Guillaume Samica (born 28 September 1981) is a French former 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 Summ ...
player, a member of the
France national team from 2003 to 2012. A participant at the
Olympic Games
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Athens 2004, and a silver medallist at the
2009 European Championship and the
2006 World League.
Personal life
Samica was born in
Choisy-au-Bac
Choisy-au-Bac () is a Communes of France, commune in the Oise Departments of France, department in northern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Oise department
References
External Sources
SOCIÉTÉ HISTORIQUE DE COMPIÈGNE
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. He has
Polish
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* Polish language
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* Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...
and
Italian
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origins.
''Guillaume Samica: Moi prapradziadkowie są z Polski''
- siatka.org - 19-08-2008
Career
In December 2014 he moved to Polish club AZS Częstochowa
KS AZS Częstochowa SSA was a Polish professional men's volleyball club based in Częstochowa, founded in 1945 as a university team (AZS). They competed in the Polish top league from 1979 to 2017. During its existence, Częstochowa won 6 national ...
and signed a contract with this team to the end of the 2014/2015 season. Then he went to another Polish club, AZS Politechnika Warszawska
Projekt Warsaw, officially known as PGE Projekt Warszawa, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Warsaw in central Poland. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga, the top flight of Polish volleyball.
The club started as the volleyball se ...
and he was playing there until 2018.
Honours
Clubs
* CEV Challenge Cup
The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe.
The competition started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed to CEV Challenge Cup.
History
* # ...
**
2008/2009 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel
Jastrzębski Węgiel, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój in southern Poland, founded in 1961. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. Since foundation the club has been closely linked to coal mining in the region.
H ...
* National championships
** 2006/2007
French Championship, with Stade Poitevin Poitiers
Stade Poitevin Poitiers is a French volleyball club from Poitiers and plays in the LNV Ligue A.
Club originally was founded in 1973 and reorganised in 2012 after compulsory liquidation.
Honours
Pro A
* Winner: 1999, 2011
Coupe de France
* Wi ...
** 2009/2010
Greek Cup, with Panathinaikos
** 2009/2010
Greek Championship, with Panathinaikos
** 2012/2013
Argentine Championship, with Buenos Aires Unidos
External links
*
Player profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net''
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Samica, Guillaume
1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Oise
French men's volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players for France
Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
French expatriate volleyball players in Italy
French expatriate volleyball players in Poland
French expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate volleyball players in Greece
French expatriate volleyball players in Russia
French expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Expatriate volleyball players in Argentina
Verona Volley players
Jastrzębski Węgiel players
Panathinaikos V.C. players
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle players
AZS Częstochowa players
Projekt Warsaw players
Outside hitters
21st-century French sportsmen