Björn Andrae (born 14 May 1981) is a German

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 Summ ...

player, a member of

Germany men's national volleyball team The Germany men's national volleyball team represents Germany in international volleyball competitions. It is governed by the German Volleyball Association. Germany won the gold medal at the 1970 World Championship as East Germany and the bronze ...

and German club Netzhoppers KW, a participant of the

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Career

Three times in a row he was chosen the

German Volleyball Player of the Year The German Volleyball Player of the Year has been chosen annually since 1979 by the readers of the German '' Volleyball Magazin''. German Volleyball Player of the Year Sources: Volleyball Magazin and German Volleyball Federation (DVV) See also * ...

(2004, 2005, 2006). With

VfB Friedrichshafen VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball GmbH is a German professional men's volleyball club founded in 1969 and based in Friedrichshafen, southern Baden-Württemberg. Main stakeholder is VfB Friedrichshafen e.V. The club plays in the German Deutsche Volle ...

Andrae won two titles of German Champion (2001, 2002). After few years in German and Italian clubs he went to Polish team

Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn AZS Olsztyn, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Indykpol AZS Olsztyn, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Olsztyn in northeastern Poland, founded in 1950 as a university team (AZS), located near the University of Warmia and ...

. He achieved bronze medal of

2007–08 Polish Volleyball League The 2007–08 Polish Volleyball League was the 72nd season of the Polish Volleyball Championship, the 8th season as a professional league organized by the Professional Volleyball League SA () under the supervision of the Polish Volleyball Federa ...

. Then he went to Greek

Panathinaikos Athens Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of ...

and achieved with its silver medal in

2008–09 CEV Cup The 2008–09 CEV Cup was the 37th edition of the European CEV Cup volleyball club tournament. Lokomotiv-Belogorie Belgorod beat Panathinaikos Athens in the finale. Colombian Liberman Agamez was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the tournamen ...

and also silver of Greek Championship. Then he came back to Italian league to represent Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia for one season. In 2010 he started to play in Russian Superleague, from 201 to 2013 Kuzbass Kemerovo, then a few months in

Ural Ufa Ural Ufa (, ) – is a Russian professional men's volleyball club, based in Ufa, playing in Russian Volleyball Super League since 1996. Achievements * CEV Challenge Cup ::Runners-up (1): 2013 * Russian Championship ::Runners-up (1): 2013 Tea ...

and another season 2014/15 in the first one. In 2015 he came back to

and achieved silver medal of German Championship.''VfB Friedrichshafen: Björn Andrae kehrt zurück''
- suedkurier.de - 19-02-2017 Since 2016 he has been playing as Netzhoppers KW player.

Achievements

Clubs

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 to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

2008/2009, with

1998/1999, with

SCC Berlin SC Charlottenburg (also known as SCC Berlin) is a German sports club based in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin and founded in 1902 as ''Charlottenburger Sport-Club 1902''. In 1911, they merged with ''Sport-Club Westen 05'' and changed thei ...

National championships

* 1999/2000 Simple gold cup

German Cup, with

* 2000/2001 Simple gold cup

German Cup, with

* 2000/2001 Gold medal with cup

German Championship, with

* 2001/2002 Simple gold cup

German Cup, with

* 2001/2002 Gold medal with cup

German Championship, with

* 2002/2003 Simple gold cup

German Cup, with

* 2007/2008 Bronze medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

* 2008/2009 Silver medal with cup

Greek Championship, with

* 2015/2016 Silver medal with cup

German Championship, with

Individual

* 2004 European League – Best Server * 2004

* 2005

* 2006

References

External links

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrae, Bjoern 1981 births Living people German men's volleyball players AZS Olsztyn (volleyball) players Volleyball players from Berlin Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Germany German expatriate volleyball players in Poland Panathinaikos V.C. players Ural Ufa volleyball players 21st-century German sportsmen