Aleksey Igorevich Verbov (russian: Алексей Игоревич Вербов, born 31 January 1982) is a retired

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, a former member of Russia men's national volleyball team and the Russian club Zenit Kazan. He is currently coaching the men's Zenit Kazan team. With the Russian men's national team, he won the gold medal at the

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played in

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. He won the award as Best Libero in the tournament. He also won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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winning the bronze medal at the 2005–06 CEV Champions League; he won the award "Best Libero" also in this tournament.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

2015/2016 - with Zenit Kazan * Gold medal with cup

2016/2017 - with Zenit Kazan

FIVB Club World Championship

Poland 2017 - with Zenit Kazan

National championships

* 2015/2016 Gold medal with cup

Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan

Individually

* 2006 CEV Champions League - Best Libero * 2006 FIVB World Championship 2006 - Best Libero * 2007 CEV European Championship - Best Libero * 2008 Olympic Games Beijing - Best Digger * 2009 CEV Champions League - Best Libero * 2009 FIVB World League - Best Libero * 2013 CEV European Championship - Best Libero

References

External links

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Zenit-Kazan VC Zenit-Kazan (russian: Зенит-Казань), until 2008 known as Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan (russian: Динамо-Таттрансгаз), is a professional men's volleyball team based in Kazan, Russia. It plays in the Super League (10-tim ...

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