
London 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...
. Sokolov is a multiple winner of the Champions League and Club World Championship, three–time Italian Champion (2011, 2017, 2019), Turkish Champion (2016), Russian Champion (2021).


Personal life

Sokolov was born in
Dupnitsa Dupnitsa, or Dupnica ( bg, Дупница (previously ), ), is a town in Western Bulgaria. It is at the foot of the highest mountains in the Balkan Peninsula – the Rila Mountains, and about south of the capital Sofia. Dupnitsa is the second l ...
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Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
. In 2014, he married Deliyana Hristova. On 27 October 2014, his wife gave birth to their children – twins Nikola and Viktor.


Honours


Clubs

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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 t ...
** 2009/2010 – with Itas Diatec Trentino ** 2010/2011 – with Itas Diatec Trentino ** 2018/2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova * FIVB Club World Championship ** Doha 2009 – with Itas Diatec Trentino ** Doha 2010 – with Itas Diatec Trentino ** Doha 2011 – with Itas Diatec Trentino ** Poland 2018 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova ** Betim 2019 – with Zenit Kazan *
CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...
** 2020/2021 – with Dynamo Moscow * National championships ** 2009/2010 Italian Cup, with Itas Diatec Trentino ** 2010/2011 Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino ** 2011/2012 Italian SuperCup, with Itas Diatec Trentino ** 2011/2012 Italian Cup, with Itas Diatec Trentino ** 2013/2014 Italian SuperCup, with Diatec Trentino ** 2014/2015 Turkish SuperCup, with
Halkbank Ankara Halkbank Ankara is a professional men's volleyball team based in Ankara, Turkey and sponsored by the state-owned Halkbank. It was founded on 21 July 1983 as Halkbank Spor Kulübü with blue, white and red colors ...
** 2014/2015 Turkish Cup, with
Halkbank Ankara Halkbank Ankara is a professional men's volleyball team based in Ankara, Turkey and sponsored by the state-owned Halkbank. It was founded on 21 July 1983 as Halkbank Spor Kulübü with blue, white and red colors ...
** 2015/2016 Turkish SuperCup, with
Halkbank Ankara Halkbank Ankara is a professional men's volleyball team based in Ankara, Turkey and sponsored by the state-owned Halkbank. It was founded on 21 July 1983 as Halkbank Spor Kulübü with blue, white and red colors ...
** 2015/2016 Turkish Championship, with
Halkbank Ankara Halkbank Ankara is a professional men's volleyball team based in Ankara, Turkey and sponsored by the state-owned Halkbank. It was founded on 21 July 1983 as Halkbank Spor Kulübü with blue, white and red colors ...
** 2016/2017 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova ** 2016/2017 Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova ** 2018/2019 Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova ** 2019/2020 Russian Cup, with Zenit Kazan ** 2020/2021 Russian Cup, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2020/2021 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2020/2021 Russian SuperCup, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2021/2022 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2021/2022 Russian SuperCup, with Dynamo Moscow


Individual awards

* 2013:
FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...
– Best Opposite Spiker * 2013: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Opposite Spiker * 2017: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Opposite Spiker * 2018:
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 t ...
– Best Opposite Spiker * 2018: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Opposite Spiker


References


External links

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Player profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Sokolov, Tsvetan 1989 births Living people People from Dupnitsa Sportspeople from Kyustendil Province 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 Turkey Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate volleyball players in Russia Trentino Volley players Halkbank volleyball players Volley Lube players VC Zenit Kazan players Opposite hitters